Ricoh Aficio SP4100NL Toner Cartridges
Ricoh Aficio SP4100NL Printer Review
Expert review of the Ricoh Aficio SP4100NL printer
The Ricoh Aficio SP 4100NL is a capable monochrome printer with a compact design, with the ability to print up to 31 pages per minute. Its start-up mechanism is quick and users can expect their first print out in under seven seconds. Ricoh engineering ensures this machine saves energy and standard usage is 960 watts, while in sleep mode its a lowly 10 watts. Designed for up to 10,000 impressions a month, the Ricoh Aficio SP 4100NL monochrome laser printer is perfectly suited to small or medium workgroups.
Design
With external dimensions of 388 x 450 x 345-millimetres and a weight of 17.5kgs, Ricoh Aficio SP4100NL printers are compact and easily portable. They feature USB and parallel port interfaces with the option of adding Ethernet. Resolutions up to 1200 x 600dpi ensure print quality is crisp while two standard paper trays with a 600-sheet capacity allow for printing special stationery such as projector transparencies and envelopes. The standard memory of the Ricoh SP 4100NL black and white printer is 192MB, which can be doubled to 384MB.
Advantages
The output handling attributes of the Ricoh Aficio SP 4100NL A4 mono laser printers are easily enlarged to suit workplace requirements. By adding two extra 500-page cassettes, users are able to increase the total input capacity to 1,600 pages. Users with these extra trays also have the possibility of incorporating a feeder for envelopes. A 100-sheet bypass tray is specially engineered to accommodate non-standard media. An optional duplexer cuts paper usage as it offers two-sided printing. Aficio SP4100NL printers offer various security and access restriction features including SNMP Version III.
Disadvantages
Wireless network interface isn’t an option for the Ricoh SP 4100NL laser printer and it would benefit users if this were built in.
