At Vision we were handed a competitive analysis booklets vs Canon, Minolta and Xerox.03Cbr>
These were done by IA and gave the Ricoh's a great overall review of quality, speed and ease of use.
However there is one troubling statement.
MAX MONTHLY VOLUME IS 10K
What gives??? I have these engines out in the field producing anywhere from 10K to 20K per month!
What happens when you need tech support for a service issue and they find out the customer has exceeded the maximum monthly volume?
This unit can easily resell for 20K with options. The monthly cost for a 36 month lease is $558 per month. Divide that by the maximum volume and your cost of ownership is a whopping .0558!!
Now go look at the CL7100 the sister unit of the 2238/2232. The maximum monthly volume is 50,000 pages!!!!
It's the same darn engine!!!
Which one are we to believe?