The Ricoh printer has a red light on and does not print. A student, schoolchild or employee will be delighted! Full analysis of Ricoh SP150su Sp 150 su red button is on

I would like to note right away that for such a price, this is simply an unrealistic unit that helps out in every situation in which papers appear to some extent. I want to share my review of the Ricoh SP 150su

We were all schoolchildren/students and not each of us had a printer and scanner at home, much less all at once.
Let’s say I had to spend money on printing work and the amounts were quite large: printing one sheet cost from 3 to 7 rubles, depending on the location of the printing point.

I studied at school, then at university. We won’t count school, but university is an average of 10 subjects per semester, for each of which you need to print something out 1-3 times (and sometimes more). Let's take the text size to be 10 pages. Can you already imagine how big these numbers are?
If I had released ricoh by the first year, it would have been a HUGE budget savings.

So here it is.
The printer has small size: approximately 30x20x12 cm. It is lightweight, so with such dimensions it can be placed almost anywhere and yours workplace will not decrease too much.

Working with it will not be difficult for anyone: handling it is easy and simple. You don't need to be very smart to understand everything.

If the printer is turned on, the green button is lit. If there are any problems - red.

Green button

Read more about the "red button". The exact problem will be indicated on the computer program, whether it is a paper jam or no feed. Once you know the problem, you can easily fix the problem.

Inside you can see the working mechanism: everything here is beautiful, but not entirely clear. Haha. For information.

Internal mechanism

Well, here we come to the very program that will be your guide to the world of printing and scanning.
It's called Ricoh printer and is installed along with installing the printer on your computer. (the instructions will describe everything in more detail).

program

The functionality of the printer cannot but rejoice:

1. Print.
In the left corner you can monitor how full the toner is and can refill it at any time, so to speak.
Device Status indicates the status of the printer at this moment(the same “red button” may be indicated there.

Typing is insanely simple: open the program, open the file and print it (in word or excel)

The paint is applied smoothly and there are no gaps. The test will be clearly visible on paper.

2. Scanning.
Scanning also always goes well. I scanned the book and my documents (passport) without any problems. There was no need to remove the cover or press the item more tightly to the printer - the Ricoh SP 150su calmly coped with it without this.

Scanning

3. Copying.
I don’t think it’s worth telling here, everything can be seen clearly.

Copy

4. Parameters.

Settings

If you are an employee, the printer is yours personally and you would not want anyone to use it, then you can set your password in the settings.
Also, when printing, you can set an additional text arrangement, which allows you to print in any format.

The Ricoh SP 150su laser printer is truly one of the best and relatively budget printers today, which has such powerful and huge functionality.
The paint is not used up quickly, in my opinion, so you won’t have a huge need for monthly refills.
If you are a student or worker, be sure to purchase this cool model. Moreover, in many stores there are discounts on this model, so it can be purchased at an attractive price in the range from 2500 to 4000.
If you are the parent of a student, then I think that to save your family budget, a printer comes in handy if you often deal with papers.
I've been using it for almost a year now and haven't found any problems.)

Ricoh SP150 printers and MFPs are a completely new printing platform in which Ricoh engineers took into account the shortcomings of previous devices (SP100 / SP111). Along with the new platform, the device received new hardware and software. If the previous generation of service devices used hidden possibilities supplied with the Smart Organizing Monitor utility, a new utility called CE Tools was developed for the Ricoh SP150.

The CE Tools utility is not supplied with the device and is available only to authorized service centers. The utility weighs only 1.8mb and does not require installation. The functionality of the utility is quite broad and allows you not only to reset errors, but also to carry out full diagnostics of the device. The structure of the utility is very well thought out and after just a couple of minutes of communicating with the utility, you get the feeling that this is not the first time you have worked in it. The utility is connected exclusively by USB cable, if it is impossible to connect to the device, the utility reports this.

I used this utility only once, when I received a device from a client with error SC542. The cause of the error was that a piece of Lace chip got into the stove, which led to the temperature sensor not recording the temperature rise within a given time interval and, as a result, error SC542.

