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Summing Up

The Ricoh Aficio MP1350 enters a tough, aggressively

fought market armed with an armada of user friendly

features and design attributes.

As mentioned at the beginning of the report, the device

can be considered both a high end front office device and

as a production device destined for CRDs, quick printers

and printshops.

In the configuration tested during this evaluation, which

included the lower cost Ricoh designed controller,

BERTL's evaluation had been focused on the front office

environment.

In this scenario, user productivity is of paramount

importance closely followed by ease of use and workflow

flexibility. A unit of this type in the front office will be

expected to be everything to everyone handling the walk

up and desktop digital imaging demands of, in many

instances, multiple departments.

The Ricoh Aficio MP1350 is admirably equipped to take on

this demanding environment with a heady selection of

finishing options, a large full color interface for fast,

accurate data and job entry plus class-leading Web server

technology and print on demand capabilities.

Scanning, already a strong point on the previous

generation of Ricoh departmental MFPs, has been taken

to the next level with color scanning and advanced PDF

encryption and compression capabilities. This further

expands the scanning capabilities of the device and

ensures fast, efficient, and successful scanning. New

features also include the Preview mode, allowing users to

check scan images before they are sent to their final

destination. Another new feature that BERTL appreciated

seeing make an entrance onto Ricoh's headliner MFP

products was the scan to URL function. This allows users

to use email as the address medium (rather than trying to

find a SMB or FTP route), but not send large files across

to the mail server, which could create bottlenecks or worse

still get rejected for being over the threshold that the IT

administrator set up for the mail server. This is even more

important when you consider the file sizes created during

color scanning tasks.

There is still a way to go before the device can go toe to

toe against production scanners at the higher end with

single pass duplex scanning and ISIS driver support, just

two of the factors that may put off service bureaus and

high volume scanning environments from getting too

excited.

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Productivity, as expected, was performed at the high

standard we have come to expect from Ricoh. Fast

scanning into memory limits user waiting times, fast

processing of a wide range of print jobs through the choice

of PCL, PostScript, or RPCS drivers, and innovative print-

on-demand capabilities allow commonly used jobs to be

printed and rerouted at the touch of a button. There is no

need for repeat processing.

Security is well catered to with a diverse range of features

designed to make the device a good network security

citizen, to allow for efficient auditing and control of user

access, and to maintain privacy of confidential information

through the device. As with all devices, there are areas in

which security can be further enhanced, including the

disguise of a secure print job name during its output phase

and integrating personal digital certificates with active

directory personal profiles.

Those concerned with accessibility and Section 508

compliance will find the large tilting arm-mounted touch

screen to be easy to reach and view from a wheelchair.

Paper drawers are now graspable from above and below.

We would like to see a remote terminal or voice guidance

system, which would provide greater accessibility

capabilities for the visually impaired who cannot use the

non-tactile touch screen.

As with many Ricoh devices we have tested recently,

many of the 'What we would like to see' comments are

features that are not found on any device currently in the

market and are not criticisms versus its peers, but are

suggestions for how the next generation of product could

be further enhanced. This reflects the changing market

where user productivity is everything and is much more

than a simplistic speed and feed buying decision.

The Ricoh Aficio MP1350 might have its weaknesses, but

to many it will open up new doors of document productivity

and is fully deserving of the special recognition a BERTL 5

Star status grants it.

Ricoh Aficio MP1350

13 November 2006

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