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CERTIFICATE OF RELIABILITY

RICOH CORPORATION

For the performance of the

Ricoh Aficio GX5050N

throughout BLI's in-house durability test.

This is to certify that when subjected to a 16,500-impression

Buyers Lab durability test in a networked environment,

the Ricoh Aficio GX5050N proved to be a highly reliable product.

RELIABILITY CERTIFIED

RELIABILITY CERTIFIED

ANTHONY F. POLIFRONE

MANAGING DIRECTOR

THE LEADING INDEPENDENT OFFICE PRODUCTS TEST LAB AND BUSINESS CONSUMER ADVOCATE

BUYERS LABORATORY INC. • 0 RAILROAD AVENUE • HACKENSACK, NJ 00 • USA • WWW.BUYERSLAB.COM

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Summary of Contents for GX5050N - Aficio Color Inkjet Printer

Page 1: ...vely priced unit proved to be economical as well featuring the a cost per page that is among the lowest for comparable inkjet printers With a rated speed of 19 5 ppm in black and 15 5 ppm in color in the default Standard mode the unit features speeds of up to 30 ppm in black and color whenprintinginHighSpeedDraftmode andsupportforuptolegal sizeoutput Reliability Excellent Misfeeds 0 Service Calls ...

Page 2: ...the monochrome job stream at 87 60 percent of its rated engine speed which is above average Performance from the RPCS driver was even better at 107 28 percent of its rated speed for monochrome and 116 3 percent of its rated speed for color The standard memory capacity at 64 MB is 48 percent higher than the average for competitive inkjet printers Shortcomings Color photographic output produced by t...

Page 3: ...clean and simple procedures for replacing the four separate ink cartridges Printers that employ a separate ink cartridge for each color are generally more economical than models that use tri color cartridges which must be thrown away as soon as any one of the colors is depleted Pricing Analysis BLI s pricing analysis reveals that the Ricoh Aficio GX5050N is priced competitively with the average fo...

Page 4: ...matic features Auto duplexing auto tray switching auto color calibration Interface s Standard USB 1 1 2 0 Tested memory 64 MB of RAM Client operating system support Windows 95 98 Me NT4 0 2000 XP 2003 and Vista Network operating system support TCP IP Print drivers The Ricoh Aficio GX5050N includes PCL 5c and PCL 6 print driv ers as well as a proprietary RPCS driver Fonts Host based Resolution mode...

Page 5: ...to use Procedures for loading paper and adjusting paper drawers are very straightforward but the unit does not automatically detect paper size operators have to select the paper size at the control panel Removing misfeeds is an easy procedure Ease of installation Excellent Users insert the included CD ROM which auto launches and select Quick Install for Network The soft ware quickly and easily wal...

Page 6: ...yerslab com LAB TEST Ricoh Aficio GX5050N Buyers Laboratory Lab Test Report for Client is installed on users PCs it offers information on device status remaining ink supplies paper size and remain ing paper supply SmartDeviceMonitor for Client Status Monitor User Replaceable Consumables Black ink cartridge Price 57 Manufacturer s rated yield 3 000 pages at 5 cov erage Color ink cartridges cyan mag...

Page 7: ... the ink cartridges and BLI s tested ink yield based on an original with 5 page coverage per color 2 The supplies cost per page is based on Ricoh s pricing and BLI s tested yields for the black and color ink cartridges Tested Ink Yield Supplies Cost Per Page 5 Black Color Net Weight In Grams Ink Yield Impressions Impressions Per Gram Ink Cost Per Page1 Supplies Cost Per Page2 Black 63 7 3 535 55 4...

Page 8: ...ry stable with consistent skin tones throughout the test period Color output in photographic images showed a a yellow undertone in some skin tones Halftone range Clearly visible from the 1 to 100 dot fill levels with distinct transitions between levels Typical halftone range for inkjet printers 4 to 90 Color Print Density Color Cyan Magenta Yellow Standard 0 80 0 77 0 72 Density of a printed image...

