Ricoh Aficio 3260C - Manual (Page 16)

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Buyers Laboratory Inc. • 20 Railroad Avenue • Hackensack, NJ 07601 • USA • (201) 488-0404
Michael Danziger
CEO
Mark Lerch
COO
Anthony F. Polifrone
Managing Director
Daria M. Hoffman
Managing Editor
Lynn Nannariello
Asst. Managing Editor
Marlene Orr
Printer Industry Analyst
Ben Curry
Associate Editor, Solutions
Tracie Hines
Associate Editor
George Mikolay
Associate Editor
Carl Schell
Associate Editor
Lisa Reider
Research Editor
Marc Bussanich
Technical Analyst
Camille Dendtler
Research Manager
Pete Emory
Manager of Laboratory
Testing
Pia Beddiges
Manager of Field Testing
Ken Nardone
Technical Manager, Field Testing
Anthony Marchesini
IT Director
T. R. Patrick
Art Director
Test Environment
This product was tested in BLI’s 10,000-square-foot test lab, in an environment
monitored by a Honeywell Temp/RH chart recorder, which replicates typical office
conditions.
Test Equipment
BLI’s dedicated test network, consisting of Windows NT 4.0, 2000 and Microsoft
Exchange servers, Windows 2000 and XP workstations, 10BaseT/100BaseTX network
switches and CAT5 cabling.
Test Duration
Products are tested for two months, one month of which consists of a durability
test during which the product is run at its manufacturer-rated maximum monthly
volume, with daily volumes divided evenly over the course of the test.
Tested Configuration
Ricoh Aficio 3260C base model with Ricoh controller, plus optional saddle-stitch
finisher.
Test Procedures
The test methods and procedures employed by BLI in its lab testing include BLI’s pro-
prietary procedures and industry-standard test procedures, including a BLI-devel-
oped variation of ASTM’s 1318-90 Test Method for Determination of Productivity
using Electrostatic Copy Machines. In addition to a number of proprietary test docu-
ments, BLI uses an industry-standard KATUN test original for evaluating black image
quality and test suites from Quality Logic to evaluate applications compatibility. In
addition to a visual observation, color print quality is tested using the ANSI standard
IT8 Color Test Target, which is read using the Minolta CM503I Spectrophotometer,
and samples are analyzed using the CIE XY Chromaticity Diagram. In addition, density
of black and color output is measured using an X-Rite 428 Densitometer. Georgia-
Pacific Spectrum DP 20-lb. bond is used in the tests, 10 percent of which is recycled
paper containing 30 percent post-consumer content. Image quality is tested using
Georgia-Pacific Printing Paper (95 brightness, 22-lb. bond).
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