Specifications

BUYERS LABORATORY TEST REPORT Ricoh Aficio 2022SP Multifunctional
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ucts; the specific plug-in for the Aficio 2022SP
is slated for availability at the end of June, but
a plug-in for another Ricoh product (for ex-
ample, the 2045) will provide all the same func-
tionality, except for the ability to display a
bitmap image of the 2022. PCL 5e, PCL 6 and
RPCS (Ricoh Printing Command Stream) print
drivers are standard with the print/scan con-
troller, while optional Adobe PostScript 3 was
also tested. The administrator can initiate au-
tomatic detection of the units configured ac-
cessories (the configuration will be illustrated
in the driver), eliminating the need for an ad-
ministrator to manually specify configuration
information. The drivers, which support Win-
dows 95/98, 2000, Me, XP and NT 4.0, are easy
to use and enable users to select paper sources
and output trays by clicking on the appropri-
ate area of a graphical representation of the
product. They offer a good feature set, including
all the capabilities that would be expected for a
unit in this range, plus the ability to build a job
that pulls stock from up to five paper sources and
a chaptering feature. In addition to enabling ad-
ministration, the SmartDeviceMonitor utility,
which is available in administrator and end-user
versions, provides excellent device and print job
status, including pop-up messages.
In its standard configuration, the Ricoh Aficio
2022SP offers embedded scan to e-mail, scan
to file (via FTP and SMB) with support for
TIFF, PDF and JPG file formats, and support
for T.37 Internet fax, which all performed well
in BLIs tests. The scan-to-e-mail function sup-
ports LDAP, so users can access e-mail ad-
dresses on a network mail server directly from
the control panel of the Aficio 2022, eliminat-
ing the need to program e-mail addresses that
may already reside on a mail server. In addi-
tion, however, e-mail destinations, along with
fax destinations and shared folder locations for
scanning to file, can be conveniently pro-
grammed remotely from the Web utility. Desti-
nations can also be entered on the fly via the
control panels QWERTY keypad. The system
comes bundled with DeskTopBinder Lite to
enable an unlimited number of users to work
with scanned documents. DeskTopBinder V2
Pro is optional.
The units performance as a walk-up 33.6-Kbps
fax, configured as tested with the fax and sec-
ond line options, was also good, demonstrating
a scan-to-memory speed that, at 1.57 seconds,
is the fastest for tested products in this class,
and good procedures for transmitting from
memory after a failed communication. An op-
tional fax upgrade card adds JBIG compres-
sion and expanded functionality. This versatile
unit also offers LAN fax, enabling users to send
documents from their PCs. Faxes can be re-
ceived to the exit tray or forwarded to the Docu-
ment Server (from which users can retrieve,
save, delete or print them), forwarded to a gen-
eral e-mail address for manual distribution by
an administrator, or forwarded to specific e-mail
addresses (e.g., based on TTI or RTI).
Other features of the Ricoh Aficio 2022SP in-
clude slightly above-average standard and
maximum paper capacities of 1,100 sheets and
3,100 sheets, respectively; standard automatic
duplexing; an optional 50-sheet RADF; 1 to 99
multicopy capability; and 100 copy control
codes (optionally expandable to 500). The
Ricoh Aficio 2022SP is configured standard with
a 128-MB RAM and a 20-GB hard drive that
supports print-and-hold functions such as se-
cure print and proof print, as well as scanning