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Ricoh Aficio SP C232SF Colour Laser All-in-One Printer

February 15, 2010 | Portable Storage, Printer | 1 Comment

Color, duplex, laser all-in-one are thin on the ground, but produced its Ricoh Aficio SP C232SF for £ 400, which should allow a good vehicle for medium businesses and workgroups. This is a great device, weighing 30 kg and both large and deep. The flatbed scanner with 35-sheet automatic document feeder (ADF), based on two pillars on top of color laser engine and can slide forward and backward. Most will probably leave his position farther back, but otherwise it may be difficult to retrieve documents from the output tray.

The control panel on the front is very busy because he has 10 speed dial buttons, doubling up to 20 numbers with one key change and a full numeric keypad. This can be used for fax numbers and feel secure, if the jobs are only released to the entry of a PIN. It is a shame that this security is not combined with a USB front panel, as true walk-up printing has been available. There is a backlit, 2 line x 16 character LCD for status and display menus and a ring of navigation buttons, and a few buttons to set the attributes, three mode buttons light and three more to start and stop copying and scanning.

There is a single tray, has 250 sheets of paper and a sheet feeder for special media. A 500-sheet tray is an option, but why the tank could not have integrated this capability is beyond us – it’s supposed to be a desktop, after all. Connection can be via USB or Ethernet – Supports for both are on the back, like the other for phone and fax. Software installation is simple and includes a copy of Presto! PageManager for document management, as well as PCL and PostScript emulation mode. There is support for Windows and OSX, but there is no mention of support for Linux. [via trustedreviews]