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Pro 8420S Black and white production printer

Prints up to 136 ppm
Up to 350 g/m²
16,700-sheet max input
250,000-sheet APV

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Deliver professional black and white prints

This advanced digital press delivers repeatable high quality prints and accelerates the shift to digital thanks to Ricoh's advanced VCSEL imaging technology, ultra-fine pulverised toner, accurate front-to-back registration, and more.

User and environmentally friendly

Productive and easy to operate, the Pro 8420S is also environmentally friendly with features such as increased use of recycled plastic and electric furnace steel in its construction and reduced plastic packaging.

Built for high volume
The Pro 8420S can be configured with optional input trays to expand the paper capacity to up to 16,700 sheets for uninterrupted printing.
Expand your media capabilities
Effortlessly produce high quality black and white documents, including direct mail, newsletters, books, and manuals on up to 350 g/m² media.
Meets diverse printing needs
Depend on Ricoh’s integrated GW controller to handle regular office applications or incorporate the latest Fiery EB-36 print server for easy load balancing in graphic-intensive workflows.
End to end finishing
Simplify your workflow and accelerate delivery with the latest cutting-edge inline finishing solutions from Ricoh and our partners.

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Specifications

Functions: Copy, print, scan
Colour: No
Printer controller - standard: GWNX
Printer controller - optional: Fiery EB-36 controller
HDD: 640 GB (320 GB x 2)
Document server: Maximum stored documents
3,000

Maximum pages of all stored documents
15,000

Maximum storage period
1-180 days, 1-96 hours, or no limit
CPU: Intel ApolloLake E3940 1.6 GHz
Memory - standard: 2 GB
Operation panel: 10.1" Smart Operation Panel (G3)

Physical dimensions (WxDxH)—mainframe: 1,141 x 900 x 1,750 mm
Physical dimensions (WxDxH)—other: 540 x 730 x 1,000 mm—5,000-sheet LCIT RT5160 (A4)
865 x 730 x 1,000 mm—4,400-sheet LCIT RT5170 (A3)
1,054 x 730 x 1,000 mm—4,840-sheet Vacuum-Feed LCIT RT5150
690 x 561 x 210 mm—500-sheet Multi-Bypass Tray BY5020
1,090 x 561 x 210 mm—Multi-Bypass Banner Tray Type S9, when attached to Multi-Bypass Tray BY5020
330 x 730 x 1,000 mm—Bridge Unit BU5010
1,113 x 730 x 1,490 mm—4,500-sheet Finisher SR5110
1,113 x 730 x 1,490 mm—3,500-sheet Booklet Finisher SR5120
1,115 x 591 x 555 mm—Trimmer Unit TR5050
330 x 730 x 1,350 mm—Cover Interposer CI5040
900 x 730 x 1,010 mm—High-Capacity Stacker SK5040
470 x 730 x 1,000 mm—Multi-Folding Unit FD5020
209 x 730 x 1,000 mm—Multi-Folding Unit FD5030
330 x 740 x 1,010 mm—Bridge Unit BU5020
330 x 730 x 1,010 mm—Buffer Pass Unit Type S11
265 x 253 x 136 mm—RPIP Interface Box Type S3
Weight—mainframe: 428 kg
Weight—other: 106 kg—5,000-sheet LCIT RT5160 (A4)
185 kg—4,400-sheet LCIT RT5170 (A3)
230 kg—4,840-sheet Vacuum-Feed LCIT RT5150
20 kg—500-sheet Multi-Bypass Tray BY5020
3.5 kg—500-sheet Multi-Bypass Banner Tray Type S9
40 kg—Bridge Unit BU5010
135 kg—4,500-sheet Finisher SR5110
160 kg—3,500-sheet Booklet Finisher SR5120
75 kg—Trimmer Unit TR5050
50 kg—Cover Interposer CI5040
131 kg—High-Capacity Stacker SK5040
15 kg—Roll-Away Cart
92 kg—Multi-Folding Unit FD5020
45 kg—Multi-Folding Unit FD5030
40 kg—Bridge Unit BU5020
90 kg—Buffer Pass Unit Type S11
Minimum space requirements: 100 mm—left
47 mm—rear
100 mm—right
57 mm—front

Max monthly volume: 1,000,000 prints
Machine life: 60,000,000 prints or 5 years, whichever comes first
Duty cycle: 4,000,000 prints per month
Average monthly volume: 250,000 prints
Average monthly statement: 150,000–500,000 prints—recommended document volume

Supply yields: 82,000 prints per toner bottle—two bottles can be installed

2,400,000 images per drum unit

860,000 prints per developer bag

1,200,000 sheets per waste toner bottle—selectable as supply or service part

Note: Toner yield is measured with the A4 LEF/6% test chart, and will vary depending on the original document, image sizes and type, and the device operating conditions.

