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-level colour lasers. While the machine is also commendably inexpensive, it's not that cheap to run. This may change, though, as the number of suppliers of its cartridges increases. Ricoh should add photo handling to the machine, as it does this well, but currently only easily on A4 paper.
