Secondhand Ricoh IM C3000 on the Gold Coast

The model itself

Within Ricoh's IM C2000 to C6000 range, the IM C3000 (released 2019) is the option at 30 pages a minute. Its stablemates, each with its pages a minute: IM C2500 (25), IM C3500 (35), IM C4500 (45) and IM C6000 (60). According to Ricoh, it needs the optional single pass document feeder to scan at its top speed of 120 images a minute, has room for 1,200 sheets (or 4,700 with extra paper options) and copes with card stock to 300 gsm. In Ricoh's range it has given way to the IM C3010.

Is it the right fit for your team?

It makes most sense for an office of somewhere between five and fifteen staff. If the business is growing, the IM C3500 gives you 35 pages a minute in the same family. For a quieter office, the IM C2500 runs at 25.

Secondhand grades and how to pay

Choose a renewed IM C3000 if you want one that runs close to new, refurbished for the balance most customers pick, or used to keep the outlay down. Every unit is checked first, with the page count in writing. Pay outright, or rent, lease or finance it over a term that can reach 60 months on a younger machine. Delivery, setup on your network, scanning setup and a run through for your team come with it, wherever you are on the Coast.

Bought outright without a service agreement, its warranty depends on the machine, and we tell you in writing what it is before the sale. With a service agreement, it is replaced if it fails, for the whole term. The lowest weekly rental, from $15 a week plus GST, is for selected machines, subject to approval.

Before you commit to a secondhand one

• The page count. Ask for it in writing; we give it before you sign. Pages printed tell you more about wear than the year a machine was made.
• The options on it. Find out what is attached, such as a stapling finisher, more paper drawers or a high capacity feeder. Each one changes the jobs it suits and the figure you pay.
• Who looks after it. A machine nobody can repair is no bargain, however little it costs. We only sell what we can service ourselves, everywhere we deliver.
• The running cost. Have the black and white and colour page rates put in writing, along with what each rate includes.