Ricoh's New 430DN Color Printer "What's the Real Cost"

As budgets increase, more attention is paid to the "Total Cost of Ownership" (TCO).

What's the Total Cost of Ownership?

It's the combination of price paid for the printer along with the estimated cost for consumables and service.

Calculating the Cost of the Ricoh 430DN

Black Toner $84 with an expected yield of 24,000 pages = .0035
Cyan Toner $220 with an expected yield of 21,000 pages = .0105
Magenta Toner $220 with an expected yield of 21,000 pages = .0105
Yellow Toner $220 with an expected yield of 21,000 pages = .0105

Total Cost Per Page for the first 50,000 Pages = .035 cents for color and .005 cents for black (monochrome).

Now, you may be wondering why I mentioned the first 50,000 pages. The reason, is that after the first 50,000 pages other consumable items will be needed. These are listed below:

Color Photoconductor (Drums, 3 included)cost of $470 and a yield of 50K = .0094 per page
Black Photoconductor (Drum, 1 included) cost of $157 and a yield of 50K = .0031 per page
Waste Toner Bottle with a cost of $24 and a yield of 50K = .0005 per page
Transfer Unit with a cost of $143 and a yield of 100K = .00143 per page
Fuser/Maintenance Kit with a cost of $227 and a yield of 120K = .0019 per page.

So, after the first 50,000 pages you'll have a cost per page of .0513 for color and .0104 for monochrome. The cost per page does not include service or labor. While I'm on the service and labor kick, I've seen customers buy color lasers printers and then dump them when they reach the first time they have to invest in consumables other than toner, they'll then go out and get another new system to keep the low cost per page, plus they don't incur any additional service costs.

Cost for 150,000 color pages (with cost of printer) without service/labor is $8,079. I would throw in another $550 or so for service/labor and you'll have a cost of $8,629 and then we divide by the pages printed for the Total Cost of Ownership. The cost..... do we get a drum roll? Ta Da! .0575 per page for color. This is a very good cost per page!

These figure are based on a 20% page coverage, if you need samples of page coverage, take a trip here.

In a couple of days we'll look at the "Sweet" features of the Ricoh 430DN Printer. BTW the "D" stand s for Duplex and the "N" stands for Network>

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New Ricoh 430DN Color Cost Per Page @ .038?

Take a look at this new Color Printer from Ricoh.  Printer Showcase is stating a cost per page of .038 per page!  Strange the numbers I have from Ricoh is .0513 per page for 20% coverage.  All in all .0513 is very inexpensive also, just would like to know how they figured their cost per page?



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Paradigm Imaging Group Reveals New Rocket Scanner Controller

PARADIGM IMAGING GROUP

1590 METRO DRIVE #116

COSTA MESA, CA 92626

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Jane Napolitano

Email: jane@paradigmimaging.com

Web site: http://www.SCANtopia.com

Paradigm Imaging Group Reveals New Rocket Scanner Controller®

Costa Mesa, CA – April 27, 2010 – Paradigm Imaging Group, a leading distributor of large-format scanning and printing solutions, reveals new upgrades to their Rocket Scanner Controller®

Paradigm’s exclusive Rocket Scanner Controller®, a key component of their popular line of multifunction scan-print-copy systems, has been upgraded and improved. The new Rocket® boasts a faster CPU, better graphics controller and a new, sleek design. The 2GB memory can now be upgraded to 8GB, up from 4GB in the previous version.

Specifications:

Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional
RIP Processor: Intel Core™ 2 Quad Q8400 (4M Cache, 2.66Hz,1333 MHz FSB)
Memory: 2 GB DDR PC2-5300 expandable up to 8GB
Onboard Graphic: Integrated Intel X4500, DirectX 10 Support, DVI resolution 2048 x 1526
Hard Drive: 250GB SATA IDE (7200 rpm), 8MB Cache
CD-ROM: CD/DVD R±RW Combo Drive
Ports and Connectors: Front Panel:
2 USB 2.0 ports, 1 Microphone-In, 1 Earphone-Out, Power-On button, Power LED, HDD LED

Back Panel: 1 PCI-E x16 slot, 1 PCI slot, 1 RJ45 Gigabit LAN port, 1 D-sub VGA port, 1 DVI-D VGA port, 4 USB 2.0 ports, 1 PS/2 keyboard port, 1 PS/2 mouse port, 1 Line in port, 1 Line out port, 1 MIC in port, 1 Clear CMOS button
Networking: 100Base-T 100Mb/s and 1Gb/s operation with Support Wake-On-LAN function
Keyboard: Mini 101 PS/2 keyboard w/touch pad or standard 105 PS/2 Keyboard
Monitor: 15" Touch Panel (1024x768) or 17" LCD (1280x1024)
Dimensions: Chassis 9” (w) x 8” (h) x 13” (d) (not including monitor & keyboard)
Said Randy Geesman, President of Paradigm Imaging Group, “The Rocket® is a vital differentiator in our popular line of multifunction solutions, enabling us to provide a powerful controller in a unique, compact design. This is another example of our ongoing quest to enhance and expand our product offering, providing our customers with current, viable, intelligent large format solutions.”

