Ricoh Aficio GX3050N Manual
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BUYERS LABORATORY INC. Lab Test Report
A Comprehensive BLI Laboratory Evaluation
LAB TEST
Test period duration: Two months, including a 12,500-impression durability test.
Manufacturer: Ricoh Corporation; West Caldwell, NJ; made in China.
Maximum monthly duty cycle: Up to 10,000 impressions.
BLI’s recommended monthly volume for optimum performance: Up to 2,500 impressions.
Type: Desktop, color piezo inkjet printer.
completing its 12,500-impression test with no service required and not even
a single misfeed, the unit proved to be economical, featuring the lowest
color cost per page for comparable inkjet printers.
With a rated speed of 10.5 ppm in black and 8.5 ppm in color in the default
High Speed mode (the unit features speeds of up to 29 ppm in black and
color when printing in High Speed Draft mode) and support for up to legal-
times compared to similar tested inkjet printers. The unit, which employs
Reliability ..............................................
Misfeeds ....................................................... 0
Service Calls .................................................. 0
Print Quality ................................................
Color Photographic Images ............................
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Black Line Art ......................................
Halftone Range .....................................
Halftone Fill..............................................
Black Solids...............................................
Wicking ...................................................
Ink Bleed..................................................
Pricing Analysis ........................................
Supplies Cost Per Page (Color/Black) ... 12.509¢/1.745¢
Ease of Use.............................................
Status Information ....................................
Ricoh GX3050N
8.5 PPM Color • 10.5 PPM Monochrome
Inkjet Printer*
Suggested retail price: $279
ALSO INSIDE
Specications
Certicate of
Reliability
Ratings scale:
Excellent, Very
Good, Good, Fair
and Poor.
GENERAL APPRAISAL
DECEMBER 2006
* In “High Speed” mode, the unit’s default setting.
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products, giving it the lowest color cost per page for supplies of any BLI-tested inkjet printer in its
class.
tested to date.
printers.
one of the best performances for comparable inkjet printers in this test to date.
is below average.
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four separate ink tanks, produced good output overall. This is due in part to
of ink to be ejected in rapid succession, thus combining into a single larger
utilities. The unit is very easy to set up: using the quick-install routine on the
included CD, users can easily install the drivers and software in just a few
minutes with about four clicks of the mouse. Specifying job requirements
from the well-designed print drivers was also simple. Further enhancing ease
of use from the desktop is the good feedback to PC workstations, including
pop-up messages on device and print job status and the ability to proactively
check status information. In addition, the unit features simple procedures
simple procedures for replacing the four separate ink cartridges. Printers
that employ a separate ink cartridge for each color are generally more
economical than models that use tri-color cartridges, which must be thrown
away as soon as any one of the colors is depleted.
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Pricing Analysis
with the average for inkjet products with similar standard features (i.e.,
monochrome cost per page is competitive, its color cost per page for supplies
is the lowest of competitive tested products. In fact, its color cost per page
is competitive with the average for workgroup color laser printers in the 20-
inkjet.
Summary
recommended by BLI for small workgroups with monthly print volumes of up
to 2,500 impressions.
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FEATURES
Controller:
Automatic features:
Interface(s):
Tested memory:
Client operating system support:
Network operating system support:
TCP/IP.
Print drivers:
well as a proprietary RPCS driver.
Fonts:
Host-based.
Resolution modes:
Control Panel
character LED screen and nine hard keys.
FEATURES
Ricoh GX3050N Control Panel
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TEST RESULTS AND OBSERVATIONS
Test equipment:
network switches and CAT5 cabling.
Reliability
PMs/Malfunctions Service Required Meter Count
(Impressions)
Impressions
Between Service
Meter count
(beginning of test) 0
End of test period 12,500
Total misfeeds/misfeed rate 0/Not applicable
Total Service Calls 0
Ease of Operation
Ease of use:
and easy to use. Procedures for loading paper and adjusting
paper drawers are very straightforward, but the unit does not
automatically detect paper size; operators have to select the
paper size at the control panel. Removing misfeeds is an easy
procedure.
Ease of installation:
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ware quickly and easily walks the user through the installa-
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of the mouse.
Feedback to PC workstations:
print jobs and device error conditions at their PCs, as well
as icon alerts. Ricoh offers two device monitoring utilities
for end users: Status Monitor and SmartDeviceMonitor for
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tor by double-clicking an icon under the Maintenance tab
of the driver. Status Monitor graphically displays remaining
TEST RESULTS AND OBSERVATIONS
martDeviceMonitor for Client
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ink supplies and displays device status. SmartDeviceMonitor
device status, remaining ink supplies, paper size and remain-
ing paper supply.
