Canon IR C3220, is it good?

[Hyksos]

Hi, we have the possibility to buy a used C3220 for cheap and we wanted to know if this is a good printer for our need, because we can't test it (it's too far away)

We already have a Ricoh aficio CL7300, wich does a great job for our need, It can do bleed on 3 side, and can print some amazing micro text, very tiny character that can only be read with a magnifier, but it's very bad to produce consistent result, the color is never the same if we print the exact same job a few weeks later, also it need frequent alignment, print only 500 sheet and the color will be misaligned after that...

I checked the C3220, it seems it can't do bleed, but it have reduced print margin of about 2.5 militer, that's not perfect for our need but we can handle it.

What about the micro printing?? Does anyone know if it's any good at it?? It don't have to be color, it's 100% black, but it have to be able to print text at about 1.25 point, 1.4 max (The Ricoh can go as low as 1 point, never saw any other laser printer able to beat that)

Also we print job that are re-printed by client in there laser printer, does the toner on the sheet stick to the sheet or it goes on the other printer fuser and make a mess??

So, do you think I should buy it??

Thanks for your input.

[Hyksos]

oh, and I forgot, we print most of the time on 28lbs paper, using domtar Lynx, this is not the best paper but it's cheap and we usually don't print full color photo, we mostly print color line, logo and faint background image.

[gertjedevos]

I think you that you won't be disappointed when you see the prints. It depends on how many prints he has made but i think it is a good machine. It has nice prints, and you didn't have to go to a university to install it as a printer. You are right that it doesn't print in bleed mode.

[tricotech1]

I have a lot of experience with this machine. They are durable and reliable. Not a lot of pressure in the fuser though. I think it you want to sent sheets from it through another machine, you might have a mess in the fuser like you predicted. For the most part, it will run a million plus copies with only drum changes, ITB blades, and feed tires with the occasional fuser replacement. Hope this helps. I have several C 3200 and 3220's out there. The C3220 with a C2 Fiery controller is the best revision of this model. The downside, good, but not GREAT with fleshtones.

[Hyksos]

thanks for the reply.

I think it you want to sent sheets from it through another machine, you might have a mess in the fuser like you predicted