CW2200SP

We got ours in...doesn't work.
Called Ricoh...they can't get theirs to work either.
Ricoh suggests ordering a new mother board.
We decided to wait until they got theirs fixed.

not a good start right

We installed one in our showroom on Friday and I was impressed. (I'm not easily impressed by the way.) It performed pretty well. The speed was acceptable....actually the speed was real good on a typical blueprint. The image quality is good enough for what it is. Just don't over-sell the image quality.

Two other thoughts:
The box the thing ships in is enormous....
The machine was a time bandit for our guys to unbox and set up.

fisher

Can you PM me

Art

fisher:

What are your thoughts on the retail price?

It is more expensive than similar HP or Cannon products BUT BIG BUT those products will not have our user interface and scanning capabilities. We have one sold so far and myself and another rep already have customers that are very interested.

I've sold a lot of Ricoh wide format systems over the years and I've got to say this product is a better fit for at least half of the customers I've sold to in the past. Most of my wide format customers are small to mid sized contractors doing less than 200 sheets per month.

fisher:

Can you elaborate more on the scanning capabilities of the Canon MPF40's? Whya re we so much better with scanning?

Just browse through the brochure and documentation for the Canon. The user interface on the MFP is weak. Its a plotter with a scanner (probably a Contex) added. The Ricoh MFP has our standard user interface. Anybody who has a Ricoh MFP of any kind can walk up to this new machine and know exactly how to use it.

Would be interesting to see a Monster Garage featuring the two products.

fisher:

I've done that it really doesn't tell me that much, what about some Canon P4P'ers, anyone sell the Canon MFP40's?

By the way, one of the connectors between the scanner and main body has to click into place or else the machine will throw an SC 101 code. It is very easy for the tech at set-up to push the connector on and think its set when in fact a good connection is not made unless it actually clicks.

we have placed about 100 Canon MFPs the last 20 or so are the 40MFP scanner.
It is far superior to the Ricoh and less exspensive as well, the scanner is 1200dpi and the quility is stunning.
The new 3.0 user interface is much better than Ricohs the CW2200 is going to have a tough time matching up the Canon.

What is the MSRP of the model with a comparable speed?

$8,495.00

GR81

Is there not another model that has a $9,600 MSRP?

Yes, that's the nice thing about the Canon system you can hook it up to any of there plotters. So if you have a customer looking for high end graphics you a graphics plotter if the customer is AEC you go with the 700 series.

GR81

With our ricoh device, if we wanted to walk up to the device and scan to multiple scan folders, we could select 10 folders in 5 seconds or so, can this also be achieved with the MFP40

No, why would I want to?
the last thing an IT dept is going want is a 10M file going to more than one location.