5,000 staples per Type X cartridge for finisher SR5110/5120—normal staple
5,000 staples per Type U cartridge for finisher SR5120—saddle stitch staple

5 cartridges per Type X refill for finisher SR5110/5120—normal staple
2 cartridges per Type T refill for finisher SR5120—saddle stitch staple

Standard input capacity (sheets): 3,300 sheets (0.1mm)—2,200-sheet tandem tray + 550-sheet paper tray 2 + 550-sheet paper tray 3
3,000 sheets (0.11mm)—2,000-sheet tandem tray + 500-sheet paper tray 2 + 500-sheet paper tray 3
Maximum input capacity (sheets): 16,700
Maximum output capacity (sheets): 15,000
Paper input configuration - standard: 2,200-sheet tandem paper input tray (2 x 1,100 sheets), 2 x 550-sheet paper input trays, 220-sheet SPDF, duplex unit
Paper input configuration - optional: LCIT RT5160 (A4), LCIT RT5170 (A3), Vacuum-Feed LCIT RT5150, Multi-Bypass Tray BY5020, Multi-Bypass Banner Sheet Tray Type S9, Vacuum-Feed Banner Sheet Tray Type S9, Bridge Unit BU5010, A3/11" x 17" Tray Unit TK5020 (internal)
Paper output configuration - optional: Booklet Finisher SR5120, Finisher SR5110, Punch Unit PU5030, Trimmer Unit TR5050 for Booklet Finisher SR5120, Cover Interposer CI5040, SR5000 Series Output Tray For Banner Sheet Type S6, Decurl Unit DU5070, High-Capacity Stacker SK5040, Multi-Folding Unit FD5020, Multi-Folding Unit FD5030, Bridge Unit BU5020 (for third party finishers)
Paper output configuration - 3rd Party: Plockmatic PBM 350e, Plockmatic Rotate Crease Trim (RCT) e, Plockmatic SBT (Square Back Trimmer), Plockmatic CT XL, Plockmatic HCI3500 High-Capacity Interposer,GBC StreamPunch Plus 220V RICOH, GBC StreamWire
Supported media: Tray 1
Plain, Recycled/Coloured, Pre-Printed, Pre-punched, Bond paper, Card Stock, Back Copied

Tray 2
Plain, Recycled/Coloured, Pre-Printed, Pre-punched, Bond paper, Card Stock, Back Copied, OHP, Transparency

Tray 3
Plain, Recycled/Coloured, Pre-Printed, Pre-punched, Bond paper, Card Stock, Back Copied, Transparency

Bypass tray, Bypass banner sheet tray
Plain, Recycled/Coloured, Letterhead, Pre-Printed, Pre-punched, Bond paper, Card Stock, OHP, Tab Stock, Back Copied, Transparency, Envelope
Note: Back Copied paper can be fed but quality is not guaranteed.

LCIT RT5160
Plain, Recycled/Coloured, Letterhead, Pre-Printed, Pre-punched, Bond paper, Card Stock, OHP, Tab Stock, Back Copied, Transparency, Label
Note: Back Copied paper can be fed but quality is not guaranteed.

LCIT RT5170
Plain, Recycled/Coloured, Letterhead, Pre-Printed, Pre-punched, Bond paper, Card Stock, OHP, Tab Stock, Back Copied, Transparency, Label, Envelope, Gloss/Matte
Note: Back Copied and Label paper can be fed but quality is not guaranteed.

Vacuum-Feed LCIT RT5150
Plain, Recycled/Coloured, Letterhead, Pre-Printed, Pre-punched, Bond paper, Card Stock, OHP, Tab Stock, Back Copied, Transparency, Label, Envelope, Gloss/Matte, NCR
Note: Back Copied and NCR paper (Weight 0) can be fed but quality is not guaranteed. Pre-punched paper feeding direction must be specified. Pre-punched holes must be set to the trailing side of the paper.
Maximum paper size: 330.2 x 700 mm
Media weight (g/m2): 40–350
Limitless paper supply: Supported

Interfaces - standard: Mainframe
10Base-T/100Base-Tx/1000Base-T (Gigabit Ethernet)
USB 2.0 Type A—2 ports at rear of device, 2 on operation panel (1 card reader)
USB 2.0 Type B—1 port at rear of device
SD card slot—1 port at rear of device for card option

