Inkjet & Digital Printing

Ricoh Launches Aficio SP C820DN / SP C821DN Series Color Laser Printers for Graphic Intensive Environments

Thursday 23. July 2009 - Color Laser Printers Deliver Vibrant Image Quality And Low Total Cost Of Ownership

Ricoh Americas Corporation, a leading provider of digital office equipment, today announced the availability of its Ricoh Aficio SP C820DN and SP C821DN Color Laser Printer Series. Ricoh’s newest color laser printers are an upgrade over the previous Aficio CL7200 and SP C811DN models and offer large workgroups an upgraded engine design based off the CL7200 engine, which produces faster warm-up times and first print times. The SP C820DN and SP C821DN eliminates the need for outsourcing as the printers produce high quality prints up to 9600×600 dpi and 1200×1200 dpi at a rate of up to 40 pages per minute for the Aficio C820DN and up to 50 pages per minute for the Aficio C821DN.

Ricoh’s new color laser printers are the perfect solution for graphic-intensive workgroups like marketing departments, print-for-pay vendors, pre-press departments and design agencies looking to produce full-color documents in-house. The SP C820DN and SP C821DN Series comes equipped with numerous professional-grade finishing options like the 1,000-sheet booklet finisher and 3,000 sheet finisher which allow users to produce full-color marketing materials at a fraction of the cost of outsourcing. The printers’ multi-bit printer engine uses true laser technology to achieve photographic quality prints. The SP C820DN and SP C821DN support PANTONE , ColorSync, and custom ICM and ICC profiles which gives users the flexibility to keep a wide range of jobs in-house. PANTONE Color Palettes will be available mid. August 2009.

The SP C820DN and SP C821DN not only equip workgroups with the ability to produce high quality output at interpolated resolutions up to 9600×600 dpi but the printers provide users with a combination of fast processing and fast print speeds. Businesses can use the new color laser printers to create reports, presentations or brochures at high speeds. The high-performance 1 GHz Intel Celeron Controller allows the printer to efficiently process jobs consisting of large files, complex applications and other graphic-intensive demands.

“Ricoh realizes that in today’s economy, our customers demand speed, productivity and reliability to keep their businesses performing at high levels,” said Matt Sakauchi, vice president of the Office Printer Business Group (OPBG), Ricoh Americas Corporation. “Our new color laser printers ensure that our customers can continue to optimize their productivity with new technology that is cost-effective and efficient.”

Engineered with the needs of demanding workgroups in mind, the Ricoh Aficio SP C820DN and SP C821DN laser printers combine reliability with low operating costs. The printers are ideal for a variety of jobs as heavy media is supported from every tray. With the SP C820DN and SP C821DN laser printers, users can work on mixed output jobs requiring thick paper support or advanced finishing capabilities like booklet making and banner printing.

The Aficio SP C820DN and SP C821DN are available at the suggested retail price of $3,699 and $4,669 respectively.

Ricoh Aficio SP SP C820DN/ SP C821DN Specifications
System Specifications

Configuration Desktop

Technology Laser-beam scanning &
electrophotographic printing with
dual component toner development,
4-drum tandem method

Printing Speed 40-ppm black & white and full-color
(SP C820DN)
50-ppm black & white and full-color
(SP C821DN)

Warm-Up Time 35 seconds (SP C820DN)
50 seconds (SP C821DN)

First Print Speed SP C820DN: Black & white: 8 seconds
or less
Full Color: 9 seconds or less
SP C821DN: Black & white: 7 seconds
or less
Full Color: 8 seconds or less

Duplex Print Speed Near 100% productivity for all paper
sizes

Print Resolution 600 x 600-dpi (1-bit)
600 x 600-dpi (2-bit) (Default)
600 x 600-dpi (4-bit)
1200 x 1200-dpi (1-bit)

Standard Input Capacity Base configuration: 2 x 550 sheets x
100-Sheet Bypass Tray
Maximum capacity: 3,200 sheets

