Ricoh SPC240DN A4 Colour Laser Printer (Duplex & Ethernet) @ Box.co.uk (Direct or £49.99 via Amazon/Tesco/ebay) - £39.99 @ Box.co.uk

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Ricoh SPC240DN A4 Colour Laser Printer (Duplex & Ethernet) £39.99 @ Box.co.uk (Direct or £49.99 via Amazon/Tesco/ebay)

£39.99 Box.co.uk7 Mar 16

Source: HotUKDeals | Deals > Technology

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topss

4 Mar 16

Very low cost colour networked and duplex laser printer. Works with most versions of Windows and Mac OS.

Up to 16 pages per minute print speed
Up to 2400 x 600 dpi Print Resolution
64MB Memory
Automatic Duplex (60-90 gsm)
USB & Network
Ships with 1000 Sheet Starter Toners
2 Year Warranty

REFILL kits for the toner can be had for around £14 per colour (2000 page yield), or just under £50 for a set of 4.

Would be suitable for low volume printing, so if you're planning on printing a library, you will probably be better off looking for a printer with cheaper toners.

Compared to the good Dell printer deal that 'wishihadadonkey' posted, you would be on equal cost terms after two toner changes, but will have printed slightly more pages from this one. The Dell would be cheaper to run after that.

>>>>>
BOX price now increased to £49.99 from £39.99 [weirdly!] ;-)

Still in stock 10am 7/3
- 008

Top comments

lucyferror

5 Mar 16 22 #6

I don't need third printer :disappointed:

vfxuk

5 Mar 16 21 #15

Contribute to slowing planet wide environmental collapse by building a house from my collection of single use Ricoh laser printers. Warm toasty laser drums and an array of flashing "toner" LEDs to rival Blackpool illuminations will keep my carbon footprint to under 3 billion metric tonnes per quarter whilst also ensuring a localised increase in lung cancer cases to cut other people's lifetime footprint. flawless logic is flawless.

topss

4 Mar 16 19 #1

*** EDIT ***

£39.99 direct from Box.co.uk

Gone up to £49.99 if purchased via Amazon/Tesco/ebay links

*** /EDIT ***

Amazon link:

Ricoh SPC-240DN A4 Colour Laser Printer

Tesco link (39 club card points)

Ricoh SPC240DN A4 Colour Laser Printer

ebay link

Ricoh SPC240DN A4 Colour Laser Printer

Refill Kits - ebay link:

Ricoh Refill Kits - ebay

Ricoh Website Product Information Page - Watch the video to get an idea of size, print speed and quality:

Ricoh Official Information Page

Official Driver/Firmware Page:
Works with Win XP, Vista, 8, 8.1,10, etc & Mac OS 10.3 - 10.11 (El Capitan)

Windows/Mac Drivers

chemeng

5 Mar 16 18 #7

Really textbook deal presentation topss. Heat just for the detailed objective post!

All comments (185)

topss

4 Mar 16 19 #1

lucyferror

4 Mar 16 #2

Hmmm tempted

thekanester

4 Mar 16 1 #3

Really good price for the whole package. Nice.

loofer

4 Mar 16 3 #4

Tempted, if only it had AirPrint

SomebodE

5 Mar 16 1 #5

The wifi version is Ricoh SPC250DN A4 Colour Laser Printer
Amazon sell it for £79.98 and is out of stock at present but can still be added to your basket
See http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00K2J7ZOS/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE

Ravsterocks to SomebodE

5 Mar 16 2 #10

This is the right link buddy: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ricoh-SPC-240DN-Colour-Laser-Printer/dp/B005VMPODU/ref=pd_sim_sbs_147_4?ie=UTF8&dpID=41luD0bwd5L&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR160%2C160_&refRID=124MBZ9SRZSB6QQ82A3Y

topss to SomebodE

5 Mar 16 2 #27

If you're able to place this non-WiFi (or generally any printer with ethernet) printer near to your router or a switch, then you should be able to print to it wirelessly.

AndiTails to SomebodE

5 Mar 16 #95

eBuyer have it in stock: http://www.ebuyer.com/718068-ricoh-aficio-sp-c250dnw-a4-wireless-colour-laser-printer-2-year-901630

I bought that exact one last week and it's been great. It's newer than the OP, and has Wireless printing (which I actually need, as printer is in a cupboard, not connected to the computer, and no ethernet nearby.)
It's also faster, higher resolution, and the starter toner cartridges are bigger (1,500 yield).

Toner does look expensive, though. Shall be going down the refill route.
But if it's anything like the Samsung B&W one it's just replaced, I'll only need new toner once in 7 years usage.... :wink:

See my link above. That's the newer, wireless-enabled one.

dunwich to SomebodE

6 Mar 16 1 #122

Just bought this one.

lucyferror

5 Mar 16 22 #6

I don't need third printer :disappointed:

piyal2001 to lucyferror

5 Mar 16 #25

lol i was thinking the same way ...

chemeng

5 Mar 16 18 #7

Really textbook deal presentation topss. Heat just for the detailed objective post!

chemeng

5 Mar 16 3 #8

And just now it came to my attention your contribution on the lingerie thread. I nominate you hukder of the week

piyal2001 to chemeng

5 Mar 16 #26

Totally agree and so much details ...can't go wrong

vfxuk

5 Mar 16 1 #9

I remember in the late 90's when my school got it's first colour laser printer, having cost over a grand (in 1998 money!).