Fiery EB-36 controller
10Base-T/100Base-Tx/1000Base-T (Gigabit Ethernet)
Display Port—2
USB 2.0 Type A—4 ports at rear of device
USB 3.2—2 ports at rear of device
USB 3.0—3 ports on Fiery Quick Touch panel
Network protocols - standard: GWNX controller
TCP/IP (IPv4, IPv6)

Fiery EB-36 controller
TCP/IP (IPv4, IPv6)
Interfaces - optional: Mainframe
IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac Interface Unit Type M52

Fiery EB-36 controller
Not available

Copy speed: 136 cpm
First copy time: 4.6 seconds or less
Copy resolution: 2,400 x 4,800 dpi—printing
600 x 600 dpi—scanning
Original size: Maximum
297 x 432 mm
297 x 431.8 mm—SPDF
Quantity selection: 1–9,999
Zoom range: 25%–400%, in 1% steps
Image density adjustment: 9 levels
Colour mode: Greyscale—256 levels
Book copy: Supported
Series copy: Book to simplex, duplex to simplex
Combine copy: 2, 4, or 8 pages into 1 simplex sheet
1, 2, or 4 duplex pages into 1 simplex sheet
4, 8, or 16 pages into 1 duplex sheet
2, 4, or 8 duplex pages into 1 duplex sheet
Cover sheet: Front and back covers—copy or blank
Slip sheet: Supported
Chaptering: Up to 100 chapters
Stapling: Supported—with finisher
Punch: Supported—with finisher and punch unit
Electronic sorting: Without shift sort—supported
Rotate sort—not supported
Shift sort—supported—with finisher or shift sort tray
Margin/erase adjustment: Margin adjustment
0–30mm—in 1 mm steps
Default—Front page: 5mm left, Back page:5 mm right

Erase centre and border
2–99 mm in 1 mm steps

Creep
Supported (magazine)

Scan position
Supported
Image adjustment: Sharp/soft—7 levels
Contrast—9 levels
Background density adjustment—9 levels
Stamps: User stamp—5 stamps
Date stamp—4 styles
Page numbering—6 styles
Preset stamp—8 stamps
Bates stamping—6 styles
Printing copy prevention pattern—supported
Job presets: Up to 10 presets
Job programs: Up to 50 jobs
Copy modes: Text, Photo, Text/Photo, Generation Copy, Pale
Auto tray change: Supported
Centring: Supported
Image creation: Repeated, Double copy, Positive/negative, Erase inside, Erase outside
Other copy features: Home UI customisation, My Operation Panel, Operation manual on operation panel, External USB keyboard, QWERTZ layout keyboard, AZERTY layout keyboard, Smart device-like operability, Tiltable operation panel, Interrupt copy, Import/Export of user preference settings, Centralised address book management, Job log data report printout, Subset stapling, Text and photo separation sensitivity adjustment—9 levels, Sample copy

Print speed black and white

136 ppm

Printing technology

40-beam Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser (VCSEL)

Fusing

Oil-less belt-fusing method

Print resolution

2,400 x 4,800 dpi—maximum
Note: Engine print resolution is 1,200 x 4,800 dpi.

Page description languages (PDLs)

Standard
PCL, PostScript 3 and PDF emulation, JPEG, TIFF

Optional
Genuine Adobe PostScript 3 and PDF, Intelligent Printer Data Stream (IPDS), XPS

Printer driver resolution

PCL 5
300 x 300 dpi, 600 x 600 dpi—1-bit

PCL 6
600 x 600 dpi, 1,200 x 1,200 dpi—1-bit

PostScript 3
300 x 300 dpi, 600 x 600 dpi, 1,200 x 1,200 dpi—1-bit

IPDS
300 x 300 dpi, 600 x 600 dpi—1-bit

Duplex printing

Standard

Envelope printing

Supported—Bypass Tray BY5020, LCIT RT5170, Vacuum-Feed LCIT RT5150

Maximum printable area

Simplex, edge-to-edge print mode
320 x 457.2 mm—mainframe tray 2
320 x 487.7 mm—with A3 LCIT and bypass tray options

Note: Image quality in areas that interfere with the print margins is not guaranteed.

