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THE RICOH AFICIO G700 & G500
HYBRID COLOR PRINTER

G700 & G500

Ricoh Aficio G700 & G500

Entry-level Color Printers for Business

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Page 1: ...e fast affordable printing innovation for business color users featuring Competitive Analysis THE RICOH AFICIO G700 G500 HYBRID COLOR PRINTER G700 G500 Ricoh Aficio G700 G500 Entry level Color Printers for Business ...

Page 2: ...est of our knowledge this information is accurate in all respects However neither Ricoh Corporation nor any of its agents or employees shall be responsible for any inaccuracies contained herein 2005 Ricoh Corporation All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic or mechanical including photocopying recording or any information stor...

Page 3: ...ting expensive cartridges that require the print head be replaced each time an ink color is depleted Users only replace inks as needed not print heads Printing on plain paper instead of special more expensive stocks to maximize image quality Enabling duplex printing at the small workgroup SOHO level Dye based inks simply do not dry fast enough to permit duplexing Offering higher capacity paper sup...

Page 4: ...Belt Transfer System This ensures proper registration maintains a uniform distance between paper and print heads and minimizes paper jams In truth there aren t many other Business Inkjet printers to compete against the category is simply too new The following pages will review how Ricoh s new printers stack up against the leading BIJ models from HP as well as a representative of color laser and ty...

Page 5: ... cyan magenta and yellow colors The price of each print cartridge on the HP website is 33 99 comparable to the print cartridge pricing at 32 for Black 31 for Cyan and 36 for Magenta and Yellow although yields are not equivalent However these print heads are designed to last for the life of the printer and never need replacement HP publishes a life of 16 000 pages for the Black print head and 24 00...

Page 6: ...RPCS PCL 3 Operating System Support Windows 95 98 Me NT4 0 2000 Windows 98 Me NT4 0 2000 XP XP Server 2003 Mac OS 9 1x OS X v 10 1 5 Maximum Print Size 8 5 x 14 8 5 x 14 Standard Paper Supply 200 x 1 150 x 1 Optional Paper Supply Single Sheet Bypass 250 x 1 Automatic Duplex Printing Optional up to 8 5 x 11 Standard up to 8 5 x 11 Max Acceptable Paper Weights Paper Tray s 16 28 lb Bond 60 105 gm2 1...

Page 7: ...ve than the duplex enabled G700 it will also cost users 136 plus tax and shipping to replace print heads every 16k 24k while these print heads are permanent further contributing to the system s low overall running cost If your customer requires support for Macintosh you will need to find another solution UNIX is so rare at this level of the market that very few will have need for that compatibilit...

Page 8: ... Operating System Support Windows 95 98 Me NT4 0 Windows 95 98 Me NT4 0 2000 XP Server 2003 2000 XP Mac OS 9 1x OS X v 10 1 5 UNIX Maximum Print Size 8 5 x 14 8 5 x 14 Standard Paper Supply 200 x 1 1 Bypass 150 x 1 250 x 1 Optional Paper Supply 500 sheet Paper Tray N A 500 x 1 available on dtn Automatic Duplex Printing Standard up to 8 5 x 11 Optional Max Acceptable Paper Weights Paper Tray s 16 2...

Page 9: ...O customer this seems like overkill The G700 represents a more rightsized affordable solution for these cost conscious customers Further the high capacity ink cartridges available for use with the BIJ 3000 Series are 65 99 each Color and 33 99 for Black that s 232 for a set of four ink cartridges higher than the 57 Black 50 Cyan 58 Magenta Yellow SRP of High Yield cartridges although the yield is ...

Page 10: ...ion Operating System Support Windows 95 98 Me NT4 0 Windows 95 98 Me NT4 0 2000 XP Server 2003 2000 XP Mac OS 8 6 OS X v 10 1 5 UNIX Maximum Print Size 8 5 x 14 8 5 x 14 Standard Paper Supply 200 x 1 1 Bypass 300 x 1 Optional Paper Supply 500 sheet Paper Tray 700 x 1 100 Bypass Automatic Duplex Printing Standard up to 8 5 x 11 Optional Max Acceptable Paper Weights Paper Tray s 16 28 lb Bond 60 105...

Page 11: ... 47 lb Bond versus 90 lb Index on the G700 A printer that is the same size but twice the weight and consumes 10 times the energy as the G700 Now let s compare technology differences and their effect on cost The CLJ 2550 uses a single drum design with an internal carousel into which four separate toner cartridges are inserted This accounts for the drop off in speed when producing color pages But wh...

Page 12: ...3 emulation Operating System Support Windows 95 98 Me NT4 0 Windows 98 Me NT4 0 2000 XP 2000 XP Server 2003 Mac OS 9 1 OS X UNIX Maximum Print Size 8 5 x 14 8 5 x 14 Standard Paper Supply 200 x 1 1 Bypass 125 x 1 Optional Paper Supply 500 sheet Paper Tray 250 x 1 500 x 1 Automatic Duplex Printing Standard up to 8 5 x 11 None Max Acceptable Paper Weights Paper Tray s 16 28 lb Bond 60 105 gm2 16 lb ...

Page 13: ... full color prints at 5 image coverage per color for 21 99 15 image coverage total and a Black cartridge for 17 99 that yields 220 prints at 5 image coverage Those prices put the Black CPP factor at over 8 per page the 3 color CMY CPP at almost 12 per page and four color printing at 20 per page many times that of CPP factors Further these cartridges would have to be replaced once per week if the D...

Page 14: ...indows 95 98 Me NT4 0 Windows 98 Me 2000 XP 2000 XP Server 2003 Mac OS 9 1 Mac OS X 10 1 5 Maximum Print Size 8 5 x 14 8 5 x 14 Standard Paper Supply 200 x 1 100 x 1 Optional Paper Supply Single Sheet Bypass N A Automatic Duplex Printing Optional up to 8 5 x 11 None Max Acceptable Paper Weights Paper Tray s 16 28 lb Bond 60 105 gm2 16 lb 24 lb Bond Bypass 16 43 lb Bond 90 lb Index N A 60 163 gm2 D...

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