You're probably best off not eating the printer

New toner for 2600 pages costs £22, try that with inkjet.

(what inks on a roll thing - rabbitnangel)

For 20 quid?... Really? :confused:

Also a better option is to using a static rule in router DHCP to assign a same IP to the printer. So you don't have to reconfigure printer's IP every time if it's changed by router DHCP.

Good little printer, but be warned the wifi connecting process can be tricky.

Again!? Missed out on the Groupon deal on these last time and went via Ebay and I have one as a backup.

Bought it last time when it was for £15. Won't recommend groupon

Bought, thanks.

Are the inks cheap for this? Can you get non genuine inks?

Thanks, reminds me of the Lexmark printers, was cheaper to buy a new printer than buying the ink :smile:

New toner for 2600 pages costs £22, try that with inkjet.

(what inks on a roll thing - rabbitnangel)

Can you just print from an iPad? I presume you use wps on the router then press something on the printer to connect the printer to your network? After than can you just print from an iPad? Sorry for questions but never had a wireless printer and not 100% sure but for this price I want to go for it.

Installed quite a few of these, and they take about 5 min to setup on a pc once unpacked.

When I plugged it in via USB it went perfectly in a couple of min, it was just the wireless which for some reason refused to do WPS (pin or push button. Didnt mind as it only cost me 15 notes!

Id also recommend the android app for this printer as you can print direct from the phone too without messing around with settings.

Nearly bought last time then my printer died a week later so was disappointed I didn't.
Ordered this time so thanks OP.

I struggled so much with this printer - but it was my fault. You can set up printing profiles to use economy mode and different paper sizes and whether to use the front paper feeder and all that and you might think "OOoh, I'll print this off!" and forget to change profiles. If the lights are flashing and you just can't seem to get it to print then pull open the front then close it again - that's if it thinks it's got a paper jam. If you've told it to do a job like pull something into the manual slot (I do this when printing labels for my beer bottles) then want to print something just using the paper tray and it's not working because you weren't there to feed paper or something, then just tap the job-cancel button on the printer, wait to see if it does anything, then tap again because maybe you were there like me smashing the print button 20 times because nothing was happening. I was doing it over a network via a different pc and it was getting the error messages, not mine.

ive got 4 laser printers now because of hotuk ... I darent buy another of these (got 2 already)

Got this on the £15 deal, would definitely recommend it as a printer, can't comment on the longevity of the starter toner yet myself.


WiFi install in theory is easy, in fact it worked straight away for me despite WPS button being flakey for me in the past (in fact I have it turned off in my router). You can configure the network manually but it's more of a pain. Alternatively just use it via the included USB cable if you don't need networking.

Code is Save10. Ordered again, great wee printer.

​I did post the code above

ps If you are setting up wireless, DON'T connect the USB lead or install the drivers first. Use the WPS button on your router, then the blue round wireless button on the printer. It should connect with it. Then it'll get what it needs from the CD. If you do, you will have to totally remove the drivers, and try again. Use Google to search, on how to do that for your operating system, as it varies.

Yes but save10 (with a wee s - as posted in your header) DIDN'T work for me!

it took me ages to figure out how to put the paper in. I would recommend this printer very cheap plastic but works great.

It's a great printer!

Worked just fine for me.

dont copy and past code, type it in. it works

Great printer. I would agree with some of the comments about the WiFi. I have to reinstall the printer if I turn my router off, I installed it using wps. Haven't managed to work out how to manually configure it, maybe that would be more stable.

​really? that's strange, I didn't have to use any capital.

I have this printer and I can print using iPhone and iPad via Ricoh app.

Also a better option is to using a static rule in router DHCP to assign a same IP to the printer. So you don't have to reconfigure printer's IP every time if it's changed by router DHCP.

I've stuck to inkjets for health reasons. I'm worried that the particles from laser printers could be harmful.

