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sets them apart is good speed in color and black and the
extensive (for this end of the market) paper input options.
These Panasonic models have quite good consumables
costs.
Once again, Panasonic has come up with a color print-
er with reasona
ble consumables costs
, a fairly low sticker
price, and good features.
Chart entries — page 105
Panasonic WORKiO DP-CL22
22ppm full color
22ppm b
lac
k & white
Sum-up: Same basic engine as the other Panasonic models,
b
ut a little f
aster
.
The WORKiO DP-CL22 is a somewhat faster version of
the DP-CL18 (above). It runs at 22ppm in color and
black-and-white. It also has a faster processor, at
600MHz,
and a slightl
y f
aster fir
st-page-out time. The
price is also a little higher
,
at $1,199 estimated street; oth-
erwise, its features are exactly the same. Paper capacity
tops out at 1,690 sheets if you add the two optional 530-
sheet trays, and duplexing is standard. Ethernet and USB
are standard, wireless Ethernet optional. PostScript is an
option.
T
he consumables are the same as the DP-CL18 as well.
Like that model, it’s competitive and has a reasonable
price. It also has a good total paper input capacity and
very strong features.
Char
t entr
y — pa
g
e 105
RICOH
West Caldwell, NJ
800 955 3453
www.ricoh-usa.com
Vendor Profile
Ricoh is at heart a copier and fax company, albeit a diver-
sified one. Up until a few years ago, its forays into the
monochrome printer market had been inconsistent,
although it has for some time offered decent printing
capabilities on its copier-based multifunctional machines.
But the company now sells a number of high-perform-
ance color laser printer models, which we cover in this
guide
. Ricoh sells these color laser printers thr
ough its
network of dealers, as well as direct on the Internet
through its Ricoh Online Store. It also relabels them
thr
ough Gestetner, Lanier
, and Savin,
which are Ricoh
subsidiaries.
In 2004, Ricoh bought out Hitachi’s laser engine divi-
sion.
While Hitachi did not sell color lasers dir
ectly in the
US, it has a number of resellers, including Ricoh itself.
Ricoh has an initiative it calls B2C, meaning black to
color
. The idea is that most offices need just an occasion-
al color capacity mixed in with black-and-white capabili-
ty
. Some Ricoh models of
fer f
ar faster speed in black than
in color
. It is as if the color printing is an extra add-on,
like networking or duplexing, that is thrown in with an
otherwise good black-and-white printer.
Ricoh also recently rolled out a new line of laser-quali-
ty ink jet printers using its GelSprint technology that
we’re covering with its laser machines.
Product Pr
ofiles
Ricoh Aficio CL1000N
8ppm full color
31ppm b
lac
k & white
Note: T
his model has been discontin
ued.
Sum-up: Ricoh’s low-end color printer is remarkably speedy
in black-and-white.
T
he CL1000N is Ricoh’s entry-level color laser printer. It
has a list price of $899 and comes standard with
Ethernet. What’s remarkable is its 31ppm black-and-
white speed. A black-and-white-only printer running at
compar
a
b
le speeds w
ould be only a little less expensive.
Better Buys for Business
Panasonic WORKiO KX-CL400/DP-CL18/DP-CL22
Consumables costs at-a-glance
Price
Yield
Full-color cost per page
Black-and-white cost per page
Black toner $42.00 6,000 $ 0.007 $ 0.007
Cyan toner $109.00 6,000 $ 0.018 N/A
Magenta toner $109.00 6,000 $ 0.018 N/A
Yellow toner $109.00 6,000 $ 0.018 N/A
Print cartridge/black $145.00 15,000 $ 0.010 $ 0.010
Print cartridges (3)/3-color
$349.00 15,000 $ 0.023 N/A
Waste toner/black $25.00 56,000 $ 0.000 $ 0.000
W
aste toner (3)/3-color
$25.00 14,000 $ 0.002 N/A
Accumulator unit $129.00 100,000 $ 0.001 $ 0.001
T
ransfer roller
$19.00 100,000 $ 0.000 $ 0.000
Fuser kit $209.00 100,000 $ 0.002 $ 0.002
TOTAL PER-PAGE COSTS
$ 0.1002 $ 0.0207
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