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Ricoh Aficio CL3500N

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Pros
Good paper handling
Economical operating costs
Cons
Low print quality
Many parts require maintenance

$295.97 - $575.93
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Pricing: Inexpensive: $500 (8/25/2008)
Performance: Fair: 67
Features: Very Good: 82
Design: Very Good: 82

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Pricing

Inexpensive: $500

Standard-Capacity Black Cartridge - $57

Standard-Capacity Color Cartridge - $121.3

Performance

Fair: 67

Text Printing (Plain Paper, Normal Settings)
Tested Text Speed (ppm)	19.3
Three-Page Word Document (secs)	20.74
Ten-Page Word Document (secs)	40.38
Text Output Quality	Fair

Color Printing (Plain Paper, Normal Settings)
Tested Color Speed (ppm)	4.3
Two-Page Excel Document (secs)	18.98
One-Page Webpage (secs)	16.18
4 by 6 Color Photo (secs)	20.28
Color Output Quality	Poor

Color Photo Printing (Glossy Paper, Best Settings)
Tested Glossy Photo Speed (ppm)	1.2
Sports Action Shot (secs)	50.56
Color Photo Quality	Fair

Grayscale Printing (Plain Paper, Normal Settings)
Tested Grayscale Speed (ppm)	3.6
4 by 6 Grayscale Photo (secs)	16.66
Grayscale Output Quality	Poor

Grayscale Printing (Glossy Paper, Best Settings)
Grayscale Glossy Output Quality	n/a

Lineart Printing (Plain Paper, Best Settings)
Tested Lineart Speed (ppm)	4
300dpi Line Art Image (secs)	14.86
Line Art Output Quality	Good

Scan Tests (in seconds)
Overall Scan Quality	n/a

Copy Tests
Copy Output Quality	n/a

Features

Very Good: 82

Memory (in MB)
RAM Installed	128
Maximum Amount of RAM	512

Dimensions
Dimensions	16.5 by 21.1 by 15.7
Weight (pounds)	72.6

Vendor Rated Speeds
B&W Pages per Min.	B&W PPM:22
Color Pages per Min.	Color PPM:22

Resolutions
Max. B&W dpi	1200-by--1200
Max. Color dpi	1200-by-1200

Language & Emulation
Printer Emulation Type	Auto Emulation Switching
PCL Emulation	PCL6, PCL5c
PostScript Type	Genuine Adobe Postscript 3, PDF Direct

Interfaces
Parallel Port	Yes
Serial Port	No
USB 1.1	No
USB 2.0	Yes
Ethernet	Yes
Media Card Readers	None
PictBridge	No
Other Interfaces	802.11b, Bluetooth, IEEE 1394

Drivers
Macintosh	Yes
Windows 98	Yes
Windows NT	Yes
Windows 2000	Yes
Windows XP	Yes
Linux	Yes

Power
Maximum Power Draw (watts)	460
Standby Power Draw (watts)	15

Multifunction Printer Specs
Fax Memory (pages)	0

Paper Handling
Number of Input Trays, Standard	2
Number of Input Trays, Maximum	4
Tray Capacity, pages	630
Maximum Sheets With Optional Paper Trays	1690
Manual Feed Slot	Yes
Maximum Paper Size	Legal
Output Tray Capacity	250
Auto Duplexer	No

Warranty & Support
Labor Warranty (years)	One
Parts Warranty (years)	One
Weekday Support Hours	12
Saturday Support Hours	0
Sunday Support Hours	0
Other Service	Extended warranty available
Toll-Free Support	Yes

Cost of Operation Inside of Warranty
Cost per Page, Black	0.02
Cost per Page, Color	0.03

Vendor-Supplied Data (in Pages)
Monthly Duty Cycle	50000
Monochrome Ink/Toner Yields	7000
Color Ink/Toner Yields	6000

Bundled Items
Included Software	SmartDeviceMonitor, Web image monitor, font manager, Desktop Binder Lite

Design

Very Good: 82

Ricoh Aficio CL3500N Review

by Paul Jasper

- The Ricoh Aficio CL3500N has a neat and professional appearance that will look good in any office. At $700 (as of 10/6/2006), this networked color laser has enough features to support a small workgroup. You get a generous 530-sheet main paper tray with a built-in 100-sheet bypass tray that folds down from the front. This lets the two trays share the same paper path, but increases the depth of the main tray. When you extend the main tray to its full depth to accept legal-size paper, it projects through a flap at the back of the printer, which lifts to form a dust cover over the paper. You can feed envelopes only from the bypass tray, where you can stack them up to 10 high. The output bin on top of the printer holds up to 250 sheets.

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User Reviews for Ricoh Aficio CL3500N

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Duration of ownership:

Strengths: Fast, Nice color printing, low upfront cost

Weaknesses: maintenance

Overall Evaluation: This thing seems like a constant need machine. frequent toner cartridges, Color PCU, Black PCU, Waste toner cartridge, and a couple minor mechanical problems fixed under warranty.Most of these costs are not very high, but when they occur, it takes the printer out of service, always at the worst possible time.
Reviewed by: WillFreeman

Duration of ownership:

Strengths: Low upfront cost, relatively low per-page cost, quality construction (built like a tank), large paper tray, nice printer driver options, PostScript 3.

Weaknesses: None that I can think of.

Overall Evaluation: This is a quality printer, with a large monthly duty cycle (50,000 pages) compared to other printers in its price range. The high capacity toner carts are a nice feature (7,000 pages black; 6,000 color) Overall, they give a low per-page cost. I am really pleased with this printer. It's fast (22 ppm) and gives a professional edge to my work (mapping, cartography). The duplexing unit makes printing very slick ... the duplexer seems a little pricey for the plastic you get, but I think it's worth it anyway.

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Ricoh Aficio CL3500N Laser Printer Small offices and workgroups will appreciate that the CL3500N is priced reasonably for what it offers: excellent prints at relatively fast speeds and PostScript 3 compatibility.