Page 9: ... one at default quality and one at the highest quality Average Colorant Transferred Drip 1 Drip 2 Standard default 000 000 Black Highlighter Smearfastness The test measures the amount of colorant transferred from a printed area to an unprinted area when briefly contacted by two types of highlighters Density readings are taken for each type of highlighter before and after vertically crossing five p...

Page 10: ...r Tested First Print Times Seconds Windows XP Word PowerPoint Photoshop Acrobat Photoshop File Type Black Text Color Graphic Text Color Graphic Black Graphic Text Color Graphic File Extension DOC PPT TIF PDF JPG Pre Raster File Size 114 KB 99 KB 20 MB 171 KB 245 KB Post Raster File Size 56 2 KB 116 KB 587 KB 140 KB 125 KB First Print Time seconds 7 13 7 66 19 03 8 49 20 44 Manufacturer s rated spe...

Page 11: ... Min Sec PPM Efficiency Overall Efficiency 1 10 0 36 53 16 4 84 2 84 2 5 10 2 57 53 16 9 86 7 85 4 10 10 5 51 99 17 0 87 4 86 1 Print 1 2 1 2 black Sets Originals Min Sec PPM Efficiency Overall Efficiency 1 10 0 49 12 2 62 8 62 8 5 10 4 3 88 12 3 63 1 62 9 10 10 8 3 36 12 4 63 7 63 2 Print 1 1 1 1 color Sets Originals Min Sec PPM Efficiency Overall Efficiency 1 10 0 47 21 12 7 82 0 82 0 5 10 3 39 ...

Page 12: ...he default Standard mode on the Ricoh Aficio GX5050N using the PCL 6 print driver Job Stream Evaluation A job stream consisting of nine files a mix of Word Excel HTML PowerPoint and e mail is sent to a paused print queue All files are monochrome or monochrome and mixed color and consist of five or fewer pages total of 19 pages Timing begins when the queue is released and ends when the last page of...

Page 13: ...are tested for compatibility with Microsoft Word 2000 Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 Microsoft Publisher Adobe Photoshop 6 0 and Adobe Acrobat 5 0 using 25 appli cation test files which contain text graphics halftone images tables etc enabling BLI technicians to evaluate memory usage file processing font rendering and grayscale capability Print drivers The Ricoh Aficio GX5050N ships with Ricoh RPCS PCL...

Page 14: ...users to view printer and system status configure the print server and restart the print server Ricoh Aficio GX5050N s Embedded Web Page Included software The Ricoh Aficio GX5050N includes the PCL 6 5c RPCS print driver and SmartDeviceMonitor utility on one CD ROM SmartDeviceMonitor can be configured to start when the system boots and run minimized on the taskbar tray The icon on the taskbar will ...

Page 15: ...y Duty Cycle 33 000 impressions Rated Engine Life INA RESOLUTION Standard 1200 x 1200 dpi Enhanced 3600 x 1200 dpi SPECIFICATIONS Paper Handling Std Max Paper Source s 3 3 Std Max Paper Capacity 250 sheets 850 sheets Paper Size W x L 8 5 x 14 max Print Area W x L INA max Paper Weights 16 lb to 26 lb bond Std Output Capacity 150 sheets Other Output None Bypass Capacity Weight 100 sheets 16 lb to 68...

Page 16: ...ty test This is to certify that when subjected to a 16 500 impression Buyers Lab durability test in a networked environment the Ricoh Aficio GX5050N proved to be a highly reliable product TESTED RELIABILITY CERTIFIED B U Y E R S LABORA T O R Y I N C B U Y E R S LABORA T O R Y I N C TESTED RELIABILITY CERTIFIED ANTHONY F POLIFRONE MANAGING DIRECTOR DATE May 2007 THE LEADING INDEPENDENT OFFICE PRODU...

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