Ricoh DDP 184 Printer User Manual


 
Get attention by changing black toner to one of
six different colors with minimal effort.
Fast, high-volume production.
Keep your production moving with tandem print
engines that can output 184 images/minute in duplex
black mode and up to 1.6 million images/month.
• Enjoy virtually unattended and uninterrupted printing by adding up to two
Container Stackers for up to 6,000 sheets of output.
• Eliminate production delays when you replace toner or load paper while
continuing to print.
Process and queue jobs to keep both engines printing at full speed thanks to
the powerful front-end server. Standard emulations supported by the server
include PCL5e, PCL 5c, TIFF, native PDF and Adobe
®
PostScript
®
3
.
• Save time and minimize network congestion by sending compressed files—PDF,
TIFF
, PostScript
®
and ASCII—dir
ectly to the printer without opening an application.
• Save hours of production time with job management capabilities that enable
you to manage job queues, create and even staple subsets within large jobs and
cluster printers for load balancing.
Impressive Versatility.
Add in-line spot color for attention-grabbing
documents and assign paper on a page-by-page basis
in the same job, all from one, cost-effective system.
• Get attention by adding a second highlight color. Simply swap out the
customer-replacable black toner and developer to print either black with
black, red, warm red, green, cyan, blue or reflex blue.
• Create finished documents in a single pass using three standard, fully
adjustable input trays that accept a wide range of custom paper sizes and
weights, a bypass tray for heavier stocks, and a high-capacity feeder.
• Produce professional, customized mailings with the Ricoh Database Print
Manager that merges templated documents with database records.
Edge-to-edge printing provides more design flexibility to get attention.
Total Reliability.
Spend less time servicing your printer and more
time building productivity.
Minimize service time and costs with the DDP 184’
s user-replaceable consumables.
• Handle high-volume production month after month—even two- or three-shift
workloads and above “normal” volumes—without worrying about long down-
time due to failures or service calls.
Connected and Accessible.
A high-performance print controller and network
capabilities make the DDP 184 the perfect complement
to any high-volume environment.
• Produce precision spot-color documents with user-friendly color separation
controls. Easily separate and map characters, graphic shapes and image
pixels to black or spot color
.
• Easily access all printer functions and monitor queues, active jobs, finished
jobs and RIPs using an intuitive DocXPLORER or web br
owser interface.
• Integrate the system easily into your network with data stream solutions that
help you print form a mainframe.
• Improve your document workflow with custom applications—the flexible
architecture of the DDP 184 accommodates most third-party software.
ProductiveVersatileReliable
Rely on continuous printing with easy-to-change
consumables.
Your
Environmental
Partner
Ricoh continues our long-
standing commitment to
developing environmentally
friendly office solutions with
superior energy- and supply-
saving features, including:
• Power-saving Sleep Mode
• Mixed Plex and MOPy Modes
• Minimal Ozone Emissions
• Restriction of Hazardous Substances
(RoHS) Compliant