[Macpartners] [csail-related] Color Laser Printer Advice (Ricoh SP-C430dn?)

[Britton 'Bryt' Bradley]

Hi John,

If I'm correct in thinking that you're moving your group(s) over to CSAIL
space during IAP, is there something that you can limp along with until all
of y'all are here and can utilize the printers and networks in CSAIL that
are supported by TIG?  IF you are moving here, it'd probably save you a
bunch of up-front money to not buy something now to network in later (and
also, you wouldn't have to move it).

Of course, if you're _not_ moving over here in a couple of months, please
ignore the above.

Thx,
Bryt :)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: csail-related-bounces at lists.csail.mit.edu [mailto:csail-related-
> bounces at lists.csail.mit.edu] On Behalf Of John Canfield
> Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2011 12:02 PM
> To: Csail-related at lists.csail.mit.edu; macpartners at MIT.EDU
> Subject: [csail-related] Color Laser Printer Advice (Ricoh SP-C430dn?)
> 
> Over the past several years, our lab has gone through three color laser
> printers. Though cheap in their initial prices, the cost of toner was
> always quite expensive; a set of cartridges costs nearly as much as the
> printer itself. We replaced the first two printers when each ultimately
> demanded an expensive internal part (e.g.: imaging drum, etc.), which
> combined with a set of toner would have cost more than a new printer.
> Our current (mediocre HP) printer hasn't reached that state yet, but I
> do need to order another set of toner for it. I tried buying generic
> toner once, but the cartridges quickly failed.
> 
> Studying up a bit, I discovered that Ricoh makes printers that use
> simple, large canisters to hold toner rather than the complicated
> cartridges HP and others use. These toner canisters yield up to 24,000
> pages, which is three to four times what the others do. Despite the
> higher initial price, the extremely low cost-per-page would pay for
> itself in short order. In addition, the Ricoh printers are considerably
> faster than HP, and have very good reviews concerning print quality.
> Here's a model I'm considering:
> 
>   http://www.printershowcase.com/Ricoh-SP-C430dn.aspx
> 
> I would be grateful for any comments regarding color laser printer
> selection, and in particular if anyone has tried Ricoh products.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> John-Elmer
> 
> 
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