The amazon reviews are pretty poor, but at 2p-4p per page you can't argue even if you don't refill it when you're done. It helps to justify the massive waste of energy and resources extracting the raw materials, creating the product then shipping it half way around the world.

but 2p per page!

thekanester to vfxuk

5 Mar 16 8 #14

I use burned Ricoh printers as toner in my own laser printers which I then spend energy grinding up and using as toner for my posh laser printer. I only use that printer to send letters to myself telling me what a cad I am. Whatcha gonna do tree hugger?

lucyferror

5 Mar 16 #11

Mixed reviews but after checking online I found positive ones by proper companies.

sowotsdis

5 Mar 16 #12

Is it easier to return to Tesco or Amazon and is it worth takin out the extra warranty with Tesco?

topss to sowotsdis

5 Mar 16 #18

All three links are for Box.co.uk (Amazon and Tesco are just the sellers marketplace) Amazon would probably be the better bet for returns in the very short term, but never had a problem with Box themselves either. After 30 days, it will be Ricoh who provide a 2 year warranty on the unit. Personally I wouldn't both with any extra paid for warranty. If a £40 printer lasts 2 years, that seems decent value to me.

SomebodE

5 Mar 16 #13

Thanks - hopefully it's helpful to someone.

vfxuk

5 Mar 16 21 #15

sofiasar

5 Mar 16 #16

looking good.

CrazyBob

5 Mar 16 #17

Cracking deal

zippy22

5 Mar 16 #19

Great price........

Siilver

5 Mar 16 1 #20

pretty good deal, use and dump it get a new one

friiza

5 Mar 16 #21

That Dell one doesn't have duplex though.

simate

5 Mar 16 2 #22

Power consumption: Maximum 1.3 kW

Blimey, that's juicy!

pibpob to simate

5 Mar 16 #38

All laser printers are similar, because they contain a heater to melt the toner in order to fuse it to the paper. That consumption is only intermittent, though, even when printing continuously.

davidc to simate

5 Mar 16 #58

That's normal with modern lasers but no real problem, it's because they are traditionally measured by time to print first page from cold and so they want a large element to quickly get the fuser wire up to temp. It'll take that power for less than 30 seconds. However some office models do have high standby currents for similar reasons so worth checking - on the Dell stuff it's a setting you can change - most home users who pay for their own electric would prefer to wait a few seconds longer for the first page. And, this is another reason why you should never connect lasers to a UPS or any other sort of power regulator.

crazy786

5 Mar 16 #23

Any links for a cheap mono laser printer with toner replacement about a tenner?

topss to crazy786

5 Mar 16 #24

Cheapest mono laser I can find is another Ricoh one. The SP 201N at around £25. Toner REFILLS are around £15 on ebay. If you would prefer replacement toners rather than refills then the Brother HL-1110 at around £38.00 (Amazon) has compatibles available on ebay at 2 for £10. You'll need to search for the links, not on a PC at the moment.

Obviously running costs are all dependent on how much printing you need, the cheapest initial cost isn't always the cheapest to run.

crazy786

5 Mar 16 #28

Thanks for that..Any ones with colour scanner too and ideally WiFi..??

Bendown

5 Mar 16 #29

Amazing what you can get for less than £40. My first laser cost me £600 second hand and did not include duplex and Ethernet, Might get one just for the price alone

lucyferror

5 Mar 16 #30

Still ordered two :man:

cishfake

5 Mar 16 #31

Will this work with Windows 10?
Does it need to be close to my router or can I plug into my PC? Sorry if these are silly questions!

topss to cishfake

5 Mar 16 #32

Yes Windows 10 drivers are available.

Can be plugged in to PC by USB like any other printer etc or you can plug it in to a router/switch by Ethernet.

parsimony

5 Mar 16 #33

Great deal.
Can also buy through eBay and pickup from Argos.

lugworm

5 Mar 16 #34

Ordered. For £40 it's got to be worth a gamble !

aLV426

5 Mar 16 #35

Heat for the presentation Topps! Good deal too! My current Ricoh CL2100 needs a new PDU, so this might the time....

spannerzone

5 Mar 16 #36

Another great Topps deal!

nasir_glasgow

5 Mar 16 1 #37

excellent

aabs

5 Mar 16 #39

Shame it's not the SPF version. No need for yet just another printer but a MFD would of been another matter.
Heat added though ..,,,,

cannibalwombat

5 Mar 16 #40

Excellent, ordered one. Was looking for a colour laser after my faithful old Epson Stylus SX210 decided to pop a magenta cartridge such that everything is coming out a shade of blue/yellow and no amount of cleaning or new cartridges has made a difference. Time to retire it.

This is a bargain! Hope it performs well, and that service/returns are ok from Box via Amazon.

uni

5 Mar 16 #41

thanks for posting. i'd been after a colour laser printer for a while, and duplex and ethernet were two options i wanted in particular. i don't print much so my inkjet dries out. the only other feature i would have liked was a scanner but i'll use my old printer for that

i presume if i want to run off a load of black text only pages it won't use any of the colour ink, unlike older injets?

ramtec to uni

5 Mar 16 1 #43

yes you are correct

ramtec

5 Mar 16 #42

thanks op just ordered - heat added

rew632

5 Mar 16 2 #44

We have Ricoh printers in work (replacing older HP printers). Bits of plastic snap off, and it seems to "misfeed" at least a few times a day. When the paper runs a little low it will always misfeed until you top it up.... useless things IMO but it is a super cheap price. I'm still rocking my old Brother B/W laser printer that I have had for years, never had any problems. again just my view....

