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IM 550F A4 black and white multifunction printer

  • Copy, print, scan, fax
  • Prints up to 55 ppm
  • 10.1” Smart Operation Panel
  • RICOH Smart Integration

The Apex Series - Ensuring performance when it matters

The versatile 4-in-1 RICOH IM 550F is equipped with a Single Pass Document Feeder (SPDF) that allows double sided originals to be scanned in a single pass. Scanned documents can be effortlessly sent to the designated email or uploaded directly to your Cloud depositories, such as DropBox™ and Sharepoint™. Comes packed with Ricoh’s Always Current Technology™, new features and applications can be downloaded when required.

  1. Improved productivity
    100-sheet SPDF to handle large scanning jobs much faster and efficiently
  2. Smart and scalable
    RICOH Always Current Technology ensures devices support the latest features and functionalities
  3. Reliable and durable
    High duty cycle of up to 250,000 sheets
  4. Intuitive experience
    Applications and functions are seamlessly integrated, with an easy-to-understand interface

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Specifications

Functions
Copy, print, scan, fax
Colour
No
HDD
320 GB, 2.5-inch
Memory - standard
2 GB
Operation panel
10.1" Smart Operation Panel (G2.5)
Physical dimensions (WxDxH)—mainframe
480 x 539 x 644 mm
Weight—mainframe
29 kg or less
Standard input capacity (sheets)
600
Maximum input capacity (sheets)
2,600
Standard output capacity (sheets)
500
Maximum output capacity (sheets)
500
Paper input configuration - standard
500-sheet paper tray, 100-sheet bypass tray, duplex unit, 100-sheet SPDF
Paper output configuration - standard
500-sheet face-down output tray
Supported media
Standard tray, duplex unit
Plain Paper 1–2, Middle Thick Paper, Thick Paper 11, Recycled Paper, Coloured Paper, Special Paper 1–3, Letterhead, Pre-printed Paper, Bond Paper

Bypass tray

Thin Paper, Plain Paper 1–2, Middle Thick Paper, Thick Paper 1–3, Recycled Paper, Coloured Paper, Special Paper 1–3, Letterhead, Pre-printed Paper, Bond Paper, OHP, Label Paper, Envelope

Paper Feed Unit PB1160

Plain Paper 1–2, Middle Thick Paper, Thick Paper 11, Recycled Paper, Coloured Paper, Special paper 1–3, Letterhead, Pre-printed Paper, Bond Paper, Envelope

1—Allowed weights for Trays 1–5 and duplex printing are 106–120 g/m2
Maximum paper size
A4
Media weight (g/m2)
60–220
Interfaces - standard

Mainframe
10Base-T/100Base-Tx/1000Base-T (Gigabit Ethernet)
USB Host
USB Device 2.0

Operation panel
Wireless LAN (IEEE 802.11 ac/a/b/g/n) 
SD Card Slot (1 slot/support SDHC Memory Card)
USB Host for USB Memory (USB Host Type A)
USB Host for IC Card R/W (NFC) (USB Host Type miniB)
NFC Tag built-in
Bluetooth

Interfaces - optional
IEEE 1284
Wireless LAN (IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n)
Device Server Type M37 (additional NIC port)
Network protocols - standard
TCP/IP (IPv4, IPv6)
Copy speed
55 cpm
First copy time
7 seconds or less
Copy resolution

Platen
600 x 600 dpi

SPDF—simplex
600 x 300 dpi
600 x 600 dpi

SPDF—duplex
Front 600 x 600 dpi / Back 600 x 600 dpi (colour, black and white)
Front 600 x 300 dpi / Back 600 x 300 dpi (black and white)
Front 600 x 300 dpi / 300 x 600 dpi (colour)

Zoom range
25%–400% in 1% steps
Enlargement ratios
141%, 200%
Reduction ratios
93%, 71%, 50%
Duplex copy
Standard
ID card copy
Supported
User codes
1,000 user codes, 8 digits per code
Print speed black and white
55 ppm
First print time
6 seconds or less
Print resolution
1,200 x 1,200 dpi (1-bit)
Page description languages (PDLs)

Standard
PCL 5e, PCL 6 (XL), PostScript3 emulation, PDF Direct emulation

Optional
Adobe PostScript 3, Adobe PDF Direct, IPDS, XPS

Note: IPDS unit will be available after product launch.
Printer drivers

Standard
PCL 5e, PCL 6, PostScript3

Optional
Adobe PostScript 3

Duplex printing
Standard
Mobile printing
AirPrint, Mopria®, RICOH Smart Device Connector
Print from USB/SD
Supported
Scan speed
Black and white
60 ipm—simplex
100 ipm—duplex

Colour
40 ipm—simplex
62 ipm—duplex
Scan methods

Scan to USB/SD, Scan to email, Scan to folder (SMB, FTP), Scan to URL, Scan to PDF/A, Scan to digitally signed PDF, Scan to searchable PDF (embedded)

Colour scanning
Standard
Scan resolution
100 x 100 dpi, 200 x 200 dpi (default), 300 x 300 dpi, 400 x 400 dpi, 600 x 600 dpi
Scan to file types

