How are you combating print from USB?
I have a church that likes the idea of Sunday School Teachers being able to prepare at home, save to flash drive, and bring it to the church to be printed on Sunday morning.
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I've mentioned the email2print, no one has taken me up on it yet. Have not lost a deal yet for this. Would also like to hear from others on this.
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Call your Ricoh DSS. I had this question pop up in a demo last week, and our Sales Engineer told me that there is a code that can be input in Service Mode that will enable Print-from-USB on the RFG equipment. I emailed our DSS and confirmed. The first thing I did was revise pricing I had submitted to a church w/ the same need, because initially I had proposed a desktop Lexmark MFP as a second device to provide this feature. Apparently, Ricoh doesn't publicize this as a standard feature, because it causes compliance issues in certain verticals such as medical.
I just got off the phone with a Ricoh Service Support guy who says it can only be done if the machine has "media print support" which is what has to be turned on for it to work. Something about 1110-?? I am not validating his answer, only telling you what I was told. I have not yet heard back from my DSS. Can you share more details please?
It sounds like you actually know slightly more than I do on the topic. Our DSS is supposed to email our SE the specific code today and told him to test it in our Tech Portal first.
Never lost a deal to this but came close about a year ago. Ended up bundling in a Ricoh 1000sf that has this as a standard feature into the deal. It ran $315 retail plus shipping and it was a wash when looking at costs of adding the USB scan to option on the Ricoh device. Not sure if that 1000sf is still around or not though.
Our DSS tried to put the file on our FTP site so that our SE could download it, but our FTP site is down. Apparently, it's not simply a code but rather a 60MB file that has to be loaded in service mode.
quote:Originally posted by txeagle24:
Our DSS tried to put the file on our FTP site so that our SE could download it, but our FTP site is down. Apparently, it's not simply a code but rather a 60MB file that has to be loaded in service mode.
alot of ISPs limit large attachments, thats why herenis "yousendit.com"
Okay. It's loaded in our demo room, but I haven't been able to use it yet, because it requires Postscript 3, and we need to add that to the machine.
The function appears on the "Other Function" key, and the user is able to go up to 5 folders deep to retrieve the document from the USB drive. Only PDF's can be printed from the USB.
The function appears on the "Other Function" key, and the user is able to go up to 5 folders deep to retrieve the document from the USB drive. Only PDF's can be printed from the USB.
Take a look at the PrinterON Solution from Ricoh for remote printing to small shops. You send the document to an email address and it can be released at the printer. Very handy.