DAZZ2000

5 Mar 16 1 #45

Heat for your effort there topss!

Also looks like a decent deal if I didn't already have a colour laser; sadly can't give heat twice though :smiley:

xlolomgx

5 Mar 16 #46

Can I buy this and buy just the black toner and just print black and white? For example, will it show a error if the colour toners are not put in?

topss to xlolomgx

5 Mar 16 #50

Why wouldn't you put the colour toners in? They will only be used if you print colour and unlike inkjets, they will not dry out over time. Plus you can always set it to print in monochrome only mode. But to specifically answer your question, no the printer will not work if you don't install all the toners.

KERMITZBITZ

5 Mar 16 #47

Which has the better spec. This or the Dell that's hot at the mo. I'm not bothered about wireless.

STi_prodrive

5 Mar 16 #48

Putting the price aside for a moment how good is this to the dell one ?? pro's and con's?

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/dell-c1760nw-wireless-colour-laser-printer-free-80gsm-a4-printer-paper-500-sheets-2407289?p=27508212

ST3123

5 Mar 16 1 #49

Managed to get ~£6 off this printer with Flubit by putting the Tesco Direct URL through (could probably get a similar deal with the Amazon one). Couldn't resist at that price, though part of me wonders if I should have resisted as I had a Ricoh black and white laser printer and it was a total PITA, regular paper jams and eventually packed up altogether, luckily it was just within it's 1 year warranty and Tesco Direct took it back without a quibble, perhaps they had a lot of them back....

Still at this price got to be worth a shot. Will only get occasional use anyway for times I need colour as I have a HP black and white laser printer, for my day to day printing use, which is one of the best printers I owned, no paper jams, great quality even on dirt cheap toner and paper.

lucyferror to ST3123

5 Mar 16 #60

Totally agree. Got Ricoh for 19 from tesco direct few months back and it's a biggest crap ever. Toner was twice more than printer and it came with almost empty one. I still ordered two of colour laser ones lol

jnm21 to ST3123

5 Mar 16 1 #63

Thanks for pointing out flubit again - £36.20 offered & bought.

Rich44

5 Mar 16 #51

Don't forget you don't need a wireless printer if you're plugging this into your router

jnm21

5 Mar 16 #52

While that may be correct, the contract is with the seller & under UK law it is the seller who is responsible for honouring the warranty, including paying for all costs involved (i.e. postage). I do agree about the extended warranty - £20 per year is fine. Then again, you could use consumer law to argue for 5-6 years coverage.

topss

5 Mar 16 #53

Yeah sure, but I've always found it easier to go direct to the manufacturer with items purchased over the internet, after all, most reseller's just acts as the middle man and tend to waste time, unless it's directly from places like Amazon or Supermarkets - both which have been in my experience exemplary for exchanges.

T3chnoGuy

5 Mar 16 #54

Good price for this sort of printer

spirogiro

5 Mar 16 #55

Have been thinking Colour Laser for ages as fed up with ink jets drying out between use and the proverbial blocked head - had 4 do this and probably printed less than 200 pages between ALL 4 together! Cheaper to bin and replace than buy parts.

Currently get occasional use of a HP 4600 colour at Uni which is older technology but the colours are always balanced and it just works when you want it! No faffing with carts and flushes...

unreality

5 Mar 16 #56

Been thinking for a while laser is the way forward. Sick of ink drying up when I need it.
That been said monochrome will do for me so will assess the situation when I come to it.

benjammin316

5 Mar 16 #57

Reviews aren't too good

cycleman

5 Mar 16 #59

Apologies for the dumb question, but does this come with the ink/toners, never had a laser printer so not too sure:|

mohammedmj

5 Mar 16 #61

Toners are quite expensive
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4-Toner-Cartridge-for-Ricoh-C310-Aficio-SPC231N-SPC231SF-SPC232DN-Printer-/311541561112?hash=item488952f718:g:pKcAAOSwpzdWtEK9

mohammedmj

5 Mar 16 #62

cartridges appear expensive = £109
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4-Toner-Cartridge-for-Ricoh-C310-Aficio-SPC231N-SPC231SF-SPC232DN-Printer-/311541561112?hash=item488952f718:g:pKcAAOSwpzdWtEK9

xtrem3x

5 Mar 16 1 #64

Bought through Flubit :smiley:

wildestpixel

5 Mar 16 #65

Bought have some heat

Stormbringer2012

5 Mar 16 1 #66

Tempted... Resist :wink:

lucyferror to Stormbringer2012

5 Mar 16 2 #69

You know you want it. You don't need it. I already have two printers. Now I have 3. Actually 4 :man:

prolandlord

5 Mar 16 2 #67

You can get 40,000 pages worth of cartridge reset chips from aliexpress for under £20.