I hate this printer. all the lights are flashing now I've only used it a few times. paper got jammed and I fix the jam still flashing lights. also app doesn't work on my s7 edge for printing only on my Z3 tablet.

​Or sitting with your nose up against the printers vents

To be honest we have new HP laser printers and I can't even get a whiff of ozone off them :smiley:

Thanks, I think.

I'm a bit careful with these things - we didn't used to worry about asbestos and it took a long time to learn. I've come to the belief that, especially if someone profits from it, inhaling lots of tiny particles of anything unnecessarily is probably something I'd rather avoid.

But each to his or her own.

Yeah depends on the product. I have a Brother label printer that works with Apple stuff through wifi it's not Airport compatible at all.

I'd stay away from Groupon deals. I "bought" this printer from last Groupon deal on HUKD. Groupon was holding my purchase for a month. I had to chat with customer support twice before I was told that the purchase cannot be fulfilled. All in all spent more than a month to fight for my own money. Very poor communication, unhelpfull customer support, that's how Groupon cares about their users.

It is in a company's best interests to ensure that they thoroughly test their toner to ensure it is not carcinogenic. If they didn't and were found out, it would be horrendous PR for that company - much easier to be safe than sorry.

Window for registering the warranty is quite short, so make sure to do it ASAP. I didn't receive any verification when I did, but retrying it told me I'd already registered.

TCB lists £10.10 for new Groupon customers. Wonder if it would work with the discount code?

I picked one up a few weeks ago when it was £15. For the price, you can't fault it at all. I use a Mac, so getting the wireless to work seemed near enough impossible. Probably a Windows only feature unless you want to fiddle around indefinitely. It's quick to startup and print. IIRC, replacement cartridges / toners were around the £20 mark.

I got mine working using the CUPS+Gutenprint drivers, for OS X. I can't remember the original source of this, but this is a review from Amazon which contains the details for OS X users. https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/RZT2TK5PA6Q15/ref=cm_cr_dp_title?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B00OCHA4B2&channel=detail-glance&nodeID=340831031&store=computers

It'd a good printer I use mine a lot. The only issue, and it is a pain, is the wifi printing. You can still print from apps etc.. But it's doesn't support whatever mode the newer printers support which means they automatically work. For example my HP wifi printer automatically comes up on my work laptop if I'm at home. The Ricoh one had to be installed. Not a big deal but a bit annoying. The android Ricoh app is fine and you can buy an app which makes native printing work. If you want to use Google Cloud print you have to run it through a PC etc. .
Still it's a bargain for a little bit of fiddling.

Big difference in being the asbestos and coal dust were occupational hazards and at the time had no regulating body. Pretty much now everything is regulated and checked and as toner studies have been performed for decades without any major issues then you should feel at ease with the results. I would be more worried about nickle/silver coins and WIFI/mobile phone conditions. To be honest the major risk of poisoning now is from cooking in foil and cling film. You can even get cancer from sniffing freshly cooked popcorn microwavable but not from toner.

http://www.newsmax.com/Health/Headline/microwave-popcorn-PFOA-diacetyl/2013/03/21/id/495819/

You can get compatible toners for around £22 for 2,600 = 0.008p per page.

I have the bigger version. it was the pdf prints what annoyed me. when I had to connect this to my second laptop it started bro mess around so I rang company up and they sent me a new update.

Can you refill these with your own ink? I'm a inkjet user and am wondering how the maintenance costs workout compared to inkjet.

i think he means toner. lol

I used WPS and it was quite simple, so if you can use that.

Just to let others know, this printer works fine on Linux and OS X although sometimes the margins can be a little off.

Hi, just to let you know my printer works fine on Linux and OS X using the same methods as you. You should have the CUPS server set up, so go to the printers config page (http://localhost:631/) to get the IP. When you go to the add printer dialogue in OS X, type in the IP and select the LDP protocol (I think, there's a few options but don't pick postscript). That should work!

