saw these on Groupon for £30.98 with free delivery. use code 'save10' and you get £10 off if you're a new customer with Groupon (I just used a new email).
Yes I know loads of ppl will say it's a rubbish printer and not colour, but for someone like me who uses it maybe twice a year to print holiday bookings then it's worth the money especially as my inkjet printer ink has always dried up when I come to use it.
be nice it's my first time posting a deal
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daver77 to littld
22 Sep 1616#34
You're probably best off not eating the printer
xdaminis
21 Sep 168#10
New toner for 2600 pages costs £22, try that with inkjet.
(what inks on a roll thing - rabbitnangel)
borsuk
22 Sep 163#57
For 20 quid?... Really? :confused:
arjunvijay
22 Sep 163#31
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.
Latest comments (102)
panddda
25 Nov 16#102
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!
Kanye Pest
13 Oct 161#101
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
scunny
2 Oct 16#100
What's your problem with Groupon? I use it a lot for events and dining out ect, GREAT savings made.
Enterpart
29 Sep 16#99
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
deanos
28 Sep 16#97
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 !
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
jordanc93
28 Sep 16#95
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.
jordanc93
28 Sep 16#94
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.
jinius
25 Sep 16#85
Anyone know how to reset this printer to be able to reconnect to WI-FI again?
Ksign99 to jinius
28 Sep 16#93
Is the laser printer harmful?
Is this a budget printer? or expensive to run if you print simple text documents? Thanks.
toristyle
27 Sep 16#92
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
nascent
27 Sep 16#91
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.
memyhead
27 Sep 16#90
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
RMD777888
26 Sep 16#89
Thank-you for your invaluable time saving post.
Brewer
26 Sep 16#88
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).
nascent
26 Sep 16#87
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.
Brewer
26 Sep 16#86
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!
starrgirl
25 Sep 16#84
This looks good! Could anyone clarify which 'Windows' it works with please?
Thank you!
nascent
25 Sep 16#83
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.
jordanc93
25 Sep 16#82
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.
inside101
24 Sep 16#81
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.
techsavvy
24 Sep 16#80
bought when it was on sale for £15, Can anyone post link to refill or spare cartridge link pls?
kismith1
24 Sep 161#79
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.
toristyle
24 Sep 16#78
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
poisondwarf
24 Sep 16#77
Is it any good though?
toristyle
24 Sep 16#76
my printer has just arrived this morning
rakocci
24 Sep 16#75
tcb £10.50 new customer. So possibly £10.48 for the printer. Not bad at all. Ordered one
kester76
22 Sep 16#74
Tech support from a mad relative ? :confused:
Gollywood
22 Sep 16#73
Is that the colour version?
usernamenotavailable
22 Sep 16#72
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
HottyHotty
22 Sep 16#71
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.
patrick_000
22 Sep 16#70
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.
robhull1
22 Sep 16#69
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
Mr Hunter
22 Sep 16#68
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.
matday
22 Sep 161#67
Nice find. Heat added. Thanks! :-)
YolkiePolkie
22 Sep 16#66
Laser is definitely the way to go if you don't use the printer regularly. I had an HP inkjet that dried up too
bednim
22 Sep 16#65
To any one who's going to get that printer - wifi setup is dead easy. Takes about 2min. All done with wps connection.
Money_Expert
22 Sep 161#64
HOT! Sod buying colour printers! My Lexmark refuses to print in black and white if any of the colours are empty. Ridiculous!
azmina
22 Sep 162#63
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
3guesses
22 Sep 16#62
Bummer 8-(
And I was just about to ask if it was auto-duplex...
MaxRazor
22 Sep 16#61
Doesn't work with xp , if anyone is still using it ?
person16
22 Sep 16#60
16£ for new ink (301hp)
21£ for new laser printer
Hmmm.
Thanks
delboy_
22 Sep 16#59
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.
zacy5000
22 Sep 16#58
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
borsuk
22 Sep 163#57
For 20 quid?... Really? :confused:
airbus330
22 Sep 16#56
Another disadvantage of this printer is that it doesn't have Airprint, so you can't print directly from IOS products.
Skybird
22 Sep 16#55
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.
airbus330
22 Sep 161#54
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.
hcc27
22 Sep 16#53
Pica?
Accacin
22 Sep 16#52
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!
Accacin
22 Sep 16#51
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.
sul
22 Sep 16#50
i think he means toner. lol
MadeInBeats
22 Sep 16#49
Can you refill these with your own ink? I'm a inkjet user and am wondering how the maintenance costs workout compared to inkjet.
sofiasar
22 Sep 16#48
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.
Looking4Glitches
22 Sep 16#47
You can get compatible toners for around £22 for 2,600 = 0.008p per page.
kester76
22 Sep 16#46
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.
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.
smithmr8
22 Sep 161#44
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.
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?
mwarner
22 Sep 16#42
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.
ModernHunter
22 Sep 16#41
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.
JamesSmith
22 Sep 16#40
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.
littld
22 Sep 16#39
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.
kester76
22 Sep 16#38
To be honest we have new HP laser printers and I can't even get a whiff of ozone off them :smiley:
littld
22 Sep 161#33
I've stuck to inkjets for health reasons. I'm worried that the particles from laser printers could be harmful.
