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Most people are pretty reluctant to purchase a device that offers a large number of functions because they believe the variety of use may come with compromising essential requirements like speed or quality. However this is not always true. The Ricoh Aficio SPC410dn is a laser color printer that produces great color and black and white prints at a tremendous pace and is also not very expensive to buy.

The Ricoh Aficio SPC410dn is the perfect work group printer with a 1200dpi resolution. At a speed of 26 pages per minute this machine starts producing excellent and well defined images after a warm up time of merely 10 seconds for black and white prints and 15 seconds for color prints. The 550 sheet input tray and speed makes this printer extremely fast and saves a great amount of time that could be wasted due to slow results using other machines.

The users can utilize its 256MB expandable memory and feed documents without fearing for their security because the Ricoh Aficio SPC410dn has data encryption and copy control system to prevent data leakage. The chassis has an LCD display and a toner drum to maximize user convenience and reduce the hassles associated with changing them. It is a an “intelligent” machine due to the embedded smart device monitor which administers the toner and paper level as well as job progress and emails connected users in case of any discrepancy.
Moreover, the users can use the built in PictBridge feature for printing images through a digital camera. The integrated network communication system, USB and Ethernet portals enhance interaction of the printing system with all connected users. The Ricoh Aficio SPC410dn laser printer is highly compatible in a variety of work environments as the minimum system requirements for it include everything like Microsoft Windows 95, Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, UNIX, Apple MacOS X 10.1 or later, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Apple MacOS 8.6 - 9.2 as well as Microsoft Windows 98SE/2000/ME/XP.

For business or office, use any picture, text, image, graph or diagram can be printed on several print mediums like envelopes, transparencies, labels, plain paper, and recycled paper. No matter how many prints you require or which medium you wish to choose, the quality of the final product remains the same - excellent. The Ricoh Aficio SPC410dn is a fast, reliable and efficient machine available at a highly affordable price. It is a true work companion for business owners.

To view the page counts for a Ricoh MP C3500 or C4500:

- Press the User Tools/Counter button
- Select Counter on the touch screen.

The color page count and black page count will be displayed, but you wont see a total (combined) page count on the screen.  To get a hard copy of the page counts, select Print Counter List and then hit Start.

The Okidata C5800 is a no-nonsense duplexed color printer suitable for the small offices or small workgroups. It is an effective all round printer for low demand environments that will occasionally need some good quality documents.

The build quality is typical Oki, solid and compact with no flimsy bits or weak looking plastic trays. The construction feels reassuringly solid, while the output is good enough for most office needs. Setup is a breeze with either USB or network connections included. The software suite and drivers are enough for just about any use and the fact that is supports PCL and PostScript means it can be used with Windows, Mac or Linux.

Like many other printers Oki makes, the C5800 uses LEDs instead of lasers. It makes no difference to the output but improves print speed and reliability as there are fewer moving parts. LEDs are also cheaper to manufacture and replace if they go wrong, which should lower the total cost of ownership somewhat.

Text quality is good, with the edges appearing straight with no jaggies. Larger text areas were even, with no banding visible in any of the test documents. Color printing is just as good, with our color document being printed in 1 minute 22 seconds. The average print speed of the C5800 is 32 pages per minute for mono and 26 for color which is about equal to the other models in the Oki “C” range.

Toner cartridges are replaced from the top. It lifts up like a clamshell which exposes the cartridges underneath. They are easily extracted using the clearly labeled latches and the replacements clip into place in their place. Both the monochrome and color cartridges are purported to last for 5000 sheets each.

Scalability isn’t an option with the C5800, as this is a complete printer. There are no options to buy more trays, memory or anything. You would need to look at the C6100 for that.

The C5800 is a good printer for companies who don’t print much. It is a very capable machine, but doesn’t have the duty cycle of some of the bigger models.