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Ricoh Aficio 3228C

Copy

Within photo and text/photo modes you

can enhance output by selecting;

photographic print, press print and second

generation copy options.

The Ricoh Aficio 3228C comes with the

same copier functionality users would

expect to find on a monochrome device,

including: page numbering and stapling,

cover mode, shift/erase and book copying, N-

up copying, job interrupt, 25 to 400 percent

zoom, mixed original mode and more.

Copy Concurrency

To accommodate environments where

copy is an important workflow the Ricoh

Aficio 3228C includes a copy concurrency

capability. By this we mean that if a copy

job is already in progress, that a user can

scan a second copy job into the queue.

While restricting advance copy queue

capability to two jobs is more limited than

some rival devices, it should satisfy the

needs of most office environments.

User Productivity

While manufacturers may promote the

headline speed of a device, the most

important aspects of the device to many

copy users will not be the engine speed,

but is more likely to be areas such as:

•

First copy out time

•

Scanning speed

•

Maximum document feeder capacity

•

Simplicity of interface layout

These factors are all going to play a larger

part in the overall time a walk-up user

needs to spend at the device before they

can return to work with their single page

copy job or leave the device to run when

larger copy jobs are required. In all these

key areas of user productivity, the Ricoh

Aficio 3228C stands out as being a device

to beat.

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Image Quality

The image quality from the Ricoh Aficio

3228C was among the best we have seen

from a front office color MFP.

The overall appearance of the output was

a soft sheen due to the wax-impregnated

toner. This had a pleasing look without

suffering from the glare that a high gloss

finish can produce when being read in

offices with overhead lighting.

Fine lines and fonts were well reproduced

with no areas of concern. Grayscales were

reproduced well with none of the stepping

that we have seen on some devices.

Skin tones had a natural look and feel

while at the same time solid areas of color

had the vibrancy that office users

producing presentations need.

The biggest area of improvement that the

new PxP toner imaging system highlighted

versus previous Ricoh color MFPs was in

the reproduction of halftone images such

as photographs. While in the past some

output had a slightly grainy appearance

the output from the Ricoh Aficio 3228C

looked much more professional.

The only area of image quality concern

was in the reproduction of grayscales

when produced using CMYK. The problem

is not one unique to Ricoh. When

producing grayscale shades on a page

containing color data the Auto Color Mode

has to reproduce the grayscales using a

mix of CMYK toner. This can result, as in

the case of the Ricoh Aficio 3228C and

virtually all other devices, in a slight hint of

one color within the grey. In the case of the

Ricoh Aficio 3228C it was a slight hint of

cyan giving the 25 percent grayscale

shade a slightly bluish tint.

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19-Jan-06