User-Replaceable Consumables
Black ink cartridge:
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erage.
Color ink cartridges (cyan, magenta, yellow):
Ease of replacing ink cartridges:
straightforward procedure.
Tested Ink Yield/Supplies Cost Per Page (Color)
Color Net Weight
(In Grams)
Ink Yield
(Impressions)
Impressions
Per Gram
Ink Cost Per
Page1
Total Ink Cost
Per Page1
Supplies Cost
Per Page2
Black 28.2 44.89 12.509¢ 12.509¢
Cyan 59.44 2.844¢
Magenta 20.4 1,020 50.00
Yellow 21.7 1,020 47.00
1 Ink cost per page is based on Ricoh’s pricing for the ink cartridges and BLI’s tested ink yield based on an original with
5% page coverage per color.
2 The supplies cost per page is based on Ricoh’s pricing and BLI’s tested yields for the black and color ink cartridges.
Tested Ink Yield/Supplies Cost Per Page (5% Black)
Color Net Weight (In
Grams)
Ink Yield
(Impressions)
Impressions Per
Gram
Ink Cost Per
Page1
Supplies Cost
Per Page2
Black 29.4 1,891 1.745¢ 1.745¢
1 Ink cost per page is based on Ricoh’s pricing for the ink cartridge and BLI’s tested ink yield based on an original with 5%
page coverage.
2 The supplies cost per page is based on Ricoh’s pricing and BLI’s tested yields for the black ink cartridge.
Status Monitor
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Print Quality
Color Business Graphics
Color Photographic Images
Black Text
Black Line Art
Black Halftone Range
Black Halftone Fill
Black Solids
Wicking
Ink Bleed
Comments:
Color print quality is tested using the ANSI standard IT8 Color
Test Target with one set of print samples taken in each of the
color and black ink cartridges. The ANSI IT8 Color Test Target
color gamut on regular bond paper than those produced by
color laser- and LED-based units tested by BLI to date.
Color shades produced remained true to the base color with very
little contamination, and overall color production remained
very stable, with consistent skin tones throughout the test
period. Although not unusual for inkjet printers, color output in
photographic images showed a slight banding effect.
Halftone range:
transitions between levels.
Typical halftone range for inkjet printers:
Color Print Density
Color Cyan Magenta Yellow
Standard 0.82 0.79
Density of a printed image with blocks of all solid colors (based on the average of two readings for each color).
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Density of solid black printed image:
Range, 1.01 to 1.10 (On a scale of 0 to 2.5, with 2.5 being as
dark as would be possible under most circumstances. Based
on four readings corresponding to four different locations on
the original.).
Density range for products in this class tested to date:
Ink Tests
Black Waterfastness (Drip Test):
The test measures the amount of colorant transferred from
a printed area to an unprinted area when a drip of distilled
readings are averaged for two separate drips. The sample is
allowed to dry for one hour before drip test is performed.
Two samples are tested, one at default quality and one at the
highest quality.
Average Colorant Transferred
Drip 1 Drip 2
Standard (default)
Black Highlighter Smearfastness:
The test measures the amount of colorant transferred from a
two types of highlighters. Density readings are taken for each
printed parallel horizontal bars to determine the amount of
black ink transferred. The sample is allowed to dry one hour
before testing. Two samples are tested (one at the default
quality and one at the highest quality setting).
Difference of Colorant Transferred
Alkaline Acid
Standard (default) 0.02 0.01
0 1.00.5
GX3050N
Print density
21.5
Range for
tested units
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Print Productivity
BLI’s Tested Print Speeds
Print speed is tested using BLI’s Test Original (with 5% page coverage for monochrome). The test page is printed in a
quantity equal to double the vendor’s rated print speed for the device in each mode tested (e.g., if the vendor’s rated
print speed is 20 ppm, 40 pages are printed). The Ricoh GX3050N’s print speeds were tested in the default High Speed
mode using the PCL 6 driver.
Tested First-Print Times (Seconds)
Windows 2000 Word PowerPoint Photoshop Acrobat Photoshop
File Type Black
File Extension DOC PPT TIF PDF
Pre-Raster File Size 114 KB 99 KB 20 MB 171 KB 245 KB
Post-Raster File Size 587 KB 458 KB 125 KB
First-Print Time (seconds)
Manufacturer’s rated speeds:
High Speed Draft (300 x 150 dpi): 29 ppm (black text), 29 ppm (full color)
High Speed (300 x 300 dpi): 10.5 ppm (black text), 8.5 ppm (full color)
High Quality (600 x 600 dpi): 5.5 ppm (black text), 4.5 ppm (full color)
The Ricoh GX3050N’s raster times/print speeds were tested in default High Speed mode using the PCL 6 driver.
