I like my Ricoh AP2610 very much. I don't own the duplexer, and I don't
use the bypass tray for large paper, or even for letter-sized paper.
For double-sided printing, no matter what the quantity, I simply load
the paper, after printing one side, into the regular tray. Works quite
well.
Raymond Horton
Darcy James Argue wrote:
Hi all,
I'm basically fed up with my Ricoh AP2610 and I'm looking for a
possible replacement.
The major problem is that on my heavyweight parts paper (100# offset
-- the equivalent of 40 lb. bond), the duplexer jams at least 50% of
the time, rendering it all but useless. Frustratingly, it seems to go
in spurts -- sometimes, I'll be able to print almost an entire run of
parts without a jam, but then once it starts jamming, it tends to jam
every time after that.
So, just print two single-sided runs, you say. Ah, but when loading
paper that has already been printed on one side into the bypass tray,
the bypass try also jams or misfeeds at least 50% of the time. So I
always end up running through vastly more paper than I need to, and
printing takes vastly longer since I need to supervise every farking
page.
I've tried cleaning the pads and rollers and whatnot with rubbing
alcohol, but nothing helps.
The duplexer works okay for lighter paper (like 24 lb. bond), but the
other big problem is that when printing multiple double-sided
documents (or parts), if the first document ends in an odd-numbered
page, the printer will print the first page of the *next* document on
the back of that page -- which makes Fin2007's "print all parts at
once" feature completely useless unless I'm printing single-sided
pages, which I rarely do.
So -- I'm rapidly approaching the point where I'm ready to throw the
damn thing out the window and look for a replacement. I know everyone
always recommends the HP 5100, but that's (still) absurdly expensive.
Does anyone have an alternative they would recommend? I need a printer
capable of at least 11x17 (and 12x18 would be gravy), with a duplex
unit built-in (or the possibility of adding one). And ideally the
duplex unit will be able to handle 100# paper. USB or (even better)
WiFi connection preferred. Cheaper is better, of course, but ideally
this printer will be not as completely crappy as the Ricoh AP2610,
which has been easily the worst printer I have ever owned.
Cheers,
- Darcy
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