Output Capacity Standard: 500 sheets face down
Optional: 3,000-Sheet Finisher,
1,000-Sheet Booklet Finisher or
4-Bin Mailbox
Maximum: 4,000-Sheet stack capacity
(with 3,000-Sheet Finisher and
4-Bin Mailbox)

Paper Sizes First Paper Tray: 8.5″ x 11″
Second Paper Tray: 7.17″ x 5.83″ –
11″ x 17″
Bypass Tray: Width: 3.5″ – 12″,
Length: 5.8″ x 49.6″
Optional Large Capacity Tray: 8.5″ x
11″
Optional Paper Feed Units: 7.17″ x
5.83″ – 11″ x 17″

Paper Weights Standard & Optional Paper Feed
Units, Large Capacity Tray: 16 – 68
lb. Bond/ 140 lb. Index (60 – 256
g/m(2))
Bypass Tray: 16 – 68 lb. Bond/ 140
lb.
Index (60 – 256 g/m(2)) (Source
for Labels, OHP, and Envelopes)
Duplex Unit: 16 – 45 lb. Bond/
90 lb. Index (60 – 169 g/m(2))

Paper Types Bond, Plain, Recycled, Preprinted,
Special, Color, Letterhead, Card
Stock, Glossy, Coated, Labels, OHPs
and Envelopes

Auto Duplex Standard

Dimensions (WxDxH) (Base Model) 26.4″ x 26.4″ x 25.2″ (670 x 670 x
640 mm) (Standard Configuration)

Weight (Base Model) Less than 213 lb. (97kg)

Power Requirements 120V, 60Hz

Operating Power Consumption 890W (SP C820DN)
992W (SP C821DN)


Maximum Power Consumption 1440W

Energy Saver 2.2W


Print Controller Specifications
(Standard)

CPU SP C820DN: Intel Celeron M @ 600MHz
SP C821DN: Intel Celeron M @ 1GHz

Hard Disk Drive SP C820DN: 80 GB HDD Optional on all
models
SP C821DN: 80 GB HDD Standard on all
models

Printer Languages PCL 5c, PCL 6, RPCS, Adobe((R))
PostScript((R) )3((TM)), PDF Direct
Print

Fonts Standard: 45 PCL fonts,
13 International fonts,
136 PostScript 3 fonts
Optional : OCR and Barcode fonts
available

Standard Interfaces 10/100Base-TX Ethernet (RJ-45), USB
2.0, USB Host I/F

Optional Interfaces* IEEE 1284 Interface Board Type A;
IEEE 820.11a/bg; Wireless LAN Type
J; Bluetooth Wireless Interface
Type 3245; Gigabit Ethernet Type B

Network Protocols Standard: TCP/IP (IPv4, IPv6), SMB,
AppleTalk
Optional: IPX/SPX

Operating Systems Windows 2000/XP/Server 2003/Server
2008/Vista; Novell Netware 3.12,
3.2, 4.1, 4,11, 5.0, 5.1, 6, 6.5;
UNIX (using Ricoh UNIX filter Phase
11): Sun Solaris, HP-UX, SCO
OpenServer, RedHat Linux, and IB
AIX; Citrix Metaframe, Mac OS
8.6-9.2x, OS X10.1 or later, SAP
R/3 3.x or later

Drivers RPCS, PCL5c, PCL6: Windows
2000/XP/Server 2003/Vista/Server
2008
XPS: Windows Vista/Server 2008 (via
download only)
PostScript: Windows 2000/XP/Server
2003/Vista/Server 2008, Macintosh
8.6 or later, OS X (10.1, 10.2,
10.3)

Utilities SmartDeviceMonitor for Admin and
Client; Web SmartDeviceMonitor
(optional); Web Image Monitor;
DeskTopBinder V2 Lite; Print
Utility for Mac; Agfa Font Manager
2000

*Only one additional interface can be installed