Thursday, June 13, 2013

Ricoh Aficio MP C4501 MP C5501 configuration page

To print a configuration page on an MP C4501 or MP C5501 with printing capability:

- Press the User Tools/Counter button.
- Select Printer Features on the touch screen.
- Select Configuration Page.
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Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Fiery E 3200 configuration page

To print a configuration page (which is actually 3 pages long and includes detailed network settings, calibration data, and a system log) from a printer with a Fiery E-3200:

- Press the Fiery or Fierydriven button on the printer (or access the Fiery settings however that printer is set up)
- On the screen, select the Fiery tab along the top
- Select Printable Info
- Select Configuration
- When asked to confirm, select OK
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Sunday, June 9, 2013

Ricoh Pro C550EX Pro C700EX page count

You can see the total black and color page counts for a Ricoh C550EX or C700EX right on the screen, without having to print out a config page.  To see the page counts:

- Press the User Tools/Counter button.
- Select Counter.
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Friday, June 7, 2013

HP LaserJet 5P

The HP LaserJet 5P has taken up a corner of my loft office for the past several years. It’s old and tired but I don’t want to part with it because it’s so good. It was originally designed for individuals or small workgroups and I inherited it when I took over this company. It isn’t something I would have bought, but after owning it for some time, I change my mind on that.

It’s a basic monochrome laser printer that was industry leading in its day, but has obviously fallen a bit behind lately. I’m quite attached to it though as it hasn’t let me down at all since I owned it. It isn’t the largest device in the world, measuring 15.7” x 17.5” x 7.9” and weighing in at 25 lbs.

It prints at something like 6 pages per minute, which isn’t very fast, but is plenty enough for me. I’m not generally in a hurry so I don’t mind waiting. It holds 250 sheets of letter sized paper in the drawer at the front, while it has a 100 page bypass tray just above it. Finished prints are left on top for me to collect when I’m ready.

I print mainly in draft mode, which is the quickest but also not really any different than normal mode with the 5P. The quality is good, even for something this old. I use only text printing so have no real idea how it handles photographs or other images. Text and fonts are sharp, precise and pretty much all I want from my prints. Even the smaller text characters, or when I try to squeeze a lot onto a page, it’s still readable.

Toner cartridges are still available from vendors like Quikshiptoner.com and are around $35 for 4000 pages worth. That’s a couple of months work for me, and a single months duty cycle for the printer. So running costs are actually kept to a minimum, due to this low cost and the fact it’s an all-in-one cartridge meaning I don’t have to renew the drum regularly either.

It’s old, but it’s gold. The HP LaserJet 5P is a solid, dependable printer that won’t be going anywhere until it gives up for good. Knowing Hewlett Packard’s reputation for building solid machines, I doubt that will be anytime soon.
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Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Ricoh MP C305SP MP C305SPF page count

To view the page counts for a Ricoh C305 printer:

- Press the User Tools/Counter button.
- Select the down arrow in the lower right corner of the screen.
- Select Counter.
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Monday, June 3, 2013

Lexmark E320

The Lexmark E320 is a bit of a wolf in sheep’s clothing. It looks, and is priced like a personal laser printer, but is built like a full-on workgroup machine. The speed, print quality and networking capabilities all hint at something more.

In its basic guide, the E320 is a small printer ideally suited to a SOHO or home worker. The upgrade options are what gives this printer its teeth. It can be upgraded to hold more paper, network, larger memory and add some finishing options. This gives the printer a modular appeal that offers a little more that the average machine. It means the E320 can’t be pigeonholed for one particular group.

Paper capacity can be expanded from 150 to 400 with an optional paper drawer, the memory can be increased from 4Mb to 68Mb. You can add an Ethernet port too, which expands the built-in USB and parallel to include the SOHO and small workgroup into the fold.

There is no control panel to speak of but the driver suite offers a whole range of ways to control the printer and the sheets it prints. You can set the darkness, resolution, toner coverage, and a whole raft of other custom options to get your prints just how you like them.

Setup is a breeze, taking less than 10 minutes from unpacking to running. The cartridges are already installed and ready to go, once the printer is unpacked, connected via USB the drivers only take moments to install and you’re ready to go. Paper is fed into the drawer at the bottom, up through the printer to pass the toners and is fed out to the 150 sheet tray at the top. 150 sheets is a little optimistic as ours began sliding off after 50 or so. Apart from that, operation is flawless.

Print quality is about what we have come to expect from Lexmark. Text is crisp and exact, even at small points. The lines are straight and edges stand out like they should. Images and photographs were equally as good. Grayscale interpretations of color photos were accurate and understandable, which is a nice bonus with a laser device.

It’s obvious that Lexmark have put a lot of effort into the quality and operation of the E320. It offers something for everyone and seems equally at home with a home user as it does with a workgroup.
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Saturday, June 1, 2013

Dell 2155cdn Printer Review

Overview
The Dell 2155cdn is a professional grade, multi-function laser printer. Though it is a bit more expensive than some of your other options, it is also quite a bit more affordable than many of them. What’s more, the level of performance it’s capable of exceeds the level of performance of many comparably priced printers. Though there are often a few things we don’t care for when we’re reviewing printers, in this case, there is only one real drawback, which we’ll discuss in more detail momentarily. Before that, though, we’re going to take a look at some of the many things we like about this printer.

Pros
The first aspect of the Dell 2155cdn’s production capability we’d like to discuss is its maximum monthly duty cycle. For those of you who may be unfamiliar with that term, a printer’s maximum monthly duty cycle is the number of pages you can print with it every month without it over heating or giving you some other kind of problem. In this case, that maximum monthly duty cycle is forty thousand pages, which is obviously quite a bit more than most home users or small businesses will ever need to print. Therefore, we would also recommend it for some medium and large businesses.

The fact that this printer is multi-functional is an advantage, too. Having your copier, fax machine, printer, and scanner combined into one machine will save you lots of space in your office and lots of money in your budget. What’s more, it will accomplish both of the goals without requiring you to sacrifice anything by way of performance. As a matter of fact, with print seeds of up to twenty-four pages per minute and a resolution of 600 X 600 dpi, you should find this printer’s performance more than adequate for the vast majority of your office printing needs. The only exception we would note is that the resolution of this printer isn’t high enough for professional quality photographs.

Cons
One thing we haven’t mentioned yet about the Dell 2155cdn is that it’s a little larger than some of the other multi-functional laser printers in its price range. To be sure, it’s capable of higher performance levels, too, so you have to ultimately decide which factor is most important to you. In the final analysis, either you have the space or you don’t. If you do, then you will discover a printer capable of delivering levels of performance which make It well worth its price.
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