Drops the cost per print down to virtually nothing if you can find a suitable and cheap bag of toner. Suspect you could refill the cartridges to 2k yield for about £7 or less if you wanted to be really cheap.

pontprennau

5 Mar 16 #68

ordered, heat added thanks very much :smiley:

ozskins

5 Mar 16 #70

prolandlord any chance of a link, resisting temptation but this might put me over the edge

dognobs

5 Mar 16 #71

Is it worth ordering 2 just for the toner?

cyberdragon to dognobs

5 Mar 16 #72

That is what I was thinking :smiley:

pibpob to dognobs

5 Mar 16 #74

No, they've thought of that:

"Ships with 1000 Sheet Starter Toners"

Christmas1988

5 Mar 16 #73

reminds me of work :confused:

GDB2222

5 Mar 16 1 #75

I got a Ricoh printer, and agree that it's a total pile of carp. Lots of paper mis-feeds. Plus the drivers were extremely hard to install for some reason. Admittedly, it was pretty cheap, but really a bit of a disappointment even taking the low price point into account.

puddleuk

5 Mar 16 #76

Its cheap but at the same time its comes with its issues according to reviews and comments here. Its also look pretty huge and heavy at 23.8 kg. So although it's cheap, buying this for home use would be impractical and take up a lot of space.

You have to think about what you are going to print the most, for most people who only print the occasional document then a mono printer will serve you well. I personally have the Samsung M2022 Xpress Mono Laser Printer which has a newer model out for £39.99. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-SL-M2026-Mono-Laser-Printer/dp/B00YU62K3K/ its smaller and weighs just 5kg.

And if you have IKEA shelving like myself then it fits into the Kallax cube shelving perfectly.

sofiasar

5 Mar 16 #77

bought from Amazon. returning my HP tomorrow to Argos. lol

joolsvern72

5 Mar 16 #78

This will fit nicely in my "printer" cupboard. If I get 2 years out of it, even if I have to get it repaired (for free) I'll be happy. For 14 years I've been using my ancient HP 6p for mono menu printing (replaced 5000 page cartridge 3 or 4 times), be nice to add some colour.

RowanDDR

5 Mar 16 3 #79

A 2D printer? Wow, retro!

learoy1 to RowanDDR

6 Mar 16 #112

people are sanding the edges and calling it shabby chic

fozey

5 Mar 16 #80

Is it really 24 kilos ?

puddleuk to fozey

5 Mar 16 1 #81

Check on Amazon, Ebay and official site. It's definitely 23.8KG

fozey

5 Mar 16 #82

Wowzers, the Samsung one at 5 kg sounds much better.

john.fleet

5 Mar 16 #83

£34.84 with Flubit - 3.5p per sheet to print - that's got to be a good deal!

a904lea

5 Mar 16 1 #84

£35.56 via Flubit!

Thanks OP :smiley:

gsiastra

5 Mar 16 #85

How do you get a lower price of flubit i was offered £36.30 ?

ST3123 to gsiastra

5 Mar 16 1 #87

Just keep making new demands, once they complete an offer you are allowed to make another demand. The price you get seems to be random and can vary up and down, sometimes I think filling in the little demographics panel might make a difference but not sure on that. Also never take the instant offer as this is always very low (typically 4% or less) always wait for the 'proper' offer or if you can't wait get the elite trial and you will get the proper offers through almost immediately...

Eclairs

5 Mar 16 1 #86

Tempted, but looks a bit too big and heavy...24 KG in weight... Is that common for a Laser printer?

Barso to Eclairs

5 Mar 16 #90

Got the recent Ricoh SP 213w mono on here and that weighs 7.2kg

ST3123

5 Mar 16 #88

Wowsers, that is heavy, wonder if they accidentally copied the weight from another product like some weights or an anvil maybe....

I find the 1.3kw power consumption someone else mentioned more shocking mind, that's more than a top end crossfired/slied gaming pc at full tilt! Surely that must only be when it's churning out pages? they couldn't get away with it using that much at any other time with all the fuss about energy consumption these days...

officegimp

5 Mar 16 #89

Your text here

pibpob

5 Mar 16 #91

I and another poster have already explained this.

tarr

5 Mar 16 #92

Brilliant

MarkPolo

5 Mar 16 #93

Just when I needed a replacement for the last deal on a laser printer found on HUKD previously.
Good find. I only wonder why the price was reduced so much. With delivery in 4 days, I may well discover the reason!
I hope to see another deal around the 1000 page mark - in two years for me please.
Heat added.

user76528

5 Mar 16 #94

Is this wireless? if not is there a wireless model? Can it be made wireless? Sorry for all the questions Thanks

topss to user76528

5 Mar 16 1 #96

Either buy the one (or similar) as quoted in the above post, or if you can site this one near to your router or a network switch, plug it in via the ethernet port and that should enable WiFi printing.

generallysomewhere

6 Mar 16 #97

I have used one of these in "Client Mode" to make a wired device work over wifi in the past... TP-LINK TL-WR802N
http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/phones-broadband-and-sat-nav/broadband/mobile-broadband/tp-link-tl-wr802n-portable-travel-router-10136769-pdt.html

sudha_8in

6 Mar 16 #98

Does this automatic duplex printing or do we need to feed the paper to print on the 2nd side? Any help would be highly appreciated. I am very basic in technology and would like to buy this if the duplex printing is automatic

topss to sudha_8in

6 Mar 16 #100

Spec states automatic duplex. Can't find any videos on line showing this in practice though.

