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Selling Copiers in the Nineties

Top Ricoh Copiers from 1990 Focus on Ricoh FT2260

Ricoh FT2260

Classified as a tabletop copier with a stationary platen, clamshell design for easy jam removal and a dual feed paper trays.

The Ricoh FT2260 went on the market in late 1988 and has a suggested retail of $3,095. This copier was also sold as the Savin 7150.

The Ricoh FT2260 featured a front loading paper tray that held 250 sheets plus and additional side tray that held 100 sheets of paper.  From the side paper tray the FT2260 featured a straight thru paper path.

Maximum copies that could be made at one time was 99.  In addition this copier had a zoom lens that could be used for reductions or enlargement of documents at 1% increments. There were also reduction and enlargement pre-sets that the client could choose from (5 in total).

Features included auto exposure plus 5 step manual control graphic monitor, dual page, split page, auto copy mode and optional color toner changes. 

Black toner yield was rated at 3,635 pages and color toner came in at 2,600 pages.  Drum life was about 35,000 pages and fuser rollers life was 120,000 & 300,000 pages. 

Optional accessories included ARDF/SADF that were capable of holding 30 originals in the feeder.  Sorters were also available for 10 bins or 20 bins and each bin had the capability of holding up to 100 sheets of paper. Those early sorters were so unreliable and most were from third party suppliers. 

Weight of the copier was 110lbs.

Preventative Maintenance cycle was for every 60,000 copies.

If you sold these we would love to hear from you, please feel free to respond and tell us of your sales experience with these copiers.

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Top Ricoh Copiers from 1990 Focus on Ricoh FT2220

Ricoh FT2220

Classified as a tabletop copier with a moving platen, clamshell design for easy jam removal and had a one sheet paper tray.

The Ricoh FT2220 went on the market in late 1989 and has a suggested retail of $2,039. 

The Ricoh FT2220 featured a straight paper path, dry toner, 11x17 copy capability along with a moving platen (which meant that the glass on the copier moved back and forth for every copy made).

Maximum copies that could be made at one time was 99.  The maximum paper tray yield was 100 pages.  

Features included auto exposure plus 5 step manual control graphic monitor, dual page, split page and optional color toner changes.  Blue, red, black and green were the color choices  The previous version was the Ricoh FT2010 and the copy speed was a blazing 15 page per minute. 

Black toner yield was rated at 3,635 pages and color toner came in at 2,600 pages.  Drum life was about 35,000 pages and fuser rollers life was 80,000 pages. 

Preventative Maintenance cycle was for every 60,000 copies. The only available options was for the addition of the color developer and toner units.

If you sold these we would love to hear from you, please feel free to respond and tell us of your sales experience with these copiers.

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