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THE RICOH AFICIO G700 & G500
HYBRID COLOR PRINTER
G700 & G500
Competitive Analysis
Ricoh Aficio G700 & G500
Entry-level Color Printers for Business
featuring
technology
the fast, affordable printing innovation for business color users
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AFICIO G700 & G500 This guide is intended solely for the use and information of Ricoh Corporation, its designated agents, and their employees. The information in this guide was obtained from several different sources that are deemed reliable by all industry standards. To the best of our knowledge, this information is accurate in all respects. However, neither Ricoh Corporation nor any of its agents or employees shall be responsible for any inaccuracies contained herein. © 2005, Ricoh Corporat
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COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS The G700 and G500 represent a new class of color printer from Ricoh. In fact, GelSprinter technology is so new that it falls into a small but growing product category called Business Inkjet. Currently only Hewlett-Packard and Canon offer color inkjet models that can be classified as Business Inkjet (BIJ) printers, and Canon’s latest models are not yet available here in the United States. But with the success HP is experiencing with them here and Canon’s positive results from
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AFICIO G700 & G500 How do the G700 and G500 do it? The credit goes primarily to three core technologies: • These printers use new formula of Viscous Inks that begin to dry immediately upon contact with the air. This limits dot spreading and prevents ink bleed-through. Viscous inks resist smudging, will not dissolve upon accidental contact with water, and resist fading when exposed to sunlight. As a result, the G700/G500 are capable of delivering high-resolution two-sided prints at fast speeds on
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Hewlett-Packard Business Inkjet 1200 Printer Series The recently introduced BIJ 1200 family replaces HP’s initial Business Inkjet offering, the BIJ 1100 Series. Recognizing the potential for a low cost “business class” inkjet solution, HP was quick to update the 1100 Series with a more powerful controller, increased RAM, and faster speeds while maintaining the same $199 SRP for the non-networked basic version with standard duplexing. This printer is also available in dn, dtn, and dtwn configurat
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AFICIO G700 & G500 Feature/Specification Ricoh Aficio G500 HP Business Inkjet 1200 Suggested Retail Price $329 $199 Fastest Print Speeds 19-ppm (FC) / 19-ppm (B&W) 24-ppm (FC) / 28-ppm (B&W) Printer Technology Piezo Inkjet Thermal Inkjet Warm-up Time 30 seconds or less INA First Print Time B&W/Full-color 7.5 seconds / 10 seconds INA / 7.4 seconds Monthly Volume (Max.) Up to 5,000 prints Up to 6,250 prints Controller Type / Speed TM4955 AFG @ 200MHz Motorola ColdFire 4e @ 240MHz Std./Max. Memory
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Hewlett-Packard Business Inkjet 2300 Printer Series The HP Business Inkjet 2300 Series is being compared to the G700 due to their equal maximum volume rating of 10,000 prints per month and price. As is common with HP products, the non- networked 2300 priced at $499 is also available in multiple higher priced configurations. That means when competing against the HP BIJ 2300 Series, you can begin to focus not just on image quality, but on price: 2300 $499 Non-networked 2300n $799 Networked (wired
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AFICIO G700 & G500 Feature/Specification Ricoh Aficio G700 HP Business Inkjet 2300 Suggested Retail Price $449 $499 Fastest Print Speeds 20-ppm (FC) / 20-ppm (B&W) 22-ppm (FC) / 26-ppm (B&W) Printer Technology Piezo Inkjet Thermal Inkjet Warm-up Time 30 seconds or less INA First Print Time B&W/Full-color 6 seconds / 9 seconds INA / 7.4 seconds Monthly Volume (Max.) Up to 10,000 prints Up to 10,000 prints Controller Type / Speed TM4955 AFG @ 200MHz Motorola CPU @ 256MHz Std./Max. Memory (RAM) 16M
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Hewlett-Packard Business Inkjet 3000 Printer Series The 3000 Series is HP’s top of the line printer for its 8.5” x 14” Business Inkjet solutions. Featuring a dual processor design (160MHz and 400MHz CPUs), 88MB RAM standard (expandable to 344MB), a maximum 1,100-sheet paper capacity, and high yield ink cartridges, the BIJ 3000 Series is rated for use in environments producing up to 30,000 pages per month—three times that of the G700. 3000 $599 Non-networked 3000n $899 Networked (wired) 3000dtn $
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AFICIO G700 & G500 Feature/Specification Ricoh Aficio G700 HP Business Inkjet 3000 Suggested Retail Price $449 $599 Fastest Print Speeds 20-ppm (FC) / 20-ppm (B&W) 18-ppm (FC) / 21-ppm (B&W) Printer Technology Piezo Inkjet Thermal Inkjet Warm-up Time 30 seconds or less INA First Print Time B&W/Full-color 6 seconds / 9 seconds INA / 7.4 seconds Monthly Volume (Max.) Up to 10,000 prints Up to 30,000 prints Controller Type / Speed TM4955 AFG @ 200MHz Dual CPUs: 160MHz & 400MHz Std./Max. Memory (RAM
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Hewlett-Packard Color LaserJet 2550 Printer Series The HP Color LaserJet 2550 Series is included in this review as it is representative of the entry-level 8.5” x 14” color laser models you will compete against. The base HP CLJ 2550L has a SRP of $499 and is available in multiple configurations: 2550 $599 Non-networked 2550Ln $899 Networked (wired) 2550n $1,099 Networked (wired) + 700-sheet Paper Tray 2 + Duplexing At first glance it looks like an easy decision: Spend $50 more than a G700 and get
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AFICIO G700 & G500 Feature/Specification Ricoh Aficio G700 HP Color LaserJet 2550 Suggested Retail Price $449 $499 Fastest Print Speeds 20-ppm (FC) / 20-ppm (B&W) 4-ppm (FC) / 20-ppm (B&W) Printer Technology Piezo Inkjet Laser Warm-up Time 30 seconds or less Instant On technology First Print Time B&W/Full-color 6 seconds / 9 seconds 18 seconds / 29 seconds Monthly Volume (Max.) Up to 10,000 prints Up to 30,000 prints Controller Type / Speed TM4955 AFG @ 200MHz Motorola CFV4e @ 264MHz Std./Max. M
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Hewlett Packard Deskjet 3845 The HP Deskjet 3845 is included in this review because it is representative of conventional inkjet printers found in SOHO and personal environments. At $69.99 the Deskjet 3845 is certainly affordable and provides acceptable output speeds. It offers USB 2.0 connectivity and is rated for volumes up to 1,000 pages per month. At this level of the market (read: consumer) specifications like controller type and first print speeds are of minimal importance—all the customer
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AFICIO G700 & G500 Feature/Specification Ricoh Aficio G500 HP Deskjet 3845 Suggested Retail Price $329 $69.99 Fastest Print Speeds 19-ppm (FC) / 19-ppm (B&W) 14-ppm (FC) / 18-ppm (B&W) Printer Technology Piezo Inkjet Thermal Inkjet Warm-up Time 30 seconds or less INA First Print Time B&W/Full-color 7.5 seconds / 10 seconds INA / INA Monthly Volume (Max.) Up to 5,000 prints Up to 1,000 pages Controller Type / Speed TM4955 AFG @ 200MHz INA Std./Max. Memory (RAM) 8MB / 8MB Integrated memory Standar
