Ricoh GX5050N - Manual (Page 2)

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ADVANTAGES
The Ricoh Aficio GX5050N’s supplies cost per page for both black and color output are the second lowest
for competitive inkjet products tested.
The first-print times for all five file types used in testing are faster than the average for inkjet products
tested to date. In fact the first print times for the Word, PowerPoint, TIFF and PDF files are the fastest
of inkjet printers tested to date.
Overall color and monochrome print efficiency is well above average in simplex and duplex modes when
compared to tested inkjet printers.
When printing from the PCL driver, the unit completed BLI’s 19-page job stream at 109.14 percent of its
rated color speed, which is the best performances for comparable inkjet printers in this test to date.
When printing from the PCL driver, the Ricoh GX5050N completed the monochrome job stream at 87.60
percent of its rated engine speed, which is above average. Performance from the RPCS driver was even
better, at 107.28 percent of its rated speed for monochrome and 116.3 percent of its rated speed for
color.
The standard memory capacity, at 64 MB, is 48 percent higher than the average for competitive inkjet
printers.
SHoRTCoMINGS
Color photographic output produced by the Ricoh Aficio GX5050N showed a heavy yellow undertone in
some skin tones.
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the Ricoh Aficio GX5050N proved to be a productive unit, demonstrating
above-average efficiency rates and first page times that were faster than
average compared to similar tested inkjet printers. The unit, which employs
four separate ink tanks, also produced very good output overall. This is due
in part to Ricoh's Modulation-Dot (M-Dot) technology, which allows up to
four droplets of ink to be ejected in rapid succession, thus combining into
a single larger dot, producing better fill and higher resolution. Black output
produced by the Aficio GX5050N in the default “Standard” mode was rated
“Very Good.” Color business graphics and photographic images were rated
“Good.”
The Aficio GX5050N received excellent ratings for ease of use and the included
utilities. The unit is very easy to set up: using the quick-install routine on
the included CD, users can easily install the drivers and software in just a
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