First-print time indicates the time it took to RIP, image and deliver the rst page of the test document set to the output
tray.
Color
Monochrome
0 15105
Pages Per Minute
4.79
4.75
11.21
10.81
Average Speed
Average Speed
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Efficiency
Print 1:1 black
Sets Min. Sec. PPM
1 1 9.5
5 5 9.9
10 10 9.4
Print 1:2 black
Sets Min. Sec. PPM
1 1 5.98 9.1
5 5
10 10 14.27 9.8
Print 1:1 color
Sets Min. Sec. PPM
1 1 8.2
5
10 11 8.4
Print 1:2 color
Sets Min. Sec. PPM
1 1 15.9 7.9
5 8.2
10 11 59.08
25
50
75
100
0
Overall Simplex Efficiency
1 Set 5 Sets 10 Sets Overall
111.7 91.4114.9 89.5 107.0 90.5
Color
Monochrome
BLI obtains the overall efciency percentage by dividing the tested speed of the device by the rated speed and then
multiplying by 100 for each run length. All jobs are based on a 10-page document printed in the default High Speed mode
on the Ricoh GX3050N using the PCL 6 print driver.
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20
40
80
0
Overall Duplex Efficiency
1 Set 5 Sets 10 Sets Overall
95.8 79.098.2 80.1 78.9 78.1
Color
Monochrome
BLI obtains the overall efciency percentage by dividing the tested speed of the device by the rated speed and then
multiplying by 100 for each run length. All jobs are based on a 10-page document printed in the default High Speed mode
on the Ricoh GX3050N using the PCL 6 print driver.
Job Stream Evaluation
HTML, PowerPoint and e-mail) is sent to a paused print queue.
begins when the queue is released and ends when the last
Time to completion of all print jobs (color):
Time to completion of all print jobs (black):
1 minute, 47.89 seconds. RPCS
Problems encountered:
Of the 4 minutes and 50.07 seconds required to print the color
Applications compatibility:
Word 2000, Microsoft PowerPoint 2000, Microsoft Publisher,
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tables, etc. enabling BLI technicians to evaluate memory usage,
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Print drivers:
print drivers for Microsoft Windows 95, 98, Me, NT 4.0, 2000,
The PCL 6 Print Driver
Send once/print many:
by the number of sets requested regardless of whether collate
is selected from within the driver or from the Windows print
screen within an application. Output was properly collated.
Connectivity
General:
Embedded Web page:
restart the print server.
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LAB TEST
Ricoh GX3050N
BUYERS LABORATORY Lab TesT RepoRT
Ricoh GX3050N’s Embedded Web Page
Included software:
and SmartDeviceMonitor utility on one CD-ROM. SmartDevice-
run minimized on the taskbar tray. The icon on the taskbar
will give the user visual indications when there is an error or
warning condition. This utility can be proactively accessed by
the user pop-up messages for alert conditions.
Consumables monitoring:
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Ricoh GX3050N
29 ppm/29 ppm (mono/color) Desktop Piezo Inkjet
US SRP / Street: $279/INA
Color Type: INA
Controller: INA
HDD: INA
FEATURES
Collation: INA
Color Depth (Bits): INA
Color Management: INA
Fonts: Host-based
IPP (Web) Support: INA
RIP Once / Print Many: INA
Secure Printing: INA
Other: Opt 500-sheet paper tray
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Display / Characters: LED/0
Noise Level (Print / Idle): INA/INA
Warranty: INA
OPTIONS
SUPPLIES
ENGINE
Mfr / Model / Country: Ricoh/INA/INA
Monthly Duty Cycle: 10,000 pages
Rated Engine Life: INA
RESOLUTION
INTERFACE / CONNECTIVITY
Opt Interface: INA
Printer Mgmt: INA
PAPER HANDLING
Std Output Capacity: 150 sheets
Other Output: None
SPECIFICATIONS
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CERTIFICATE OF RELIABILITY
AWARDED TO
RICOH CORPORATION
For the performance of the
Ricoh GX3050N
throughout BLI's in-house durability test.
This is to certify that when subjected to a 12,500-impression
Buyers Lab durability test in a networked environment,
the Ricoh GX3050N proved to be a highly reliable product.
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RELIABILITY CERTIFIED
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ANTHONY F. POLIFRONE
MANAGING DIRECTOR
DATE
December 2006
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