Instructions for resetting error SC542/541

Resetting the error is quite simple, open the utility, go to the “Output Check” section, select “FusingSCReset” from the drop-down list and press the “On” button.

I’ll say right away that I won’t post a link to the utility. Resetting the error is the final operation, and you need to start with a full diagnosis of the fusing unit (stove). It is necessary to remove the stove from the device and make sure that there are no foreign objects, damage to the Teflon or pressure shaft, make sure that the temperature is taken correctly by the temperature sensor, ring the thermal fuse, and so on. And only after the stove has been diagnosed and, if necessary, repaired, can you begin to reset the error.

To sum it up.

First of all, I want to address the users and “ system administrators”, install a full set of drivers and utilities from the disk, not the stubs that winwdows installs in automatic mode. The devices do not have a display and all errors are displayed in the supplied utilities. All calls to the office begin with everyone saying - The red light is on and the printer does not print.

As for the reliability of the printing platform itself, this platform seemed to me much more reliable than the more advanced 200 series. I have not yet encountered a false alarm of a temperature sensor, and there are more than enough devices in service; I even resoldered torn out USBs. By the way, the glass in the scanner is not re-glued, but is held on by plastic supports, like in A3 copiers. In the Ricoh SP150, the case is not rigid enough, and if the user handles the device carelessly, the scanner glass flies off the stops and blocks the scanning line.

As for the stove itself, its design is very reliable, but the Teflon shaft unfortunately sits on bushings, and not on rolling bearings like in the Ricoh SP325.

On the Internet, we very often notice requests when users write their questions about various problems regarding Ricoh printers. Today we will try to tell you why such errors can occur, how you can avoid them, and we will also consider options for eliminating many problems that are associated with failures of this office equipment.

As for the most common errors: sometimes we either notice that the printer has stopped working, or the red light on the Ricoh sp 150su printer is on, or the information panel displays error messages.
First of all, if this is an MFP, let’s look at what kind of text is written on the panel.
Usually this is “Toner Low”, “Replace Cartridge”, “Change Toner”. All these errors indicate that you need to buy a new cartridge or refill the cartridge.

Multifunctional device - printer, copier, scanner - Ricoh SP 150SU is equipped with only two Start/Power buttons. The key buttons are backlit in different colors and are capable of indicating the status of the MFP by a combination of flashes with different frequencies and colors. This page will tell you why the Ricoh SP 150SU MFP printer is blinking green, red or blue, and what to do in this case. When writing the text of this page, materials from the Ricoh SP 150SU MFP operating manual were used. Trademark Ricoh is a registered trademark and owned by... Designation and name of the control keys of the Ricoh SP 150SU MFP printer. The top button with a square is called the Ricoh SP 150SU Start button. The light on the Ricoh SP 150SU button, the Start button, can be turned off, blink green, and stay lit with a green light. The bottom button with a circle is called Power On. The behavior of the lower power button is more varied. In various situations, the light on the Ricoh SP 150SU button may glow red, blue, orange and green, blink at different frequencies, or not light up at all.

How to print a Ricoh SP-150SU printer settings test page: Make sure the printer is plugged in and the top cover is closed. Turn on the printer and wait until the printer enters Ready mode. Quickly press the Power button three times within one and a half seconds. The LED will blink green and the printer will print a configuration page. The configuration page shows the printer name, network name and IP, how many pages have been printed, the remaining life of the SP150 toner cartridge, the waste box level, and other information. Printing the configuration page lets you know the number of pages printed.

Recently, Ricoh released a new series of monochrome printers and MFPs. Visually, the devices look very modern and are inexpensive.

It so happened that the next purchase from the supplier coincided with the arrival of the new Ricoh SP150 series into the warehouse, and I decided to take it for myself to try. The printer turned out to be so successful that it stayed on my desk for only a few hours, after which the client who refilled our Lexmark E120 bought it. However, I managed to take a number of photos and look at the design of the printer in more detail.

