All about Ricoh printers

Ricoh is one of the favorites in the printing market (# 1 in Japan for copier sales). She made an important contribution to the development of printing technology. The very first copy machine, the Ricoh Ricopy 101, was manufactured in 1955. The Japanese company began its existence with the release of special paper for the creation of photographs and the development of optical devices. Today, the devices from the company are known all over the world. Let's see what the printers of this brand have become famous for.

Black and white and color printers are cost effective, offer multiple connectivity options, and are designed for use in smaller offices or larger collaborative work organizations.

Let's consider some of the characteristics of the models.

• Fast printing speed combined with economical use of materials.
• Compactness. These are the lowest printers in the world. All sizes are tailored to standard office furniture.
• Quiet work. The creator has carefully designed the paper feeding system, in addition, it warms up very quickly.
• The internal printing system allows you to use paper of different sizes and thicknesses. It does not matter what quality it will be.
• Color models are equipped with a 4-bit print engine. Most modern products can produce up to 50 pages in 1 minute.
• With the official representatives of Ricoh, you can conclude a contract for the copy service of any device and, thanks to this, get great benefits.

The company has a proprietary development, which is a color helium printing. Until recently, printing in color was quite expensive, and the quality of the prints left much to be desired. Newly developed printers are similar to inkjet models, but use color gel instead of ink for printing.

Color laser printers are a family of printing systems with a wide range of options.

Take the Ricoh SP 150 as an example. Modern design and small size will appeal to absolutely all buyers. It prints not very fast - 11 pages per minute. The working power is between 50 and 350 W, which saves electricity when printing. The tray holds 50 sheets. In general, the model suits users. It is relatively inexpensive.

Monochrome laser printers have built-in duplex, USB 2.0, networking, high-quality prints up to 1200dpi and allow you to use almost any paper, transparencies, etc. The most popular solution here is the Ricoh SP 220NW. It is chosen by those for whom color printing is not so important. Prints 23 pages per minute, warm-up quickly and excellent resolution. It costs about 6 thousand rubles.

Textile printers are designed for direct printing on textiles.

Ricoh RI 3000 will be ideal for business. The cost is, of course, high, but the print quality justifies it.

Latex printers are designed for printing on fabric, film, PVC, tarpaulin and various types of paper. The advantages of Ricoh printers are high speed and support for up to 7 colors. The water-based latex ink dries quickly, has a continuous flow, which increases the working efficiency.

Electricity consumption is also pleasing - it is quite low for such a printer.

You need to choose a printer carefully, because this device will be used continuously for several years. When buying, it is important to consider some points.

• Decide on the amount and purpose of purchasing a printer. Each printer has a limited number of sheets to print per month, and if this is exceeded, the device may simply not turn on.
• All printing information is sent to the printer. Until the end of the work, he must keep it in his RAM. The processor of the printer indicates the speed of the operation. The processor and the amount of RAM are important if the device is going to be used constantly.
• Look for products that print at a speed of at least 20 pages per minute.
• Another parameter that will have to be taken into account will be the dimensions of the printer. Take measurements in advance of the place where the device will stand.

Depending on the complexity of the device, Ricoh printers can be installed to a laptop either independently or by a service engineer. If the user carries out the installation by himself, you must follow the attached instructions.

There are universal drivers, which is very convenient. They are suitable for any version of Windows, so after installing the software, you can use printing on any printer from this company.

Installing drivers when connecting a printer via USB:

1. press the power key;
2. place the media in the drive, after which the installation program will start;
3. select a language and click "OK";
4. click "driver";
5. read the terms of the agreement, accept them, if you agree, and click "next";
6. choose a suitable program and click "next";
7. select the brand of the printer;
8. press the "+" key to see the printer parameters;
9. press the "port" key and then "USBXXX";
10. if necessary, set the default printer settings and adjust parameters for general use;
11. press the "continue" button - the driver installation will start;
12. to configure the initial parameters, you need to click "install now";
13. click "Finish", in this case a window may appear asking for permission to restart.

Despite the best characteristics, any technique may break down sooner or later.

Consider possible malfunctions of brand printers.

• There is paper in the tray, but the printer shows a shortage of paper and does not print. There are several ways to solve the problem: reset the settings, replace the paper, or dust the rollers.
• When printing on paper, streaks or any defects appear, the printer smears when printing. The first thing to do is clean the printer. Leaking paint can cause black marks. You can print a sheet until the device stops leaving marks. If this does not help, it is better to contact the master. The same should be done if the printer comes with a scanner or copier.
• The printer does not pick up the paper, or it picks up several sheets at once and "chews" them when exiting. In this case, it is necessary to open the cover of the receiving tray, remove all foreign objects and pull out the sheet.
• The computer cannot find the connected equipment, indicates that the device is unavailable.To solve this problem, you need to check the drivers - they may be out of date.
• The product began to print poorly. In this case, you need to refill the cartridge. To do this, purchase an ink kit, remove the cartridge and fill it with ink using a syringe.

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