Printing Envelopes Reliably on MPC300

John:

I have zero of these in the field, can't help you here. My only thoughts is that the engine used is the same as the C431dn printer.

I'm not a tech, however my first thought would be to change the feed tire and see what happens.

Can anyone else lend a hand???

Art, after all the begging and pleading for Ricoh to get into the A3 game, you haven't placed any? What's up with that?

I think Old Glory means A4. Remember, 4 is less than 3 (it's a metric thing).

You should be able to create an "envelope printer" by installing a second instance of the printer with the same IP address. In the PCL 6 driver (not universal), you can go into the printer properties, print preferences, detailed settings and rotate the image 180 degrees.

When you say the printer "red lights", what is the error? Is it a paper type mismatch? If so, what is it calling for?

How may envelopes are they printing per month? We've always seen problems with envelopes and the Ricoh/Savin hardware (as well as many laser printers). For the time and frustration, when our customers are looking for something to run a bunch of envelopes on I'd recommend a $50 inkjet anyday over an MFP. It's just the right tool for the job. No pressure, no fusing, minimal page coverage. But, you sacrifice image quality and the waterproof of laser.

Old Glory:

I finally sold one last week!! About the begging and pleading for an A4. What I really wanted was an A4 black device and a system that had the same cpp model as our A3's.

I see the current MPC 300/400 very hard to sell especially and they don't justify a cos per copy well when you are replacing an A3 device.