Yes that should work.

sofiasar to sudha_8in

6 Mar 16 #101

it automatically prints double sided.
all printers should , it's 2016!

halfwaymark

6 Mar 16 #99

Would this be easy to connect to an airport express? That would make it wireless I think

loaded2107

6 Mar 16 #102

Anyone know if there is a standard USB connection for powering one of those TP-Link mini routers?
Or possible to use one of these:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Aleratec-240172-Female-Male-Adapter/dp/B000Q6EC16

n3m3s1s

6 Mar 16 #103

:disappointed: gone up £49.99

henryuk

6 Mar 16 #104

Price just went up to 49.99

gsiastra

6 Mar 16 #105

My flubit is still at the price offered, might go for it

sofiasar

6 Mar 16 #106

why is it that am obsessed with this printer and the comments thread ?
can't stop looking at it. yea I have ordered one

Feeble

6 Mar 16 #107

I have an HP inkjet. Are laser colour printers cheaper to run?

Insomniac82

6 Mar 16 #108

49.99...

spirogiro

6 Mar 16 #109

Can someone tell me what way round the the WHD are for this as there is no consistency to the nomenclature!

Anyone printing with one yet??

gsiastra

6 Mar 16 #110

I've ordered it :smiley:

Wizwo

6 Mar 16 #111

Thanks OP, ordered through flubit for £36.52, don't know if it will be fulfilled as the price has gone up to £49.99 now. Hopefully will be easy to set up on a network as we have many PCs that will be using it.

Was stuck between this and the samsung mono mentioned in this thread (purely for size) but the option of colour won in the end.

Will now proceed to burn the HP inkjet that has been a source of disappointment/anguish since the second week I owned it. Have essentially been pouring ink down the toilet with this thing.

lauraerose

6 Mar 16 #113

no longer this price, up to 49.99

sofiasar

6 Mar 16 #114

now £49.99 glad I bought it yesterday after thinking about it for a day lol

ST3123

6 Mar 16 #115

About 50/50 I'd say (I get a lot through Flubit). It doesn't help it being the weekend as I have noticed orders through Flubit seem to make no progress on weekends, I know people would be off, but it seems like the whole company takes the weekend off, even demands, which I would think are automated anyway tend to take longer (no using points to speed them up).

So a fair chance they will come in on Monday, see a load of printer orders and cancel them all because it's more expensive 'now' but might squeek through, you never know. Mine is stuck on "processing" been that way for over 24 hours cos as I said, they just don't seem to have anyone in the office on weekends, they must be a VERY small operation or they really like their weekends off :laughing: ....

zoopakev

6 Mar 16 #116

just bought 2, one for me another for a friend .... back down to £39.99 I suggest this gets unexpired ! Box direct link only tho ..

jony7 to zoopakev

6 Mar 16 #117

Currently Not Available

008

6 Mar 16 #118

>>>>>
HEAT!

1 of 2 things is going to happen..

1: Box CS see all these paid orders first thing Monday morning and all are cancelled & refunded!
or
2: Everyone that has purchased one, gets their brilliant little colour laser printer / printers and has
had a right result ;-)

Nice find Topss, all you have to do now is do it all again with another scorching deal next weekend!!

user76528

6 Mar 16 #119

Thanks for your help

wwemaniafan

6 Mar 16 #120

Thanks OP. Let's hope they honour the order :smile:

warlock09

6 Mar 16 #121

anybody here can suggest a good laser printer at a reasonable price with cheap toner ink ...no need for colored toner ...B&W will be fine..just for home use..

puddleuk to warlock09

6 Mar 16 #123

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-SL-M2026-Mono-Laser-Printer/dp/B00YU62K3K/ will suit your need perfectly.

zoopakev

7 Mar 16 #124

Oh yes it is ........

jony7

7 Mar 16 #125

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ricoh-112SU-Laser-Multi-Function-Printer/dp/B00JT2CY5E/ref=pd_rhf_dp_p_img_9?ie=UTF8&refRID=0DWEK6XDCC6DYGDYJX2A

spirogiro

7 Mar 16 #126

In out in out shake it all about.... Jeez - I go to buy - price gone up, then it comes back down but UNAVAILABLE, then back in - but , oh yes price hiked... doesn't say much for the company's integrity does it?? Same with the WiFi version...

sofiasar

7 Mar 16 #127

Mines been despatched. Says next day delivery so might get it tomorrow :wink:

ramtec to sofiasar

7 Mar 16 #128

me too

me too

gsiastra

9 Mar 16 #129

Mine too, they honoured the flubit after the price went back up.

Gareth79

9 Mar 16 #130

Mine has just been delivered. Price is £59.99 now! I got the Flubit £36-ish price.

a904lea

9 Mar 16 #131

My Flubit order was delivered today too - order fulfilment by box.co.uk.

The printer is a sturdy beast, but I've yet to clear enough space on my desk to set it up and run a few test prints. Fortunately, I have a large desk!

topss

9 Mar 16 #132

My two arrived yesterday. Haven't had a chance to use it yet, so if anyone who has set one up could comment on the colour 'photo' printing quality, that would be good. Not expecting anything amazing compared to a decent inkjet on glossy paper, but would be good to get some feedback.

