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SP C840DN A3 colour printer

  • Prints up to 45 ppm
  • 5.7-second first colour print
  • 4,700-sheet max input
  • 1.8 kWh TEC
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Set to impress with colour
Create professional documents without leaving your office, with a colour palette that demands attention.

High quality printer that’s so good you can produce glossy brochures, thick postcards and banners easily in house, saving time and money.

When you need professionally looking documents, fast. The SP C840DN can hold more paper, and handle many types of media, expanding your printing capabilities.

Low environmental impact and great quality

Print more of your marketing and sales material internally, to save money and grow your business. You can finish with optional saddle-stitching, multi-folding, hole punching and even booklet finishing. Up to six paper sources means you don’t have to juggle paper trays. The touch screen Smart Operation Panel simplifies everyday workflows with an intuitive interface. Mobile printing is easily accessed, without compromising security or convenience.

  1. Low environmental impact
    Energy Star 2.0 accredited with low energy consumption
  2. Affordable for the long term
    Default double sided printing cuts paper use and Sleep Mode responds to ambient room light
  3. Wirelessly accessible
    Share information and print from your smartphone or tablet using the Ricoh Smart Device Connector App; accessing documents from cloud applications like Google Drive, Dropbox and One Drive
  4. Less time standing around
    Extend paper capacity to 4,700 sheets for longer print runs
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Specifications

Functions
Print
Colour
Yes
HDD

320 GB—optional

Memory - standard

2 GB

Operation panel
10.1-inch Smart Operation Panel
Physical dimensions (WxDxH)—mainframe
587 x 685 x 864 mm
Weight—mainframe
85 kg or less
Standard input capacity (sheets)
1,200
Maximum input capacity (sheets)
4,700
Standard output capacity (sheets)
500
Maximum output capacity (sheets)
3,750
Paper input configuration - standard
550-sheet x 2 paper input tray, 100-sheet bypass tray, duplex unit
Paper output configuration - standard
500-sheet face-down output tray
Supported media

Standard trays
Plain paper 1, plain paper 2, recycle paper, special paper 1–3, colour paper, letterhead, cardstock, pre-printed paper, bond paper, highgloss coated paper, envelope, coated, thin paper, middle thick, thick paper 1, thick paper 2, thick paper 3, thick paper 4

Bypass tray
Plain paper 1, plain paper 2, recycle paper, special paper 1–3, colour paper, letterhead, cardstock, pre-printed paper, bond paper, highgloss coated paper, envelope, coated, label paper, transparencies, thin paper, middle thick, thick paper 1, thick paper 2, thick paper 3, thick paper 4

Optional paper banks
Plain paper 1, plain paper 2, recycled paper, special paper 1–3, colour paper, letterhead, cardstock, pre-printed paper, bond paper, highgloss coated paper, envelope, coated, thin paper, middle thick, thick paper 1, thick paper 2, thick paper 3, thick paper 4

Maximum paper size
SRA3
Media weight (g/m2)
52–300
Interfaces - standard
Mainframe
10Base-T/100Base-Tx/1000Base-T (Gigabit Ethernet)

Smart Operation Panel
IEEE 802.11b/g/n (Wireless LAN)1—2.4 GHz band only
Bluetooth 4.0¹
SD card slot— supports SDHC memory card
USB Host Type A—for USB Flash memory
USB Host Type A—for External keyboard¹
USB Host Type Mini B—for NFC card reader¹
NFC tag SO14443 Type A (NFC Forum Type 2 compliant)¹

¹—Does not support printing functions
Interfaces - optional

USB 2.0
IEEE 1284
IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n
USB device server

Network protocols - standard

TCP/IP (IPv4, IPv6)

Print speed colour

45 ppm

Print speed black and white

45 ppm

First print time
4 seconds or less—black and white, 5.7 seconds or less—colour
Print resolution

1,200 x 1,200 dpi

Page description languages (PDLs)
Standard
PCL 5c, PCL 6 (XL), PostScript 3 emulation, PDF Direct emulation, Media Print (JPEG/TIFF), PJL

Optional
IPDS, XPS, PictBridge, genuine Adobe PostScript 3, PDF Direct from Adobe
Printer drivers
Standard
PCL 5c, PCL 6 (XL), PostScript 3 emulation, XPS

Optional
Genuine Adobe PostScript 3

Note: XPS driver can be downloaded from Ricoh website.
Duplex printing
Standard
Data Overwrite Security System (DOSS) - Standard
Yes
Encryption
SSH encryption
Address book, authentication password encryption
Authentication
802.1x wired authentication
WiFi Protected Setup (WPS)
Wireless LAN security—IEEE 802.11i, IEEE 802.11w, WEP, WPA
Quota setting
User authentication—Windows, LDAP via Kerberos, Basic, and User code
Windows
Windows Vista
Windows 7
Windows 8
Windows 8.1
Windows 10
Windows Server 2008
Windows Server 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012 R2
Macintosh
OS X Native
Unix
Sun Solaris
HP-UX
Red Hat Linux
SCO OpenServer
IBM AIX
SAP
Environment
SAP R/3 Device Type
Barcode fonts
OCR fonts
Power source

220–240 V, 50/60 Hz

Power consumption
1,850 W or less—maximum power
645 W—operating power, black and white
741.1 W—operating power, colour
52.1 W—Ready Mode
0.8 W—Energy Saver Mode (Sleep Mode)
Typical Electricity Consumption (TEC)
1.8 kWh
Warm-up time

22 seconds or less

Power saving mode
1-60 minutes shift time—Energy Saver Mode (Sleep Mode)
Recovery time
7.3 seconds—Energy Saver Mode (Sleep Mode)
Environmental standards
RoHS
WEEE
KC Mark
GB21521-2014 (China)
China ECO Mark (China)
Green labels
BAM, China Eco Mark (10 circle)

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