Ricoh Introduces New Color Laser Printers, MFPs for Small Office Market

The SP C231SF/SP C232SF will be the second generation of this unit. At this point I'm not sure who the OEM is, I have heard Ricoh, but I'm not entirely sure on this.

If you are going to buy this unit, I highly recommend purchasing the High Yield Supplies only. The MSRP is $162 per color cartridge (AIO) and the yield is about 6,000 pages for color and $125 per black cartridge (AIO) and the yield is about 6,500color pages, thus the cost per page on this device for full color is estimated at .1014 for color. If you use the low volume cartridges, you will see the cost per page jump to .1644. An AIO cartridge is an "All in One" cartridge, meaning it houses the toner, drum, cleaning blade and magnetic roller. The entire cartridge is replaced when the toner expires.

On to the Press Release:

Ricoh Americas Corporation has announced the addition of four new products -- the Aficio SP C231SF/SP C232SF color multifunction printers (MFPs), and the Aficio SP C311N/SP C312DN color laser printers -- designed for small and medium-size office environments.

These new products combine high-end features, fast color print speeds. and a compact footprint to provide users with efficient document solutions that lower a business' total cost of ownership.

All four products offer quick print speeds for both color and black-and-white jobs, with the Aficio SP C231SF/SP C232SF producing 21 pages-per-minute (ppm) and the Aficio SP C311N/SP C312DN printing at 26 ppm.

Along with improved output speeds, a new higher yield All-in-One print cartridge greatly reduces both per-page costs and the time spent on maintenance interruptions.

To boost overall productivity, users can print presentations and other critical business documents in crisp color, with resolutions of up to 2400 x 600 dots-per-inch (dpi). In addition, the Aficio SP C231SF/SP C232SF have a 35-sheet Automatic Document Feeder, which quickly scans a document to reduce the time spent during multi-page copying, scanning, and faxing projects.

Building on Ricoh's environmental sustainability platform, the Aficio SP C231SF/SP C232SF and the SP C311N/SP C312DN offer fast warm-up times, as well as Energy Saver mode that greatly reduces power consumption when the machine is idle.

The Aficio SP C231SF and the SP C311N both have an MSRP of $899. The Aficio SP C232SF has an MSRP of $999, and the SP C312DN carries an MSRP of $1,149.