Ricoh Aficio CL3000 Color Laser Printer

by Ricoh

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 67 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0000A1VUI
• Item model number: 400832
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 16, 2003

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The Ricoh Aficio CL3000 brings the performance of a workgroup printer in the same footprint as a desktop—at a fraction of the price. Affordable and accessible color is only part of the story; the CL3000 has an impressive black-and-white printing speed of 21 ppm.

Features:

• Prints at 16.9 ppm color and 21 ppm black-andw-hite.
• First page out time of less than 15.5 seconds for both color and black-and- white
• Standard Ethernet, USB 2.0, and parallel interfaces
• Wireless options--IEEE 802.11b and Bluetooth to position the CL3000 anywhere in the office and transparent support for visiting telecommuters
• Optional IEEE 1394 port, up to 400 Mbps, saves network bandwidth
• Seamless compatibility with computers running Windows, Macintosh, and UNIX operating systems
• Three page description languages: Adobe PostScript 3, Ricoh's RPCS, and PCL5c emulation
• Auto Color Sensing on documents consisting of monochrome and color pages is used to minimize operating costs
• Uses just 10 or less watts of power in EnergySaver mode
• IS100e option to copy documents

What's in the Box
CL3000 printer, power cable, paper tray, toner cartridge, user guide, warranty information

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Get to know the PCU, because you'll be replacing it often, July 12, 2004

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Laura G. Dods (Edwardsville, IL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ricoh Aficio CL3000 Color Laser Printer (Office Product)

Our company purchased the CL3000 not more than 4 months ago. It worked out of the box, and the color printing is fast. This lasted to about a week. After a week, the printer began making a horrible grinding noise. After letting the Ricoh help desk listen to the noise over the phone, they scheduled a tech to come out and fix it. The tech showed and said that the auger waste doors on the color PCU were jammed, and the color PCU needed to be replaced. He didn't carry the part on him, so it would have to come from Ricoh direct. This took about a week, so no printer for two weeks since the problem occurred. We replaced the color PCU, and continued printing for 3 more months. We began to notice red streaks in the color sections of print. Again we consulted Ricoh's help desk (which is nothing more than a tech scheduling service), and they sent out the same tech again. This time, he claims the black PCU is faulty. He actually broken the flimsy auger door and used a wadded up piece of paper to force the door open. This time, he requested we return the PCU under warranty, to Ricoh for exchange. I would like to heave this over a cliff before I invest more time on a clearly defective design. For those of you who love this unit, are you printing more than 400 pages a week? Maybe it's just a matter of time for you.........

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Can't buy a better color laser printer for the price, February 10, 2004

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K. Smith "kimbersf" (Huntington Beach, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ricoh Aficio CL3000 Color Laser Printer (Office Product)

It's got speed, good color quality and tones, and a small footprint. While it isn't edge-to-edge, it certainly prints on a large area of paper. It comes network-ready. For just under $850, what else could you ask for?!

I strongly recommend the Ricoh CL 3000 for anyone in a small- to mid-size business that needs color printing on a very regular basis.

---Edited on January 17, 2006. About six months after getting this, we started seeing some really bad banding. And have spent almost the cost of the printer initially ($700) in trying to fix it. Unfortunately, the staying power of this is a joke. So if I could do it all over again, I'd probably give it three stars.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Fast Color Laser Printer, January 10, 2004

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H. Brake "hbrake2" (Little Rock, AR United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Ricoh Aficio CL3000 Color Laser Printer (Office Product)

This Printer - is one of the best I have ever seen in performance and quality output. The Color is Bright - clear - and consistant. Get the Duplexer and watch this machine print your manuals and books - double sided - in record time. The main con I would have with this printer is that Ricoh - a very famous Japanese company- doesn't advertise it. If they advertised it - it would be even more expensive. It is an excellent printer and I would highly recommend it for the advanced home user or as a workgroup printer. It has options including hard disk, additional memory and duplexer. Try it - you'll love it!