Ricoh SP300DN Single-Function Laser Printer Specifications
Printing Method
Laser
Type
Single Function
Model Name
Aficio SP 300DN
Part Number
Aficio SP 300DN
Printing Output
Monochrome
Printer Languages
Post Script 3 Emulation,PCl6,PCl5
Functions
Print
Brand
Ricoh
Refill Type
Toner Cartridge
Ideal Usage
Business
Max Print Resolution (Mono)
1200 x 600 dpi
First Print Out Time (Mono)
8 sec
Print Speed Mono
20 ppm
Duplex Print
Automatic
Other Print Features
Technology: Laser Beam Scanning and Electro-photographic Printing,Print Speed: 30 PPM (IT),Warm-up Time: Less Than 20 Seconds,Fonts: 80
Additional Features
Network Protocols: TCP/IP,IPP,Other Options: 1 x 250 Sheet Tray,Compact,Fast and Connected,Paper Input Capacity: Standard: 1 x 250-sheet Paper Tray,50-sheet Bypass Tray
Media Types Supported
Paper,Envelop
Output Tray Capacity
125 sheets
Output Tray Type
Face-Down
Input Tray Capacity
550 pages
Media Size Supported
A4,A5,A6
Power Consumption (Standby)
5 W
Power Requirements
220 to 240 V,50/60 Hz
Power Consumption (Active)
880 W
Height
262 mm
Width
370 mm
Weight
12.5 kg
Depth
392 mm
Memory
64 MB
Processor
400 MHz Processor
Operating System
Windows: 2000,XP,Vista,Linux,7,8,Windows Server 2003 / 8,Macintosh OS X 10.2.8 -10.6
Ethernet Support
Yes
Usb Support
USB 2.0
Compatible Black Cartridge
Starter Toner Cartridge: Yield 1000 Pages @ 5% Coverage Area,Regular Toner Cartridge: Yield 1500 Pages @ 5% Coverage Area
In The Box
Power Cord and User Manual,Printer
Printer
Laser
Output
Monochrome
Interface
Ethernet, USB
Print Speed Mono
20 ppm
Wireless
No
Duration
12 Months
Warranty Details
Standard One Year Warranty By Brand
Productive
28 pages per minute
Supc
SDL059547331
Ricoh Aficio SP 300DN
By Gajananon
Bought this printer from SnapDeal and have been using it for the past 2 years.
Excellent, cost effective, value for Money is what I can say about this printer.
There is no other brand which offers a laser printer with features such as Network printing & Duplex printing at this cost.
Very Expensive refill
By Lokeshon
it is very expensive printer and you need a chip to refill printer
basic laser printer
By Vijayngandhion
good product for home use, but little big in size, require special place for it.
Printer
By Laser printeron
It is very good laser printer.i am interested with this
superb value for money product
By Satyajiton
i bought i for office use working superb and for network printing duplex printing is like you are saving a lot on print stationery cost.
Detailed Review After 20 Days Usage. Toner can be refilled at Rs.400-600
By Harshal Jon
Update 09 Oct, 14 | Counter @ 1133: Original toner chip lets you print 1133 pages. (Keep an eye on counter)
Refilled toner. Rs. 100 for powder and Rs. 150 for new chip (got locally).
Update 01 Mar, 15 | Counter @ 3005: New chip stopped printing after 1872 pages. I was waiting for new chip to arrive. Tried to reuse the original (first) chip and it WORKED.
Update 20 Mar, 15 | Counter @ 3345: I got another 340 pages out of original chip. Reinserted second chip and printer started working again.
So far I have refilled toner once and bought new chip once only. You can buy chip on egay dot in website.
Update 5 Aug, 15 | Counter @ 8K: For powder, go to any computer shop and ask them for Samsung toner. Use samsung toner as it's 100% compatible with Ricoh. A single 100 rs 80 gram refill lets me print 3500 pages. So I change the chip twice and toner once now days.
-------Original Review------
Printers aren't new for me, prior to this I had one L series printer from Epson and one HP All in one 1400 series printer. About the Epson printer, I'd contradict with one (spam) review written here, even though it offered ultra low cost, there were several problems, It was slow, frequent paper jam problem, blurry printing, not at all practical for mass printing requirement. About HP printer printer, well, with ultra high printing cost made it impractical for everything. Also one thing to keep in mind that both were inkjet printers, inkjet printer are incapable of printing easily machine readable barcodes (due to no sharp printing). I needed to print a lots of barcodes so laser printer was a must.