Gareth79 to topss

9 Mar 16 2 #138

Printed on plain A4 and am pretty impressed, it's better than any regular colour laser I've seen before. Assuming it holds up for a few years I'll be very very pleased.

cinemalouise

9 Mar 16 #133

Yep mine arrived too - knew it was going to be heavy and large but I am still surprised at it, not opened or used yet, up to the hubby that one - his new toy.

cishfake

9 Mar 16 2 #134

I've got mine :smiley: I can't try it yet because I can't lift it!!!! Can't hide it from the other half as I'll need his help to move it for me!!!

gsiastra

9 Mar 16 #135

Mines just been delivered, the box is huge!!!, had to check the dimensions again on amazon to make sure it will fit

sofiasar

9 Mar 16 3 #136

OK so iv received mine. CBA to open it and its bigger than a microwave box!
Where do I put it when it's opened! Only needed it for occasional use, my old HP fitted in my draw, this won't

Gareth79

9 Mar 16 1 #137

Yeah... it IS indeed 23kg!

Wizwo

9 Mar 16 #139

Missed the delivery of it today - would have been nice if flubit had sent the delivery confirmation email! Can't complain too much, the flubit price was honoured even after the price had gone back up. Will report tomorrow how it prints.

Bit nervous about the size now though...

10bellies

10 Mar 16 #140

Still waiting for mine.
The tracking link on the email I got from Box just says "No tracking information found " yet it was supposedly shipped with DPD

Urizen2003

10 Mar 16 #141

Arrived this morning by 'UK Mail' - not DPD as stated - lucky I was in! Wow it is big and heavy - must have cost a fortune in shipping costs! :smiley: Have to store it in the garage till I decide where to put it! :confused:

cishfake

10 Mar 16 1 #142

It's bonkersly heavy and quite large, but the print quality is fantastic. Drivers on cd worked fine on Windows 10. I've just connected directly to pc with usb cable as connecting to the router is probably beyond me and I don't fancy having this beast of a machine in the lounge! Instruction are limited, but hey it's printer and I've got it to print so job done! Thanks OP

lugworm

10 Mar 16 #143

Still waiting here for delivery. Hopefully tomorrow.

gordy1

10 Mar 16 #144

Folks
If anyone can assist with an idiots guide for adding this to a home wifi network it would help.
I connected via Ethernet but when I search for the printer on the PC it is not seen, any ideas?

topss to gordy1

10 Mar 16 1 #146

Might be best to setup it up via usb to begin with. Also make sure that DHCP is selected in the printer settings from its panel.

There are two different Win 10 drivers. 32 bit and the 64 bit version. Did you use the correct one?

rustybin

10 Mar 16 #145

Not sure whether mine is faulty, but I've been trying to get it installed for the last hour with no luck. Windows 10. Says driver is missing.

rustybin

10 Mar 16 #147

How do I know which is which (they all seem to be 64bit).

There are 3 different drivers - do I need to install all three?

topss

10 Mar 16 2 #148

Are you using the supplied CD?

I downloaded the drivers from their site and didn't use the CD. I usually do that to make sure I get the latest drivers.

On the Ricoh site, there seems to be only two Win 10 drivers. Both are a different size (2,328 KB vs 2,352 KB), so I'm assuming they are actually different.

http://support.ricoh.com/bb/html/dr_ut_e/ra/model/spc240/spc240en.htm

The 'x64' one is the 64 bit one. You would need to check which version of Windows you have.

rustybin

10 Mar 16 #149

Thanks - I have the 64 bit version of windows and the driver is showing as being 64 bit. I think my printer must be faulty.

gordy1

10 Mar 16 #150

Thanks. For anyone else having issues.
As suggested here connect via USB and install drivers. Then connect via Ethernet.
For me I could not see it on the PC when searching for printers on Windows 10.
I logged onto the router and got the IP address for the printer from the router.
I went into advanced printer setup. Clicked on 'the printer I wanted isn't listed'.
Add the printer with the IP address from the router and this added the printer to the network :smiley:

topss

10 Mar 16 1 #151

If it's all powering up and not showing any errors on it's LCD panel, the it's most likely a driver issue. Might be an idea to try testing it with another PC (laptop maybe?) before having to repack and send that monster back.

rustybin

10 Mar 16 1 #152

Finally got it working... Deleted everything and started again. Sorted the driver issues only to have the 'lever' error... Had to manually move it from the envelope preset to paper. Seems a very strange set up. Thanks for the advice.

BeatMaster

11 Mar 16 #153

Mine just arrived today, certainly a hefty weight! Will get setup later tonight

Thanks OP!

TheBiker

11 Mar 16 #154

Mine arrived this morning.

Connected it to the network and manually added to Printers in Windows 10 using the "Specify IP Address option". Then I chose to manually install the 64 Bit driver on the disk but no joy.

I then deleted the printer, downloaded the driver from the Ricoh website and reinstalled the printer (as above) but used the downloaded driver.

It is now up and running......

jnm21

11 Mar 16 #155

Thanks - got this beast setup & too exhausted to find a CD drive now! :smiley:

I can confirm that it does use about 1.1KW while warming up (checked via electric keypad meter). In powersaver mode, it uses next to nothing (so little that the energy scrooge is thinking of leaving it 'on')!!! Currently sitting at 0.1KW total load inc. fridge, mini PC & 40" telly - does that seem possible? I think my keypad is faulty! :smiley:

lucyferror

11 Mar 16 #156

OMG it's massive. I have no space to put it anywhere :man:

pibpob

11 Mar 16 #157

Is the fridge motor running? If not, the fridge will consume nothing or next to nothing. If the TV is not showing a bright image it likely won't be consuming much either.

jnm21

11 Mar 16 #158

The telly was displaying HUKD (I was typing on the mini PC via the telly). Good point about the fridge.

lugworm

11 Mar 16 #159

If anybody else is having the "filter failed" problem using a usb connection,download the latest driver from the Ricoh site. That has fixed mine.

pibpob

11 Mar 16 #160

OK - also, if the display only has a resolution of 0.1kW, it may show this up to 199W.

pileemhigh

11 Mar 16 2 #161

Win 10 64 Bit - Home Office - Setup Guide on Office/Home Network
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How to set up your Ricoh as a networked printer.. this can get a little involved, so you might want to consider connecting using USB as that is the easiest option..