About Paradigm Imaging Group
Paradigm Imaging Group is a large format solutions provider whose expertise extends from scanning and printing products to imaging systems integration, software development and product distribution. Paradigm counts among its clients companies in reprographics, architecture, engineering, construction and manufacturing, as well as numerous public agencies at all levels of government. Since 1989, Paradigm has grown to become a leading provider of large format scanning and printing solutions.

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How to scan2word and scan2excel from Ricoh & NSI

Here's a really cool solution for NSI Autostore and Ricoh java enabled device that allows you to scan2word or scan2excel plus a few other excellent time saving workflows!

Buy a Multifunctional Copier Printer Scanner? The Time is NOW!

This thread was posted today by a Print4Pay Hotel member. If you're in the market for an Multifunctional Copier, Printer or Scanner, the time to buy or lease is NOW before prices increase again!!

I have noticed there have been a lot of changes in the Value of International Currency vs the USD.

Samsung a year ago was getting a huge currency advantage with the South Korean WON at 1453 vs $1.00. It has now fallen to 1125 as the USD continues to weaken.

The Canadian $1.00 is now slightly above the USD.

$1.00 USD has fallen from 98 Yen to 90 Yen over the last year.

Some MFP vendors will soon be forced to soon raise prices simply because of current unfavorable currency valuations. It is not uncommon for National Copier Manufacturers to strike a deal with their foreign HQ twice a year to fix currency rates for the next six months. That negotiation usually occurs around now with a weak USD and again in Sept.

Here's another:

The Chinese YUAN has only marginally changed in the last 12 months compared to the USD.

I have read on CNBC that this could be as much a result of Chinese Govt manipulating their currency on the world market to be undervalued to encourage exports.


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Weekend Document Imaging Notes 2/26/10

- According to Modern Healthcare magazine, here are the most popular Electronic Health Records (EHR) software systems for acute care facilities:
- Meditech of Westwood, MA, has 26.6% of market
- McKesson of Alpharetta, GA has 14.1% of market
- Cerner of Kansas City, MO has 12.6% of market
- Siemens of Malvern, PA (HQ in Germany) has 9.5% of market
- CPSI of Mobile, AL has 7.9% of market
- Epic Systems of Verona (Madison), WI has 6% of market
- Eclipsys of Boca Raton, FL has 5.5% of market
- Healthcare Management Systems of Nashville, TN has 5.3% of market
- Healthland of Glenwood, MN has 3.8% of market
- 8% of hospitals surveyed have developed their own proprietary systems

- At the upcoming Healthcare Information & Management Systems Society (HIMSS) show on 2/1-4/2010 in Atlanta, GA, the following companies will have trade show booths:

- AthenaHealth, who offers physician billing, practice management and EHR
- Liberty Solutions Inc., a dealer for Cerner, Allscripts, Siemens, Epic, Eclipsys, Meditech & McKesson
- Ambir Technology, maker of card scanners
- Axolotl, maker of Elysium Exchange solutions
- Computer Discount Warehouse (CDW) Healthcare division
- ClearWave Inc., authentication kiosk manufacturer
- Emdeon, payment cycle solutions provider
- InterSystems, maker of Cache’ database software and DeepSee business intelligence software
- NextGen Healthcare, provider of EHR
- Sage Inc., provider of EHR
- SSI Group, provider of claims processing solutions
- Sunquest Information Systems, provider of diagnostic information technology solutions
- Wellsoft, provider of EDIS patient tracking and clinical documentation solutions

- According to HIMSS, about 23% of all data security breaches of healthcare institutions are caused by an employee.

- Joy Pritts, a lawyer from Georgetown University, was named the Chief Privacy Officer for the Health & Human Services (HHS) Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, as part of the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Under the new law/stimulus bill, she will advise on the data security of healthcare agencies using Electronic Health Records (EHR) systems.