Pica?

Like many of the comments above, it is hit and miss with the wifi, mine did it all automatically, but then kept changing its IP address, turning of DHCP didn't fix the problem, so I assigned the printer a reserved IP address, which has now solved the issue. This is not difficult to do, but you have to have a bit of network savvy to spot what will work.
You can, of course, just use the cable, which is a simple solution.
For 20 quid, the print quality is great, and the aftermarket toners are cheap.

After all the grief they gave me last time,I wouldn't touch Groupon with a bargepole,just got put through to a different person every time I rang.

Another disadvantage of this printer is that it doesn't have Airprint, so you can't print directly from IOS products.

For 20 quid?... Really? :confused:

Does anybody know if its easy to refill toner in to this printers starter toner? As in does it have a refill hole in the toner and can the counting chip be disabled/ignored??
Thanks

Anyone know the best suppliers for compatible toners? dont mind paying a bit more for quality, some of them dont have the best reviews and dont really want to pay £80 for the genuine high capacity one.

16£ for new ink (301hp)
21£ for new laser printer
Hmmm.
Thanks

Doesn't work with xp , if anyone is still using it ?

Bummer 8-(

And I was just about to ask if it was auto-duplex...

It's not hard at at all, all you do is to push the wps button your router for 10 seconds and then push it again on the printer and the two link up

HOT! Sod buying colour printers! My Lexmark refuses to print in black and white if any of the colours are empty. Ridiculous!

To any one who's going to get that printer - wifi setup is dead easy. Takes about 2min. All done with wps connection.

Laser is definitely the way to go if you don't use the printer regularly. I had an HP inkjet that dried up too

Nice find. Heat added. Thanks! :-)

Got this last time and have tried everything to install it to a Win10 laptop with no joy. Deleted all drivers and tried the WPS trick. Still nothing. After a few days was temptwd to throw it away. I came to my senses and its now in the loft.

Got this the last time it was on offer at Groupon. Had no problem with the wi-fi. Just pressed the button for 2 seconds then pressed WPS button on router and it synced up no problem. Then just used disc to set up mine and wife's laptops

Printer manufacturers make all their money on toner/ink and do their best to prevent anything but their own toner cartridges being used.
Does this one accept cheap 3rd party ones off eBay? If not I'd rather pay extra and buy a printer that accepts cheap toner cartridges.

Super simple for me, in the old thread I put instructions of how to do it. Takes about 10 seconds. Great printer well worth £20 a lot more.

First set up with WPS is fairly straight forward, but it's after a router reboot that things can get messy. I print so rarely that after a few attempts I gave up trying to fix the wi-fi, resolved to go USB. Keep in mind you might need to identify it as a different printer altogether in Windows (mines are rather unimaginatively Ricoh WiFi and Ricoh USB) and will need to install the USB drivers too

Is that the colour version​?

Tech support from a mad relative ? :confused:

tcb £10.50 new customer. So possibly £10.48 for the printer. Not bad at all. Ordered one

my printer has just arrived this morning

Is it any good though?

​I don't have time to set it up yet, just letting ppl know it's arrived as there were some concerns over Groupon not delivering orders

I got mine 1 hour ago, set wifi up using WPS buttons with no problems then installed printer driver and then installed the software. The printer is running great with no problems printing over wifi and I'm using windows 10.
What a great buy.

bought when it was on sale for £15, Can anyone post link to refill or spare cartridge link pls?

Just been looking at a thread for this printer from 7 months ago and Argoj in this post links to this refill kit on ebay.

Toner catridge works out cheaper than buying another one of these just for the catrdige. You only get 700 pages out of the included starter catridge. You can get a 2600 page compatible toner catridge from amazon https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00V6J28G8/ref=pd_vtph_229_tr_t_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=YH2JS1GPWDKAT8036DSV £23.50 with free delivery. You would need to buy 3 of these printers to get the same amount of page yeild as this one toner gives.

