Suitable for both central print rooms and general office environments, the Aficio™CL7100 quickly and easily copes with long print runs. It prints double sided pages at the same 35 ppm rate as single sided pages. In line with their ever-increasing popularity, PDF documents will be printed instantly, without passing through the user PC's software Raster Image Processor (RIP).
Apart from a fast throughput, exceptional image quality is a key differentiator of the Aficio™CL7100 within the high speed office colour segment. At 1,200 dpi, the Aficio™CL7100 meets the highest demands in terms of output resolution. With the Black-over-Print function enabled, the Aficio™CL7100 will automatically correct image shifts occurring between dark print on a lighter coloured background. Its engine routinely calibrates for accurate colour rendering. The Aficio™CL7100 boasts both SWOP and Euroscale ink profiles to simulate the kind of colour reproduction previously only associated with the printing press.
Adding to the professional capabilities, this printer has a series of unique extras, such as a powerful 2,000-sheet finisher, an optional booklet maker and a saddle stitch stapler. Furthermore users have the option of expanding paper capacity up to 3,100 sheets making high volume print jobs significantly easier. The Aficio™CL7100 handles envelopes, cards, labels and many other types of media. Such features enable offices to produce newsletters, direct mail pieces and other professional colour documents in-house, easily and at low cost.
"This printer bridges the gap between traditional office colour printing and high end colour systems," says Tirtza Richartz, Product Manager at Ricoh Europe B.V. "It is perfectly fitted to tackle those jobs that would otherwise be outsourced at high costs. With the Aficio™CL7100 businesses can finally keep colour printing in their own hands, without the expenses of outsourcing and without the hassle of having to deal with complex graphic features."
In addition to the general office and print rooms, high security environments will benefit om the Aficio™CL7100. Its security features will especially appeal to governmental institutions, the legal and financial industry and medical organisations. Locked Print™ enables password protected confidential printing and with SSL/TLS, communication between PC and printer runs over a Virtual Private Network. Documents sent to the printer are encrypted, ensuring optimum security. Aficio™CL7100. Its security features will especially appeal to governmental institutions, the legal and financial industry and medical organisations. Locked Print™ enables password protected confidential printing and with SSL/TLS, communication between PC and printer runs over a Virtual Private Network. Documents sent to the printer are encrypted, ensuring optimum security.
Ricoh has equipped the Aficio™CL7100 with common printer languages such as PCL and Adobe® PostScript® are available, as well as Ricoh's own RPCS™ user friendly printer driver. An optional Secure Digital flash memory card offers additional fonts for professional page design
Connectivity capabilities range from a standard Network Interface Board and USB 2.0, to Wireless LAN and Bluetooth. By integrating Rendezvous® the printer is automatically recognised by every networked PC in Macintosh X environments. With Dynamic DNS synchronisation between DNS name and IP address is automatic as well, saving a lot of time for IT departments.
The Aficio™CL7100 comes with Ricoh's Web Image Monitor, enabling users to easily check the status, document server and paper/toner supply through common web browsers. Operators are able to remotely and easily set user privileges, retrieve job statistics, monitor job queues and restrict usage.
Bundled productivity software includes SmartDeviceMonitor™ for network device management and DeskTopBinder™ V2 Lite for convenient document management and job binding.
Developed with Ricoh's zero waste policy and Energy Star Tier 2 compliance mind, the Aficio™CL7100 is one of the most environmentally friendly machines around. In addition to environmental conscious toner, these models have a 'sleep mode' function with an unmatched recovery time, distinctively decreasing power consumption.