- When implementing Electronic Health Records (EHR) systems, requirements that must be addressed include:
- Capturing admission forms, ID and insurance cards
- Scanning patient records
- Transmitting lab instructions
- Filing insurance claim forms (CMS-1500 & UB-04)
- Processing EOB forms
- Processing supplier invoices
- Meeting FDA and other regulatory obligations
- Complying with record retention policies and privacy regulations (HIPAA laws)
- Allowing doctors and administrators simultaneous access to patient clinical records while controlling varying levels of security
- Incorporating Xrays, EKGs, MRIs, test results and supplemental documents with patient records
- Providing access to patient records from remote locations to prescribe treatment

- According to Khaled El Emam, a professor at University of Ottawa, up to 15% of healthcare insurance claims in the U.S. are fraudulent. In New York, alone up there is up to $4 billion in Medicare/Medicaid fraud.

- In the ARRA act, the current rules for healthcare providers to get stimulus funds, includes three requirements as part of the “meaningful use” rules, labeled as “core measures”:
- requirement to record whether a patient uses tobacco
- requirement to record blood pressure
- requirement to record the percentage of elderly patients who receive either one or two prescription drugs deemed to be of “high risk” to the elderly

- Customer confused to difference between EMR (electronic medical records) and EHR (electronic health records)?
- EMR is an umbrella, includes EHR, and encompasses electronically born records as well as paper records
- EHR is roughly 60-75% of patient information, born electronically

- The Justice Department has requested a $2 million budget increase so it can hire 12 attorneys for electronic discovery support.

- Data from recent survey of businesses that use third party managed IT services (MSP) conducted by Ziff Davis:
- Ability of MSPs to exceed customer expectations
- Mean Time Between Failure = 25%
- Systems Uptime = 25%
- Overall Quality = 20%
- Contribution to Meeting Company Business Goals = 16%
- PC Maintenance Expenses = 14%
- Most Common MSP Task Performed:
- AntiVirus = 91%
- Data Backup = 89%
- Help Desk = 72%
- MS Windows patches = 71%
- Remote Admin = 71%
- Systems Monitoring = 68%
- PC Audits = 38%
- PC Discovery = 21%
- Number one reason why MSP fails to sign up a client is when MSP sales rep calls on IT Mgr. instead of CFO, as the IT Mgr. views the MSP as a threat to their job

- THINKstrategies research published results of survey regarding usage of MSPs (managed IT service provider):
- 30% of companies with revenues of $50 million or less are using MSPs
- 55% of companies with revenues over $50 million are using MSPs
- 52% of SMBs (small to medium sized businesses) are NOT considering using MSPs

- Lenovo, which is headquartered in China, and purchased the personal computer division of IBM, announced that it will launch a managed IT services division in 2010.


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Sharp MX-2301N "Spec Review"

- Sharp launched a new A3 color MFP overseas that it may also launch in U.S. The new MX-2301N features:
- 23ppm top speed b/w or color
- 4 tandem OPC drum design
- Based on the Pastel platform, same as existing MX-2600N and others
- 8.1” color LCD touch screen display
- Does NOT have retractable keyboard like other models
- Optional OSA embedded software
- Built-in print/scan controller (most likely made by Zoran)
- Does NOT offer XPS print driver
- Does NOT offer hard disk overwrite/erase
- Does NOT offer Internet fax
- Optional fax board
- 100 sheet document feeder, with top speed of 50opm (does NOT scan both sides of original at same time)
- Comes standard with two 500 sheet drawers and 100 sheet stack bypass
- Auto duplex standard
- Can two more 500 sheet drawers
- Optional internal stapling finisher only

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Kyocera TASKalfa 552ci "Spec Review"

