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Ricoh Aficio CL3500N Laser Printer (22 PPM, 1200x1200 DPI, Color, 128MB, PC/Mac)

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  • Good paper handling
  • Economical operating costs
  • Cons
  • Low print quality
  • Many parts require maintenance

Ricoh Aficio CL3500N Review

by Paul Jasper

- The Ricoh Aficio CL3500N has a neat and professional appearance that will look good in any office. At $700 (as of 10/6/2006), this networked color laser has enough features to support a small workgroup. You get a generous 530-sheet main paper tray with a built-in 100-sheet bypass tray that folds down from the front. This lets the two trays share the same paper path, but increases the depth of the main tray. When you extend the main tray to its full depth to accept legal-size paper, it projects through a flap at the back of the printer, which lifts to form a dust cover over the paper. You can feed envelopes only from the bypass tray, where you can stack them up to 10 high. The output bin on top of the printer holds up to 250 sheets.

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User Reviews for Ricoh Aficio CL3500N Laser Printer (22 PPM, 1200x1200 DPI, Color, 128MB, PC/Mac)

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    Strengths: Customer Service is very friendly, low up front cost.

    Weaknesses: Too many parts that need changed. Parts breakdown very quickly. No warning that parts need changed, it's a guessing game that is very expensive.

    Overall Evaluation: I have owned several laser printers and this one is by far the most unreliable. I've had the best luck with xerox and brother printers, I purchase this one because it was on sale and had the features I wanted - if only I knew how fragile and unstable the printer was, I would not have taken it for free.

  • Reviewed by: nbozick

    Duration of ownership:

    Strengths: Speed and color quality

    Weaknesses: Life of the printer is very short. We are running multiple 3500s and one just burned out after running only 15,000 copies! Another burned out after only 34,000 copies!

    Overall Evaluation: Life cycle of this printer is very poor. Supplies do not last the expected life printed in the owners manual. The 3500s we are using also tend to jam. The paper tray is very sensitive to any paper dust.

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