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    IS the mp305+ any good?

    hi
    i saw some odd units yesterday when picking up from my lease return warehouse.
    RICOH MP305 PLUS..
    Are they worth moving or another headache design?
    thanks

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    Re: IS the mp305+ any good?

    I've had about ten units out for about a year now, running good so far. From what I read on the forums, a lot of guys don't like them. For me, so far so good.

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    Re: IS the mp305+ any good?

    THANKS
    IS it like a mp301 inside or some new design?

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    Re: IS the mp305+ any good?

    Quote Originally Posted by fshead View Post
    hi
    i saw some odd units yesterday when picking up from my lease return warehouse.
    RICOH MP305 PLUS..
    Are they worth moving or another headache design?
    thanks
    Hi fshead
    Not as good as mp301
    The mp 305 is New design look after loads mp301 much better only good thing with mp305 is smart panel
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    Re: IS the mp305+ any good?

    MP305 PSG.pdf

    New design, different that anything else.

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    Re: IS the mp305+ any good?

    I have a few of these and have worked on them some.

    Very compact machine that looks like it would be difficult to dig into. Most of the issues I have run into involve curling paper and/or jamming. Doing the standard Ricoh black and white maneuver of turning the fuser temp down by 5 helps a lot. (IMO, I feel Ricoh black and whites over history run a little hot, so turning them down some doesn't hurt and they still fuse well, etc. It certainly helps with paper curl).

    The feeder is very light weight and should likely be avoided by customers that want to do a lot of scanning.

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    Re: IS the mp305+ any good?

    It's more a machine that a customer wants, if they want to print/copy onto A3 but want a smaller desktop size machine. Welcome 305 +
    I only have 2 out and haven't had any problems I don't think but that could be luck or because they are in low volume offices. I honestly couldn't say if they are good or bad yet.

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    Re: IS the mp305+ any good?

    thanks
    i gotta pick up a couple on my next pickup from warehouse..

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    Re: IS the mp305+ any good?

    In the training, it shows published life expectancy under 200K. They get put in places where people run much more than that on them.

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    Re: IS the mp305+ any good?

    Quote Originally Posted by Coptech View Post
    In the training, it shows published life expectancy under 200K. They get put in places where people run much more than that on them.

    That is a sales problem, The Product Support Guide says 2000 copies a month, at that rate the machine should last 8 years. Any machine place outside the Ricoh volume guidelines is going to have a shorter lifespan time wise.

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