Still want to connect your new Ricoh to your network? Okay.. here we go then.. good luck :smiley:

Scenario: Connecting your Ricoh to your home/small office network with ethernet cable and installing Ricoh driver onto Windows 10 (64 Bit in my case) PC/Laptop

Before starting - Download 1) Ricoh W10 (64 bit) DDST driver
AND 2) ICM Files

(See post #1 for download location)

These are zip files, so...
Suggest you create a folder on your Windows 10 'desktop' named Ricoh, then clicking on the two files downloaded above, change the 'unzip' location to be the Ricoh folder just created on your desktop by 'Browsing' to that location

Unzip both downloads into the Ricoh folder (or whatever you choose to call yours). You'll need these files later

1. Physically install printer (ie remove packing materials - shake cartridges (as advised) - connect mains power - connect printer network port to home hub using network cable

2. Open front of printer (catch on RH side). Ensure two blue levers at top of unit (fuser unit) are set to Paper position NOT envelope, else you'll get a red alert indicator and error message! :smirk:

3. Switch on printer (watch electricity meter spin round :wink: ) - Check that Alert indicator is NOT on and display shows toner levels

4. Press 'Menu' button on printer (printer may warm up if not already warm) - when it displays 'Ready' ....

5. Press 'Menu' button - Press 'down' button 4 times to display 'Host Interface' - Press 'OK'
Press 'down' button 3 times to display 'Network Setting' - Press 'OK'
Press 'down' button 3 times to display 'IPv4 Config' - Press 'OK'
Press 'down' button 1 times to display IP Address' - Press 'OK'
Make a note of the IP address (mine is 192.168.1.58) Yours will be different - probably :wink: You will need this later

6. Now - on your PC/Laptop/Tablet.. Click 'Start' - Select Settings - Click 'Devices' - Click 'Printers and Scanners'
This will list any printers/scanners already set up on your PC

7. Click 'Add a printer or scanner' and it will report 'Searching for printers or scanners' with a swirly thing swirling around - After several seconds to maybe a minute - Check for your new printer and it almost certainly WILL NOT be listed.. So click on 'The printer that I want isn't listed' - This brings up an 'add printer window'

8. In that window, click on 'Add a printer using a TCP/IP address or host name' - Click 'Next'

9. Leave device type as 'autodetect' - Enter the TCP/IP address from step 5 above into the 'Hostname or IP address' field. Let Windows set up the 'Port Name' field. Tick the 'Query the printer and automatically select the driver to use' box - Click 'Next'

10. Next the 'Add printer' will open a window to 'Install the printer driver' - Click 'Have Disk' - then browse the 'Ricoh' folder created above (after we downloaded the latest drivers) choosing the 64bit subfolder. Select the oemsetup.inf (in the DISK1 folder) file then click 'Open'
Back in the 'Install from Disk' window click 'OK' -
Next select RICOH as manufacturer then click 'Next'
Either accept the default printer name Ricoh Aficio SP C240DN DDST :confused: or give your printer a friendly name.. Ricoh maybe? - Then click 'Next' and Windows will install the drivers...

11. At the Printer Sharing window choose 'Do not share this printer' (unless of course you wish to Windows share your printer.. but that's another can of worms.. so in a simple home environment or small office suggest you do NOT share the printer BUT follow this procedure on each PC/Laptop/Tablet/Smart fridge (only kidding there) - Now click 'Next'

12. Then in the next screen click 'Print a test page' and cross your fingers :smile:

If all of this worked, then you should get a test print.. so if you do then pat yourself on the back and pour a large beer and start enjoying your new Ricoh :sunglasses: ... Else read this again, and give it another go.

IMPORTANT NOTE: The printer default setting is to obtain a TCP/IP address using DHCP . I would suggest that most home users and small office users probably have their router set as their DHCP server. In this situation, the IP address shown in step 5 above would have been allocated by the router when you first connected your printer to your network and switched on the printer. Therefore it is a very good idea to log onto your router and setup a static address for your new printer. (Google how to do this as the method is different for different manufacturers.. the concepts are the same though..ie you set a static IP address dependant on your router's MAC address).

If you do not set up a static address for your printer, then if it is switched off, then it is probable that some other networked device joining your network (phone, tablet, PC, smart fridge, etc etc) to grab the address (from step 5) meaning that the next time you switch your printer on, it will obtain a different address meaning that your PC/Laptop will not be able to send stuff to your printer...

So long story, short - Set up a static IP address on your router for your printer - and use that in Steps 5 AND 9 above.

