I believe it was the late spring of this year when KIP released their new C700 series color wide format devices. The release was massive with the launch of 12 new color models. The models consisted of five print only color devices, five color MFPs and two color production devices. Indeed it was quite the roll out and I'm still trying to get familiar with each device.

Tonight I'll focus on what I like with the C780 when compared to other wide format devices.

The KIP C780 is a multifunctional device that will print, scan and copy in color.

1) Print Speed- Eight "D" size pages per minute in black or 6 "D" size color per minute. Hourly print for black is 480 and 360 for color. LED (Light Emitting Diodes) print technology.

2) Dry Toner- Four color process Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black. What I like best is that our clients can mark up drawings with highlighters and they don't have to worry about smearing the image (the use of highlighters with ink based prints will cause the image to smear).

3) Quality Prints When You Need Them- In some cases our clients don't always need to print drawings or bid sets everyday. LED print engines allow you to get a perfect print even if the device has not been used in days or weeks. COVID 19 taught us a lesson that ink jet devices can't go un-used. When ink jet devices are un-used for periods of time users will experience streaks on the images and users will need to clean and or purge the print heads (terrible waste of ink and money). In many cases we also saw the failure of print heads that resulting in thousands of dollars in repairs.

4) Stack and Fold- Let's face it, most standard exit trays are just that standard and nothing special. If you're a fan of nothing special the C780 will stack 200 "D" Size pages out of the box.

KIP offers a 700 sheet stacker (KIP 900 series stacker) as an option that integrates with the C780. This means with both devices communicating with each other the possibility of misfeeds and awkward stacking is eliminated.

When it comes to LED color print technology KIP is the only manufacturer that offers in-line folding. Prints are folded allowing for easy document filing and distribution in portrait format, to portrait packets.

5) Operating Cost- Without a doubt the KIP C780 offers the lowest cost for toner (consumable) in the industry for wide format print devices.

We all know how expensive ink is.....whether it's HP, Canon or Epson....

Special thanx to KIP CCtechnology which improves toner yields.

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System holds 4 rolls of paper up to 36" inches wide
KIP’s Area of Interest on-screen editing let’s you quickly print only the section of information you need
KIP ImagePro
- Driverless PC Printing App
- High Definition view (view before your print)

I could list another ten or twenty features that I like about the new KIP C780, however it's good to save some for my next blog.

Feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions, concerns or need help.

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Wide Format

New Jersey Surveyors Love the Ricoh IM CW2200 Wide Format

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Yes, it’s been some time since Ricoh updated the Ricoh MP cw2201 wide format. Covid19 has cramped a lot of the office equipment manufactures introductions for the last two years. Thus almost six years since the intro of the MP cw2201, the new IM CW2200 has launched. There’s some new features and some new wrinkles that New Jersey Surveyors will love. The I stands for Intelligent and the M for multi-functional!

Plotter Waterproof inks

Not only is the ink waterproof but it’s also UV resistant, no longer will ink smear or run if the document gets wet. Unlike other plotters that use 5 colors, our Ricoh wide format uses only four colors (cyan, magenta, yellow and black), which means it’s less expensive to buy four cartridges rather than five. Simple stuff right?

GEL-Jet technology

GEL-Jet technology is really pretty cool and that’s because even though the ink is liquid, it’s leaving behind a dry toner particle. The liquid acts as a carrying agent for the toner. When the liquid carrying agent comes into contact with the paper the carrying agent evaporates and leaves behind the dry toner particle. Thus in my eyes you have the best of both worlds for ink and toner. The image is dry and won’t smear nor run, and there is much less energy used with GEL-Jet printers over color laser printers. Thus the GEL-Jet typically uses 90% less power thus helping to reduce C02 emissions.

Wide Format Scan Technology

It wasn’t until I worked with a competitors wide format plotter when I found out that their wide format plotter could not scan or email a document to multiple scan locations (email or folder). Thus clients that need to scan documents to multiple locations in one pass can appreciate how the Ricoh IM CW2200 can save a tremendous amount of time scanning. I’ll admit most users now scan more than they copy. Can you imagine the time wasted to send the same drawing/plot to 5 users five times? geesh!

Every wide format competitor uses an outdated process for scanning documents except for Ricoh. Let’s say you need to scan 10 pages for a bid request, thus with the competitors you’ll need to place one document at a time in the scanner. Then wait for the document to scan, then wait for the document to exit the scanner and then remove the scanned document. I’m sorry but that’s an outdated process that I call “one in and one out” and huge waste of time!

Ricoh IM C2200 Scan stack tray — Stacker Tray

Scan Exit Technology

Our Ricoh IM CW2200 offers a unique document exit tray for scanned documents to reside. The Ricoh process allows you place the document in the feeder, and then start the scan. When the document is scanned you then place the document that’s next in line to be scanned. Every scanned page is then delivered to the stack exit tray. When the scanning is complete, you grab the scanned pages from the exit tray stacker. Incredible time savings!

Auto Firmware Updates

Firmware is everywhere and without firmware most if not all electronic devices will not work. Firmware is a set of software instructions that tells the hardware what to do. In the past firmware for printers, copiers, scanners had to be installed by a technician. If it ain’t broke don’t fix it was the code that manufacturers and dealers lived by. The reason for that is because each on site call costs the manufacturers money. If the device was not operating correctly one of the fixes was to have a tech on site to install firmware.

Ricoh auto updates eliminates the need for a tech to be on-site. In addition it ensures the manufacturers hardware can be updated via the internet quickly. Many of those updates are for security as well as hardware fixes. You can learn more here for firmware security.

Closing

There’s my five reasons, however there are many more that would take too much time to list tonight. The IM CW 2200 is priced in the middle of the road for color 36″ plotters that scan/copy/print. In addition the IM CW 2200 can also be equipped with a dual roll feeder. This feature allows users to have a 36″ and 18″ rolls of paper available. The 18″ roll of paper can be used for check plots. If you’re in New Jersey, feel free to reach out to me apost@p4photel.com, if out side for New Jersey give me a buzz also and I can put in touch with some great reps that can help.

Feel free to check out our site Print4Pay Hotel. Another interesting blog about wide format plotter for you, Surveyor in New Jersey Selects Ricoh Wide Format

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