Well built, the Ricoh SP 204 SF certainly is: without a dazzling luxury, the materials used are of good quality, and adjustable-sheet guide and slide are adjusted without hiccups and effortlessly. The keyboard is not the most pleasant, but it is solid.
Well designed: the paper feed tray and the toner cartridge are on the front.
4 in 1, this machine does all what the big machines of copy-service side of the university, without having to move.
- Copy, with sorter please;
- Laser printer (black and white, less expensive and more reliable than the ink cartridges);
- Color scanner;
- And to impress the ancestors FAX (that, although we wonder what's the point).
Of course, at this price it lacks two or three small very useful options reserved for more expensive models:
- Network Printer: Yes, it can be shared between different computers in your household! Just plug it into your USB BOX Broadband (at least, it works with free box and SFR Box);
- Duplex: it can be used ... but mostly, for memories or theses, the duplex printing is simply forbidden. If however you want to print on both sides, there is an extremely simple solution: print the odd pages, then put the printed sheets in the feeder tray, and print the even pages. (For small volumes, the printer supports duplex with a front loading slot).
- Possibility to connect a USB key to use the printer without turning on the computer: no.
This machine has she really no fault? IF! a minor and a major but circumvented.
Major fault: the toner cartridge 2600 is 109 pages (or page 0.04) .. that price is not excessive, but it is almost the price of a new printer !! However, there are small shops which offer recharge toner cartridges inexpensively .. studying in your area.
Minor fault (but annoying): The USB cable is not provided! so if you do not have one in reserve, or if you forget to order with the printer, you will not be able to use upon receipt.
In conclusion: unbeatable quality / price for intensive private use (up to 3000 copies per month).
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USB Cable to be ordered imperatively with the printer: USB2HAB2M StarTech.com USB 2.0 A to B 2m cable M / M