- Kyocera now shipping the new TASKalfa 552ci color laser MFP featuring:
- Base MSRP of $20,168
- 55ppm b/w and 50ppm full color top speeds
- 4 tandem amorphous silicon drum design, with life of only 300,000 pages
- 8.5” tilting color touch screen LCD display
- 58 second warmup time
- 4.6 second first b/w copy out time, 6.1 seconds for color
- 225K/month max duty cycle
- Black toner yield of 25,000 pages based on 5% coverage per page
- Color toners yield 18,000 pages
- 600x600dpi
- Advertised as offering 8 bit color depth (but does not specify if it offers 8 bits per pixel)
- Built-in print controller
- 2GB RAM standard
- Two 160GB hard drives standard (print and copy)
- Hard drive data security kit $580
- Copy data security kit $1155
- 800MHz processor
- PCL, PostScript & XPS print drivers standard
- Peerless technology
- 10/100BaseT & USB ports standard
- No optional 1000BaseT port
- Scan to email/LDAP/SMB/FTP/USB/TWAIN standard
- No EFI Fiery option
- Two document feeder choices:
- DP-750 100 sheet feeder that does NOT scan both sides of original at same time
- top speed of 75opm for $1360
- DP-760 100 sheet feeder that DOES scan both sides at same time
- top speed of 50opm for duplex scan or 100ipm for $1800
- Optional fax board with PC fax for $1155
- Requires $200 memory board
- Up to 400dpi only
- Can add second fax line
- Internet fax option for $300
- Comes standard with two 500 sheet paper drawers supports up to 90lb. index only
- Standard 100 sheet stack bypass supports up to 120lb. index only
- Does not support 10pt. card stock
- Can add two more 500 sheet paper drawers for $1286
- Can add 3,000 sheet letter only paper drawer for $1380
- Auto duplex standard and supports up to 90lb. index only
- A3 and supports up to 11”x17” paper sizes
- Finishing options include:
- 30 sheet corner stapling finisher for $1540
- 50 sheet multi-position stapling finisher for $2617
- Booklet making option is $1500
- Hole punch kit is $680
- Mailbox unit is $1000
- A print only version, the FS-C8500DN has base MSRP of $5973

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Ricoh MP 4001 & MP5001 "Spec Review"

These new units are identical to the previous MP 4000 & MP 5000. The only diffference is the addition of App2Me and PPDM.

- Ricoh now shipping the Aficio MP 4001 and 5001 digital b/w laser MFPs offering:
- 40 & 50ppm top speeds respectively
- MSRPs of $12,030 for MP4001 and $14,870 for MP5001
- 100 sheet document feeder with top scan speed of 61opm for b/w and 33opm for full color
- Does NOT scan both sides of original at same time
- 600x600dpi
- A3 offering up to 11”x17” paper size
- 22 second warmup time
- 4.1 second first copy out time
- Drum yield of 160,000 pages
- 30,000 page yield for black toner based on 5% coverage per page
- 200K/month max duty cycle
- Main unit weighs only 213.8 lbs.
- 8.5” color touchscreen control panel
- Two 550 sheet paper drawers standard
- Can add two more 550 sheet drawers for $1520
- 2,000 sheet letter size only drawer for $1570
- Can also add a 1,200 sheet side mount letter only paper deck for $1570
- Auto duplex standard up to 45lb. bond only
- Paper drawers can only hold up to 55lb. bond, but 100 sheet stack bypass
can hold up to 58lb. bond
- Can not handle 10 point stocks
- Built-in print/scan controller standard:
- 768MB RAM (no upgrades available)
- 40GB hard drive
- 533MHz processor
- 10/100BaseT & USB ports
- Optional 1000BaseT port for $340
- PCL print driver standard
- PostScript print driver is option for $920
- No XPS print driver available
- Optional hard drive overwrite kit for $420
- Optional hard drive encryption kit for $390
- Optional file format converter for hard drive document storage for $605
- actual maker unknown
- Scan to email/LDAP/HDD/folder/URL standard
- Optional Mail to Print feature allows user to send an email to unit for printing without need for print driver
- Comes standard with Personal Paperless Document Manager (relabeled Nuance OCR scan software) for single user, can add 4 more users for $200
- Optional 101 keyboard that pulls out underneath the color LCD for $449
- Optional App2Me software:
- create customized workflow
- combine/distribute/edit/create documents
- Optional fax board for $1150
- Up to 400dpi only
- Requires 32MB memory board for $185
- Can add two more fax lines for $650 apiece
- PC faxing standard
- Finishing options include:
- require bridge unit for $230
- 50 sheet corner stapling finisher for $1480
- 50 sheet multi-position stapling finisher for $2680
- Hole punch kit for $765
- Booklet making finisher for $4110

-=Cheers=-

Copier & MFP Lease Calculator

I ran across this today while doing some updates. This link will tell you what the interest rate is on a copier or MFP lease.

Use scenario #2 for figuring the interest rate.

Remember to use 20% of the purchase price in the residual value area if you are fuguring a Fair Market Value lease. If you plan on returning the equipment at the end of the term, enter zero for the residual value slot.

If you are calculating a one dollar purchase option, then enter $1.00 in the residual value slot.

Enter the purchase price of the equipment, then the term of the lease and the payment that was quoted to you with out tax.

When finished hit the calculate button!

Here's the link Lease Calculator

Enjoy!

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