Because the colours all come separately, you could use the Ricoh SP C250DN mainly as a black-andwhite printer, taking advantage of the crisp black text produced by the laser engine at a reasonable 2.5p per page. If you only use it occasionally, it’ll be a long while before you need replacements. You do get starter cartridges with the printer, and their quoted life of 1,000 pages initially makes the printer great value for money. At over 13.5p per page, that adds up to nearly twice the running cost of a typical inkjet printer. The color cartridges are rated for 1,600 pages (although they’ll run out a lot faster if you print large areas of color), while the black should last 2,000 pages. To replace the full set of four black and color toner cartridges will cost you – are you sitting down? – around £230. To print from an Apple or Android smartphone or tablet you have to use Ricoh’s own Smart Device Print & Scan app (which only allows a limited range of document types. Sadly, this doesn’t support AirPrint, so you can’t print directly from iPhone or iPad apps. Check Amazon Unusually for a low-cost laser printer, it not only has a USB 2.0 port to connect directly to a PC, and Ethernet for use over a wired network, but it also has Wi-Fi built in.
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