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  • elmaligno
    Expert technician KM

    250+ Posts
    • Oct 2009
    • 296

    #1

    Searching for good A4 engine

    Hello everyone. I am a KonicaMinolta dealer and in this brand we have a problem/torture with the A4 colour gamut. Is there a Ricoh model in this range that really works well?
    Thanks in advance
    Field technician since 1994
  • slimslob
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    25,000+ Posts
    • May 2013
    • 36846

    #2
    Start by explaining what you mean by "works well?"

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    • elmaligno
      Expert technician KM

      250+ Posts
      • Oct 2009
      • 296

      #3
      Originally posted by slimslob
      Start by explaining what you mean by "works well?"
      Simply a machine that is reliable and easy to repair.
      Not a machine that fails in every component, like the konicaminolta bizhub c4050i series. problems with imaging units, scanner cable, document feeder, paper intake, transfer belt, control cards, etc. .....
      Field technician since 1994

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      • elmaligno
        Expert technician KM

        250+ Posts
        • Oct 2009
        • 296

        #4
        Originally posted by slimslob
        Start by explaining what you mean by "works well?"
        But I think you understand perfectly well the meaning of my question.
        Field technician since 1994

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        • Mako
          Trusted Tech

          250+ Posts
          • Jan 2025
          • 317

          #5
          The Ricoh IMC400F has been a good model for us. Its predecessors, not so much in the A4 color segment. This model is good for up to 350,000 pages in terms of lifespan.

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          • 3ktlc
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            • Feb 2018
            • 180

            #6
            As a former Konica Minolta dealer, I can say the whole line of A4's are much better than the A4's from Konica Minolta when I switched. The A3's are great also. Been very happy to switch to Ricoh.

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            • Mako
              Trusted Tech

              250+ Posts
              • Jan 2025
              • 317

              #7
              Originally posted by 3ktlc
              As a former Konica Minolta dealer, I can say the whole line of A4's are much better than the A4's from Konica Minolta when I switched. The A3's are great also. Been very happy to switch to Ricoh.
              The company I work for switched from Konica to Ricoh back when Konica was just Konica. Owner calls it the best move he ever made. Those Konica machines of the 90s and early 00s were a nightmare. We started selling Ricoh's and right off the bat there were 1/3rd fewer service calls and the parts cost a lot less to boot.

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              • 3ktlc
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                100+ Posts
                • Feb 2018
                • 180

                #8
                I was a dealer until 2017. They got even worse from the 90's. Calls did go down drastically with the Ricoh's

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                • luca72
                  Field Supervisor

                  1,000+ Posts
                  • Oct 2017
                  • 1677

                  #9
                  Originally posted by elmaligno
                  Hello everyone. I am a KonicaMinolta dealer and in this brand we have a problem/torture with the A4 colour gamut. Is there a Ricoh model in this range that really works well?
                  Thanks in advance
                  the IMC range, like IMC2000 its for you
                  "loneliness is an invention of the white man, when we are alone we talk to everything around us, we are never alone" (Ojibwa)

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