Ricoh IM C3000, Secondhand in Sydney

Where the IM C3000 fits in the Ricoh range

Ricoh slots the IM C3000 into its IM C2000 to C6000 range, a 2019 release as the 30 pages per minute option. The other speeds in the series are the IM C2500 (25), IM C3500 (35), IM C4500 (45) and IM C6000 (60), in pages per minute. Useful numbers: it needs the optional single pass document feeder to reach 120 scanned images a minute, loads 1,200 sheets as standard and 4,700 fully optioned and feeds card up to 300 gsm. Its successor in the Ricoh range is the IM C3010.

Who is it for?

Sized for somewhere between five and fifteen people, going by its speed. More people than that? The IM C3500 is the same series at 35 pages per minute. Printing less? The IM C2500 at 25 pages per minute may be all you need.

Which grade, and how do you pay?

The grade sets the outlay and the page count tells you the wear, and you get both in writing. A rental or lease can run up to 60 months, limited by the machine's age, and delivery, network connection, scanning set up and a hands on run through for staff are included.

Bought outright without a service agreement, the warranty depends on the machine, and we tell you what it is in writing before the sale. Add a service agreement and a failed machine is replaced at any point in the term. The rental figure on selected machines starts from $15 a week plus GST, provided finance is approved.

Secondhand? Check these first

• The meter reading. Pages printed so far, in writing. That number beats the build year as a guide to wear.
• What comes with it. Extra trays, a finisher, a big paper deck: each one alters the work it can take and the figure on the quote.
• Who looks after it. We do not sell a machine we cannot service, because a copier nobody can fix is no bargain.
• Running cost. Get the mono and colour rates per page in writing, plus what each rate covers.