About design.

Let's compare Samsung dimensions ML 1615 and Ricoh SP150 – front view

Comparing the dimensions of Samsung ML 1615 and Ricoh SP150 – rear view

The first impression when I took the printer out of the box was that IT IS SMALL. Just some kind of “nano printer”. The design is made in the style of the latest generation iPhone smartphones, i.e. white glossy plastic, smooth shapes. Next to such a printer, even super expensive mobile gadgets will look harmonious. In order to make the size of the printer more clear, I photographed it next to the Samsung ML-1615 printers. As you can see, the printer is half as tall, and also slightly smaller in width and depth.

Let's take a look inside the Ricoh SP150

To be honest, I was afraid that these were yet another miscarriages like the Ricoh S100/SP111 that had design problems with paper feeding. But my fears turned out to be in vain, this is a completely different printer, despite the fact that the paper is still inserted from above, the paper feed mechanism itself has been brought to mind. As you can see in the photo, the pickup roller is now mounted on a metal rod, and not a plastic rod as in the SP100. The paper pickup roller is controlled using a clutch, rather than obsolete solenoids. The pickup roller itself has a classic design and size for Ricoh devices; we can safely say that this roller will not lose its properties throughout the entire service life of the printer. The location of the sensors has also changed and now there should be no false jams.

About the cartridge and chip.

The cartridge in the Ricoh SP 150, despite its similarity with the SP100 cartridge, is slightly smaller in size. This was done primarily to reduce the size of the device itself, and of course to prevent cartridge cloning. The cartridge has on board a standard chip from Ricoh SP111/SP200 with its own firmware. The device supports two types of cartridge - 700 pages () and 1500 pages (SP150HE). As usual, the only difference is in the firmware of the cartridge chip and the amount of toner loaded. Despite the fact that the cartridge has a small volume and is not positioned as refillable, Ricoh engineers did not reduce the diameter of the photo roller. Considering the wear resistance of Ricoh photo rolls, we can safely say that the cartridge will withstand at least five refills without serious loss of print quality.
The toner can be used the same as for Ricoh SP100/SP200. This is either original toner or Samsung universal toner. The cartridge does not have external caps for filling toner and emptying waste. However, the classic hidden plug for refilling the cartridge is present under the lid. Interestingly, the cartridge is structurally similar to the SP100/SP200, but the springs in it are clearly from the Ricoh SP3500/SP311. There is a plastic “identifier key” on the front of the cartridge, I think this is a foundation for the future. How they will carry out a small marketing change to the device in person and “the identifier key will be shifted.”

To sum it up.

In my opinion, the printer turned out to be very successful and, at first glance, very reliable. I really hope that it will seriously push unsuccessful ones out of the market Samsung printers on the 101/111 cartridge, as well as its clones from Xerox. The printer does not have full-fledged electronic components on board, i.e. it is a GDI printer. But with such affordable price You can close your eyes to this shortcoming.

PS. While I was writing this note (a month has passed), this client came to refill a Ricoh SP150 cartridge. The client was satisfied with the printer, and put his Lexmark in the closet as a backup printer.

PS. A colleague from GoldPrint posted a video on the official channel YouTube about the device Ricoh SP150, which will be useful for people refilling cartridges.

Many consumers turn to our service center, reporting problems at work Ricoh printers SP-150. At five percent page coverage, the cartridges can print either 700 or 1,500 sheets. If larger capacity cartridges were installed, although the default capacity was 700 pages, then the installed chip may simply block printing. Your printing device automatically calculates the percentage of fill and the number of pages that can be printed.

Before contacting us with such a problem, there are several other factors to consider. Think about whether anyone else besides you could use the printing device, and what the fill rate was. Often, when examining the equipment, it turned out that more than 1,500 pages were printed on it (although the customer said 700) or the fill rate was set to 10%. All data is stored in the chip.

Our specialists can perform detailed transcript all records of the chip, configure it for correct and economical operation,