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Review summary: A colour ink printer that thinks it's a colour laser

Review summary: Do the viscous inks of Ricoh's new Gelprinter line give it an advantage over the competition?

Verdict: As a first generation of printer using a newly developed technology, Ricoh's Aficio GX2500 has several things going for it. It prints fast, certainly for this category of ink-jet and a true colour print speed of nearly 8ppm beats a good few entry ...

Review summary: Ricoh's Aficio GX 2500 is an inkjet printer with a difference: rather than use tanks of liquid ink, it uses gel-based ink. Confusingly, Ricoh refers to this as a 'liquid gel' technology, but there are differences between this and traditional 'wet ink' ...

Verdict: The output is the final arbiter of quality and worth of an inkjet printer. Here, the Ricoh Aficio GX 2500 showed that it's really aimed more at the business market than the graphic designer or photo printer crowd. This is a perfectly viable marketing ...

Verdict: It's innovative but this inkjet-cum-laser is let down by inconsistency across the board.

Review summary: Innovative printing technology, but high running costs

Pros: Very fast ; good quality text and graphics

Cons: Expensive colour gel cartridges

Verdict: However, that figure jumps to 9.91 pence when printing in colour, which is a bit steep compared to most ordinary inkjet printers. Ricoh told us that you never need to buy replacement printhead units for the Aficio, which provides additional savings. ...