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Ricoh Aficio 2045

The Ricoh Aficio 2045 is a heavy duty office printer, scanner and copier, for heavy duty use in busy offices. It is a machine that can produce good reproduction at 45 pages per minute. There is also the option to add faxing capabilities to it, if you so desire.

The built-in 64Mb of memory and built-in 20Gb hard drive ensures that the Aficio 2045 can cope with the largest print jobs. The toners standard 30000 page life also lends itself well to a heavy use machine.

This printer and copier is quality. It can produce prints up to a resolution of 600 dpi at a rate of 45 pages per minute. The first page is delivered within 10 seconds of pressing print too, which is good for such a large device. The reproduction is excellent, with text showing as sharp, with clear, clean edges and good spread. Images are accurate and clear, with the shading even and without any obvious bleeding or jagging on the edges.

The control panel is well thought out and simple to use. There are large buttons that allows you to choose between copy and scan and the bright LCD clearly shows you what you’re doing. It is one of the largest LCD screens we have seen on a copier, and it very easy to read. It’s also a touch screen, which adds much flexibility to the control system, merely by having the ability to press the appropriate command on the screen rather than hunting for the button.

There are two 500 sheet paper trays, which can be expanded to a maximum 3500 sheets with the purchase of optional paper drawers. There is also a bypass tray that can hold 50 sheets, while the output can handle 250. Everything feels reassuringly solid, which is a good thing with a machine this big.

The Aficio 2045 also has a full duplexer for double-sided printing and copying, full network capabilities and supports PCL and PostScript, so can be used with any operating system. The scanner has scan to mail, and the ability to scan over a network too.

Being able to buy toner at $20 for 30000 pages is a bargain. That is an ideal economy for an office busy enough to warrant buying a Aficio 2045. With a solid built, and heavy duty cycle, this machine is built to work all day every day.

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