We are a Konica and Ricoh dealer and I am familiar with both products (moreso the Ricoh). They are both good machines, but the 1060 software is far better in most respects:
Scanning
Konica scans to the hard drive on the controller and then you retrieve it from the "box" with a piece of software called ScanTrip, 25.00 per seat. You have to know which box to pull the scan from. It's what I would call pull scanning. ScanTrip can be set to poll the machine periodicaly to see if there is anything in the box. The Konica 7155 will only scan TIFF files in this manner. There is also a twain driver for pulling scans into applications as well.
With the Ricoh, the ScanRouter software is installed on a computer and scans are routed to network destinations or desktops at the push of a button in the display.
The Konica will push scans to FTP, however most network admins are reluctant to set up an FTP server to accept the scans. Also TIFF files only again.
Scan to Email
The Konica has a limited number of addresses that can be programmed, only at the machine. It's also an ABC keyboard and not a very good touch-feel to the keyboard either. Through email, you can select either PDF or TIFF.
The Konica does not yet have the capability to do SMTP authentication. The Ricoh with firmware released in mid-march can authenticate.
Printing
The Konica has a more capable print driver (tray selections, mix-plex capability) and can do some things at the desptop that we have to do at the machine.
The "document server" on the Konica is an option, HD105. This is also what enables the machine to do stamps, watermarks, overlay, etc. You can't do a customized stamp.
On the Konica, printing large PDF files is slow. Postscript is much faster and raises their price signifcantly.
Konica uses separate memory for the machine (standard 64 meg for the machine, max of 320 meg) and the controller (64 meg standard, 192 meg max, 6 gig HDD).
Others
You can add toner to the Konica on the fly. The Konica, when equipped with the print controller has scan capability already. You have a 2 and 3 hole punch. You have stamp capability and the ability to create custom stamps built-in, they have to add the HD-105 to do stamps and still can't do custom stamps.
Good Luck!
Lee
[This message was edited by Lee on Thu April 17 2003 at 06:52 PM.]
[This message was edited by Lee on Thu April 17 2003 at 08:42 PM.]