Singe-page
TIFF/JPEG, PDF, High Compression PDF, Secure PDF, Digital Signature PDF

Multi-page
TIFF, PDF, High Compression PDF, Secure PDF, Digital Signature PDF

Scan to email

Protocols 
SMTP (mail server) gateway, TCP/IP

Authentication 
SMTP authentication, POP before SMTP authentication

Scan resolution 
100 dpi, 200 dpi (default), 300 dpi, 400 dpi, 600 dpi

Scan to email file types
Single-page
TIFF, JPEG, PDF, high-compression PDF, secure PDF, digitally signed PDF, PDF/A

Multi-page
TIFF, PDF, high-compression PDF, secure PDF, digitally signed PDF, PDF/A, searchable PDF

Scan to folder

Protocols
SMB, FTP

Security
Client folder login (login name and password), encryption of login name and password during transmission

Resolution
100 dpi, 200 dpi (default), 300 dpi, 400 dpi, 600 dpi

Search for client folders
SMB—browsing directly to the designated folder
FTP—by client folder name

Scan to folder file types
Single-page
TIFF, JPEG, PDF, high-compression PDF, secure PDF, digitally-signed PDF

Multi-page
TIFF, PDF, high-compression PDF, secure PDF, digitally-signed PDF

TWAIN scanning

Scan mode
Standard, Photo, OCR, Filing

Scan resolution
Black and white
100–1,200 dpi—1,200 dpi scanning is supported only with A6 or smaller paper size

Colour
100–600 dpi

Fax types
G3 fax (1 line), Internet fax (T.37), IP fax (T.38), LAN-Fax, Paperless fax, Direct SMTP fax
Fax circuit
PSTN, PBX
Fax compatibilty
ITU-T (CCITT), G3
Fax modem speed
33.6 Kbps–2,400 bps–—G3, standard with Automatic Shift Down
Fax compression methods
MH, MR, MMR, JBIG
Fax resolution

Standard Mode
8 x 3.85 lines/mm, 200 x 100 dpi

Detail Mode
8 x 7.7 lines/mm, 200 x 200 dpi

Super Fine Mode (optional )
16 x 15.4 lines/mm, 400 x 400 dpi

G3 fax transmission speed
Approx. 2 seconds—200 x 100 dpi, JBIG, ITU-T No. 1 chart, TTI off, memory transmission
Approx. 3 seconds—200 x 100 dpi, MMR, ITU-T No. 1 chart, TTI off, memory transmission
Fax SAF memory capacity
4 MB (approximately 320 pages)—standard
60 MB (approximately 4,800 pages)—with optional SAF memory
Fax memory backup
1 hour
Quick dials
2,000 numbers
Data Overwrite Security System (DOSS) - Standard
Yes
Data Overwrite Security System (DOSS) - Optional
Type M19—for customers who require their devices to comply with ISO 15408 Common Criteria certification
Encryption
HDD encryption
Authentication password
S/MIME
Authentication

802.1x wired authentication
IEEE 802.11i security (WPA)
Quota setting/Account limit
User authentication—Windows and LDAP via Kerberos, basic
User code authentication—8 digits, 1,000 user codes
WiFi Protected Setup (WPS) support

Windows
Windows 7
Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows 8.1
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows 10
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server 2019
Macintosh
OS X Native v10.11 or later—PostScript 3 only
Unix
Sun Solaris—10
HP-UX—11.x, 11iv2, 11iv3
Red Hat Linux—Enterprise v4, v5, v6
SCO OpenServer—5.0.7, 6.0
IBM AIX—6.1, 7.1, 7.2
SAP
Environment—R/3, R/4
SAP R/3 Device Type—supported
Barcode fonts—Code 128, Code 39, Code 93, Codabar, 2 of 5 interleaved/Industrial/Matrix, MSI, USPS, UPC/EAN
OCR fonts—OCR A, OCR B
Standard
@Remote Embedded
Web Image Monitor
Optional

@Remote Office 
@Remote Enterprise Pro
@Remote Connector NX 
Card Authentication Package
Device Software Manager
Enhanced Locked Print NX
GlobalScan NX
Java SDK
Printer Driver Packager NX
RICOH Streamline NX

Mobile apps
RICOH Smart Device Connector
Power source
220–240 V, 50/60 Hz
Power consumption
1,300 W or less—maximum operating power (nominal)
1,500 W or less—maximum operating power (guaranteed)
710 W—printing, operating (nominal)
88.2 W or less—Ready Mode (nominal)
3.1 W—Energy Saver Mode (Sleep Mode) (nominal)
Typical Electricity Consumption (TEC)
3.3 kWh
Warm-up time
25.4 seconds or less
Recovery time
10 seconds or less—from Ready Mode
25 seconds or less—from Energy Saver Mode (Sleep Mode)
Green labels
Blue Angel Mark (BAM), Energy Efficiency Labelling Scheme (Hong Kong), Thai Green Label
Other environmental features
Eco-friendly indicator screen