Great printer, I bought one from amazon last time there was a sale. It did come with the cable in the box.

Also to those mentioning buying the printer at £21 instead of buying the toner at £22 bear in mind the starter toner that comes with the printer does 700 prints rather than the full toner's 2600.

Edit: Brewer provided instructions to manually add wifi, I have now been able to set it up with wifi and without using wps.

This looks good! Could anyone clarify which 'Windows' it works with please?
Thank you!

Anyone know how to reset this printer to be able to reconnect to WI-FI again?

No disrespect, but that is not correct. I have this printer, and use it via WiFi. My router does NOT have WPS (SKY BB - Sagecom). Sure, it took a bit of fiddling around on initial configuration, but after disabling DHCP in the router for this printer and hardcoding the IP it works perfectly everytime. Super bit of kit for £20. As a tip, I have the default properties on "Toner save" mode, which gives lower quality results, but literally doubles the life of the supplied starter toner!

Interesting. Where is the settings to enter the SSID and the wifi password so the printer can connect to the wifi network? I looked everywhere for it and online searches returned no positive results.

Hi, use the instructions from page 13 onwards in here: (manual setup)
You need to use the "Smart organizing monitor" utility that comes on the CD (or download from Ricoh support).

Thank-you for your invaluable time saving post.

Can someone confirm if you can print using an iPad Pro, if so how and what app (if any) do I need to do this...

Also, where does the black plastic thingy go (it's the part which is packaged with the 2-pin plug)?

Thanks in advance

Strange I didn't have the wireless tab. Ok I'll give it another go at some point. Thanks.

Edit: Have now had a chance to follow Brewers instructions and it does indeed work without wps. My bad.

​sorry I don't know about Ipad compatability, but the black bit goes on the back at the bottom to cover the paper tray when it's extended

If you buy the 2600 page compatible toner catridge for around £22 it works out at less than 1p per page. Regarding health concerns this article is useful https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/features/laser-printing-has-gone-nano-but-is-it-safe/ , if your worried about it the article makes some suggestions such as putting it in a well-ventilated area and leaving the room if it is a big printing job.

To print on your ipad you will need to install the app called RICOH Smart Device Print&Scan ive tested this on my ipod touch and it seems to work with mine however I had to mess around a bit with the add device section till it finally found printer.

Anyone using this with a BT Smart Hub (HH6) , pressing WPS on router and printer and all they do is flash and not connect, there is no WPS button on windows 10 that i can see either

ok sussed it, you need to separate the wi fi bands on the bt hub , its connected but cant figure how to print wireless, oh well using usb cable !

has anyone tried the manual duplex printing?
is it any good? does it mess up anytime?
I'm almost pulling the trigger but would need to know if it can reasonnably do duplex printing, even if its manual

What's your problem with Groupon? I use it a lot for events and dining out ect, GREAT savings made.

Got the printer today after ordering it on the weekend, nice little printer.

Was a little annoying to set up with my MAC however what I did was, use a windows machine to configure the printer manually for wi-fi.

Once I had the printer configured for wi-fi on windows, I then installed the GutenPrint Generic PCL 6/PCL XLdrivers onto my MAC
I then added the Printer on my MAC using the IP address and LPD Protocol and the driver above
That was it, I hope that helps someone

If anyone is still following this thread... anyone able to advise about the toner? I got the flashing light last week to say it's low, and so had a look on ebay where I found someone selling a genuine toner with 50-60% remaining (apparently his printer was faulty, so he got rid of it and was selling remaining toner), which I thought might be easier being genuine than some of the compatibles, so it arrived today and I can't get it to work, just get a solid red light. When I put my old one back in it still flashes for low and prints fine, but it does nothing except the solid light on the right hand side.
Wondered if anyone that knows more about this sort of thing than me could shed any inspiration?!
Really happy with the printer apart from that though!