Ricoh Aficio GX3000S multifunction printer

The Aficio GX3000s is a big, robust, office inkjet, which certainly has the speed to warrant its place in a shortlist of colour laser replacements...Text quality is not nearly as good as a typical laser, however, and is pushed to keep its place among other inkjets, too...We've looked at the company's standalone Aficio GX2500 print before, but the GX3000s is a full multifunction...

The Aficio GX 3000S is a full multi-function printer, offering scanning and copying, as well as print, but without fax or photo print functions...You could be forgiven for thinking this is a laser-based machine, since it has a large footprint and is much higher off the desk than even other office-oriented inkjets...More of a shame is the fact that there’s no fax, even though the control panel includes...

Most of the range are single-function printers, but the GX3000s is a multifunction device, providing copying and scanning, though no fax or memory card print...At the top is a straightforward flatbed scanner...Software installation isn't as straightforward as the physical setup and we had problems getting the setup routine to recognise the machine connected through its USB link, the only...