Finally, thanks OP for spotting this deal. :smile:

topss

11 Mar 16 1 #162

^^

Make sure you log into the printers web settings page (printer IP address into a web browser) and change/set the password.

pawleil

11 Mar 16 #163

Very happy with this for the price . Thanks op. Yeah it weighs a ton an it's big but it does the job well. And for £39.99 can't complain

TheBiker

11 Mar 16 #164

I gave up the static address bit a couple of years ago as recent routers are capable of giving the same IP address each time a connected device is switched on, either by default or by a setting.

topss to TheBiker

11 Mar 16 1 #165

I think that's what pileemhigh actually meant. DHCP on the printer and reserve the ip address in the router settings, rather than actually assign a static ip address in the printers settings.

pileemhigh

12 Mar 16 #166

Yes, I meant exactly that.. Thanks for clarifying :smiley:

jnm21

12 Mar 16 #167

Agreed - I would hope 149, but hard to know. In any case it has 2dp so 105W or 109W max. It was fluctuating between 0.09 and 0.10. At risk of sounding sad, switching the rocker off, checking, then switching off the plug & checking again seemed to confirm that rocker isolates it from mains - no need to switch off at plug.

pawleil

12 Mar 16 #168

You think this would work as a network printer if I plugged it via Ethernet into a wifi extender that has Ethernet on it ? Thanks

pawleil

12 Mar 16 #169

You think this would work as a network printer if I plugged it via Ethernet into a wifi extender that has Ethernet on it ? Thanks

a904lea to pawleil

12 Mar 16 #170

I am planning on connecting mine to an Ethernet port on a Powerline (internet over the mains) network extender. I think it may need to be set up first by connecting via USB, but I don't see why it shouldn't work.

wwemaniafan

12 Mar 16 1 #171

What a brilliant post. Thanks for the help.

pileemhigh

12 Mar 16 #172

Thanks for the feedback - You're welcome.

pileemhigh

12 Mar 16 #173

The powerline adapter should work okay.. but you'll then need to add a network printer as in post 161 above

zoopakev

12 Mar 16 #174

Bah, got 1st of my 2 delivered (ones for a mate) and the LCD panel stays blank. Printer works fine otherwise annoyingly ....

haq

12 Mar 16 #175

Thanks OP. Great printer for the price.

topss

13 Mar 16 #176

If anyone is interested in being able to print to this wirelessly from an Android device, the official Ricoh app seems to be working, even though it is for its Multifunction devices.

RICOH Smart Device Print&Scan from the Play store.

Will only work if you have the printer setup via ethernet. You will need the printers IP address, which you enter into the apps device search menu.

Edit

Ethernet into your WiFi router or a connected switch.

TheBiker to topss

13 Mar 16 #177

The same App is available for Apple devices too.

TheBiker

15 Mar 16 #178

Routers have the ability to assign IP address by DHCP not printers. I stick by my original post, my router assigns IP addresses (by DHCP) to everything on my network but because my router remembers previously assigned IP addresses it always gives those IP addresses again. Hence no need to give static IP addresses.

vfxuk

19 Mar 16 #179

Useless.
3 failed delivery attempts. They will not leave with any of the other 38 flats here, with the concierge desk, in a safe place or provide any kind of premium upgrade.
3 blank cards left buy the courier over the space of a week. Avoid anyone who uses UKMail as a courier, they are useless unless you are happy to sit at home all day, every day, until your goods arrive.

Gave up today and got refunded by Amazon.

ST3123

22 Mar 16 #180

I have just gotten round to unpacking mine to test. I know the box is huge but I was expecting a lot of that to be just packaging, only it isn't, the printer is absolutely huge as well.

It does appear to work in that I got it to print a test page out ok. However, when first turned on and during and for a while after printing it is really noisy and after I printed just one page out it made the whole room very smelly, not sure what the smell is, not a burning smell, but definitely unpleasant, presumably the toner?

Is it normal for a printer like this to give off such a strong distinctive odour like this?

My room is only small so perhaps the confined space is making it worse?

I have used other laser printers and they do have maybe a little smell to them after printing but absolutely nothing like this!

Beginning to think I have made a (literally) enormous mistake here......

pibpob to ST3123

22 Mar 16 #181

Just give it a few goes and see if the smell diminishes.

ST3123

23 Mar 16 #182

I've run it a few more times and the smell seems to have diminished a bit now. The other issue I am finding though is that several programs, typically image editing programs including the Windows 10 Photos app, Windows Photo Viewer and Paint all crash when I try to open the print dialogue, making it impossible to print from them. Printing from a web browser is fine as is from Word.

I am only using a basic USB connection from PC to printer and just installed the drivers from the CD.

Can only guess it's an issue with the drivers though I don't know why they would work on some programs but not others?

topss to ST3123

23 Mar 16 #183

Always a better idea to use the latest drivers from the official websites.

I would say, uninstall and reinstall with the online drivers.

As for the smell, no idea. The two we purchased are working fine with no noticable smells or other issues. Are you sure you removed all/any of the plastic tabs/stickers as per the instructions?

a904lea to ST3123

23 Mar 16 #184

New drivers from the Ricoh website should sort that out. Link on first comments page.

lucyferror

6 Apr 16 #185

Can't make it work with Windows 8.1 :disappointed:
It prints test page but when I try to print anything (picture, document) I get a message: "printer settings user interface has stopped working".
I've installed drivers for 8.1 from Ricoh.
Works fine with laptop on Windows 7.
Help please

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