Or sitting with your nose up against the printers vents
subunit
22 Sep 16#35
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.
chapchap
21 Sep 161#12
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.
miaas to chapchap
22 Sep 161#32
No, unfortunately with Apple you'll need the printer to be AirPrint compatible, although a poster further down has said there's a manufacturer app, have a look into it first before committing.
arjunvijay
22 Sep 163#31
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.
arjunvijay
22 Sep 16#30
I have this printer and I can print using iPhone and iPad via Ricoh app.
toristyle
22 Sep 161#29
really? that's strange, I didn't have to use any capital.
xdaminis
21 Sep 168#10
New toner for 2600 pages costs £22, try that with inkjet.
(what inks on a roll thing - rabbitnangel)
JamesSmith to xdaminis
22 Sep 16#28
I wonder if rabbitangel is saying that as toners are often tubular?
sleepymouse
22 Sep 161#27
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.
digi dude
22 Sep 16#26
dont copy and past code, type it in. it works
reddit
22 Sep 16#25
Worked just fine for me.
Gollywood
22 Sep 16#24
It's a great printer!
brendanhickey
22 Sep 16#23
it took me ages to figure out how to put the paper in. I would recommend this printer very cheap plastic but works great.
airdsuk
21 Sep 16#22
Yes but save10 (with a wee s - as posted in your header) DIDN'T work for me!
airdsuk
21 Sep 162#21
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.
toristyle
21 Sep 161#20
I did post the code above
airdsuk
21 Sep 16#19
Code is Save10. Ordered again, great wee printer.
Joshimitsu91
21 Sep 16#18
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.
zoopakev
21 Sep 162#17
ive got 4 laser printers now because of hotuk ... I darent buy another of these (got 2 already)
Duelling Duck
21 Sep 161#16
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.
Agharta
21 Sep 162#15
Nearly bought last time then my printer died a week later so was disappointed I didn't.
Ordered this time so thanks OP.
tehwabbit
21 Sep 161#14
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.
xdaminis
21 Sep 163#13
Installed quite a few of these, and they take about 5 min to setup on a pc once unpacked.
airbus330
21 Sep 162#1
Good little printer, but be warned the wifi connecting process can be tricky.
toristyle to airbus330
21 Sep 161#2
really? do you have the option to use cables too? I'm really not tech savvy!
tehwabbit to airbus330
21 Sep 16#11
Yup. Had to manually configure the IP etc for it as the WPS seems to be notoriously hit and miss!
Good printer though especially at this price
clnsndrs
21 Sep 16#9
Thanks, reminds me of the Lexmark printers, was cheaper to buy a new printer than buying the ink :smile:
clnsndrs
21 Sep 161#6
Are the inks cheap for this? Can you get non genuine inks?
rabbitnangel to clnsndrs
21 Sep 162#7
inks are expensive as they are on a roll thingy we have bought a new one as it was cheaper than buying the ink lol
stuellis to clnsndrs
21 Sep 16#8
Had this printer and it died before the first toner ran out so never found out
kismith1
21 Sep 161#5
Bought, thanks.
vassy4u
21 Sep 16#4
Bought it last time when it was for £15. Won't recommend groupon
anthony69
21 Sep 16#3
Again!? Missed out on the Groupon deal on these last time and went via Ebay and I have one as a backup.
Opening post
Yes I know loads of ppl will say it's a rubbish printer and not colour, but for someone like me who uses it maybe twice a year to print holiday bookings then it's worth the money especially as my inkjet printer ink has always dried up when I come to use it.
be nice it's my first time posting a deal
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(what inks on a roll thing - rabbitnangel)
Latest comments (102)
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!
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
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
dell spec sheet
http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd&sku=210-AEHL&redirect=1
Ricoh spec sheet
http://www.ricoh.co.uk/products/printers/black-white/sp-213w.aspx?view=specification
Is this a budget printer? or expensive to run if you print simple text documents? Thanks.
Edit: Have now had a chance to follow Brewers instructions and it does indeed work without wps. My bad.
Also, where does the black plastic thingy go (it's the part which is packaged with the 2-pin plug)?
Thanks in advance
You need to use the "Smart organizing monitor" utility that comes on the CD (or download from Ricoh support).
Thank you!
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.
What a great buy.
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.
And I was just about to ask if it was auto-duplex...
21£ for new laser printer
Hmmm.
Thanks
Thanks
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.
Just to let others know, this printer works fine on Linux and OS X although sometimes the margins can be a little off.
http://www.newsmax.com/Health/Headline/microwave-popcorn-PFOA-diacetyl/2013/03/21/id/495819/
Still it's a bargain for a little bit of fiddling.
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
TCB lists £10.10 for new Groupon customers. Wonder if it would work with the discount code?
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.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=ironic&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b&gfe_rd=cr&ei=RJTjV-jACdPO8gfTkryYBA#q=testing+toner+on+rats
(what inks on a roll thing - rabbitnangel)
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.
Ordered this time so thanks OP.
Id also recommend the android app for this printer as you can print direct from the phone too without messing around with settings.
Good printer though especially at this price