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

[Roger Ford]

My parents have a small real-estate business that goes through a lot of
color printing and has this model of printer. They got it a year or two ago
to replace an HP printer and have been extremely happy with it. They've run
into no problems with it, compared to multiple HP service calls, and their
toner costs have fallen significantly. It's also silent when idle, which,
oddly, the printer they replaced was not. Though it is kind of gigantic and
heavy.

Roger

On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 12:02 PM, John Canfield <canfield at mit.edu> wrote:

> 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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