Before Buying this on FK I had a few doubts because of it's super low pricing. Nevertheless this is genuine Ricoh India import so no problem when claiming the warranty. Anyway they have provided indian plug and indian warranty card, so that's good. Printer has a manufacturing date of Oct'13 which I think isn't bad at all. With the documentation, how stuff was packed I get the impression that Ricoh is very serious about the printing business. MRP on the printer was Rs. 14,990.
To keep my review simple I'll put my points in pros and cons.
#PROS:
1. VFM: You simply can't beat this price. The competitors are selling these features at 3x money.
2. Network Capable: (With respect to printers you get at this price) Having network capabilities is always a good thing. You can also print from your android device with the official app from ricoh.
3. Automatic Duplex: (With respect to printers you get at this price) with this you can print on the both sides of the paper. You can literally cut down on your paper cost with this feature. And meanwhile you get to save some trees too.
4. Two (plus one) input tray: Having two trays does open up new possibilities. You could have normal A4 size papers in Tray 1 (capacity 250 pages) and other non-A4 or pre-printed pages in the bypass tray (capacity 50 pages). You can buy an optional tray to increase the capacity by another 250 pages. It also has smart management. If it detects a tray has run out of paper, it will start fetching from another tray. It knows if a tray has papers or not even before starting the printing job.
5. Booklet: This is nothing but 4 pages being printed on a single sheet (ie 2 pages on each side) in a proper sequence. But what makes it rather interesting is, you can have printer programmed in such a way that, it'll fetch high GSM paper (thick) from the bypass tray to do your front and back covers of your book while regular GSM papers from tray 1 to make up your rest of the pages of your book.
6. High speed printing: Once it starts printing, it takes only 2 secs for a page. For duplex page it takes about 5 seconds.
7. Ruggedness: It's not a looker but it's rugged. I haven't faced any single issue so far. Not a single paper jam. It has an active heat dissipation system, that is, it has a cooling fan which will make sure it won't overheat. At 12-14 kg you can also call this printer heavyweight.
8. Drivers: This is where it truly shines. No-nonsense drivers are only a few MBs big. It comes with PCL6 and PS3 drivers. To install this printer on a Windows machine all you have to do is go to control panel > Devices and Printers > Add a printer > Add a network printer > select the network printer then click 'have disk' (don't bother with windows updates) locate '.inf' file from PCL 6 folder. That's all. Gone are the HP days where bloated drivers grinded the computers.
#CONS:
1. Toner Chip: [Read Updates]
#Other Thoughts:
1. This is biggest or heaviest machine five thousands have ever bought.
2. Even though the power usage is high during the printing, it takes less time to print. So indirect it takes about same electricity per page.
3. It can print on various sizes paper. (not limited like Aficio sp 100).
Finally I'd rate this printer 6 stars out of 5 for the outstanding value for money it offers.
Cartridge not refillable
By Arunon
printer is good but Cartridge not refillable after toner empty we have to buy new cartridge it cost 5300
Good Printer until the included Toner Empties
By Ravi Chandra Nadimpallion
Received a defective printer first time and was promptly replaced by flipkart with a new one. Though it was a little inconvenient, but its OK. No gripe with Flipkart Service.
The printer itself is good. Its fast, it has duplex printing, Ethernet connectivity at a very good price. It only prints A4 and below.
Real problem starts after the Included toner cartridge empties. Refilling doesn't work. Original Cartridge costs around Rs 3800/- and its hard to find. I purchased this after i read some reviews that refilling works. But it horribly failed in my case.
Finally, my recommendation, only buy if you are sure you can refill it.
Edit: Sorry for wrong information. It Can print on legal size paper. After consulting a better re filler, i could get it to work again.
Hmmm Ricoh fixed my issue. Now im satisfied customer
By Francisco Fernandeson
To my previous complaint of a boken spare in transit. I complained to Ricoh and they fixed the issue in one day. My printer is fully functional and im very happy with flipkart and Ricoh; Amazing deal. Hope everyone can make benefit of this. Same printer with different company costs much much more.
Costly
By Ecosure Pharmaon
Better to go for EPSON L series which is cost efficient and coloured printer with excellent print quality. Finding out support for Ricoh is not easy.