Fiery controller

EFI Fiery EB-36 print controller—optional

System version
Fiery FS600 Pro

Configuration
External

Printer driver languages
PostScript 3 (CPSI v3020 and APPE v6.0), PCL 6

Resolution
1,200 dpi, 600 dpi

Fonts
PCL—80
PostScript 3—138

Supported file formats
PS, PDF, EPS, TIFF, PPML, PDF/VT, FF1 &FF2 JPEG, DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, PUB, PPT, PPTX

Variable data printing (VDP)
PPML v3.0
Fiery FreeForm v1 and 2.1
PDF/VT-1 and PDF/VT-2

Other print features

Purge tray, Decurl unit—optional, Media Identification Unit—optional, Limitless toner supply—twin toner bottles, Double feed detection—mainframe (standard); document feeder (optional), Sample print, Locked print, Hold print, Scheduled print, Stored print, Store and Print, CLP simulation, PDF Direct print, Mail to print, Classification codes, Bonjour, Windows Active Directory support, DDNS, PCL resident font adoption, Tray parameter change from Web Image Monitor, WS printer, Media Direct Print (Print from USB), Automatic job promotion, Poster print, Job spool

Print margin

Lead edge
4.0 ± 0.5 mm

Trail edge
4.0 ± 1.0 mm (Print)

Front
2.0 ± 1.5 mm

Rear
2.0 ± 1.5 mm

Scan speed

140 ipm—simplex
280 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)
Note: Maximum scan size for 1,200 dpi is A5.

Scan mode

Black and white
Text, text/line art, text/photo, photo, greyscale

Colour
Text/photo, glossy photo, Automatic Colour Selection

Scan area

Main scan
297 mm

Sub-scan
432 mm
431.8 mm—from SPDF

Image density adjustment

Supported—9 levels

Scan to email—other features

Scan to email size
128–102,400 KB—with restriction
700 MB—without restriction

Maximum email addresses per send
2,000—from HDD
500—direct input
100—via LDAP

Email addresses stored in HDD
Maximum email addresses—2,000
Maximum registered group addresses—500
Search method—by name, email address

Body message
Manual—maximum 80 characters over 1 line
User pre-registered—maximum 400 characters via soft key, 80 characters over 5 lines
Preset message—This e-mail includes attached file sent from <device name>

Input subject
Manual and user pre-registered—maximum 128 characters via soft key
Preset message—supported

LDAP search
Supported

Input file name
Supported

Input of destination email address via soft key
Supported

Simultaneous transmission
Maximum 500 destinations

Attention
To, Cc, Bcc

Program registration
Up to 25 programs

Divide and send
Divide by page or size; default divide by size

Resend
Yes—default/No, retry 3 times

Scan to folder

Protocols
SMB, FTP

Resolution
100 dpi, 150 dpi, 200 dpi (default), 300 dpi, 400 dpi, 600 dpi

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

Scan to folder file types
Single-page
TIFF, JPEG, PDF, PDF/A, high-compression PDF

Multi-page
TIFF, PDF, PDF/A, high-compression PDF

Scanner compression methods

Black and white
JBIG2, MH, MMR, MR

Colour
JPEG

Scanned file naming

Supported—with reference number setting, for example, SCAN0001

Scan to file types

Single- and multi-page TIFF
Single-page JPEG
Single- and multi-page PDF
Single-page high-compression PDF

Other scan features

SADF/batch mode, Mixed size mode, Reduce/enlarge scanning, Split scan from booklet, WS scanner, LDAP support (email), Preview before transmission, PDF encryption, Drop-out colour send, Distributed Scan Management

Other supported environments

Fiery system requirements

Windows operating systems
These Windows versions (with latest service packs) are supported for printer drivers and Fiery applications:
Windows 10—64-bit
Windows 11—64-bit
Windows Server 2016—64-bit
Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2022

Note: Please visit the EFI website to confirm the latest supported OS.

Macintosh operating systems

These Mac OS versions are supported for printer drivers:
Mac OS v10.15.11, 12, 13, 14

Note: Please visit the EFI website to confirm the latest supported OS.

HDD—for printing and utilities except Command WorkStation
Windows—16 GB of available hard drive space
Mac OS X—7 GB of available hard drive space

Memory (RAM)—for printing and utilities except Command WorkStation
Windows—4 GB of RAM or more recommended
Mac OS X—4 GB of RAM or more recommended

Networking protocols
Windows—TCP/IP
Mac OS X—TCP/IP, Bonjour

Command WorkStation
A monitor that supports 16-bit colour at a minimum resolution of 1,024 x 768 pixels
TCP/IP networking protocol installed

Windows

1.0 GHz or greater Pentium 4 processor
1 GB RAM or more

Mac OS
Intel processor that supports the version of Mac OS installed
4 GB RAM or more

SeeQuence (Impose and Compose) on Command WorkStation
In addition to requirements for Command WorkStation:
Licence activation for every client workstation
Acrobat/PitStop software

Standard: Device management and monitoring
@Remote
Web Image Monitor
Device Manager NX Lite

Workflow solutions
Streamline NX
TotalFlow Production Manager
TotalFlow Prep
RICOH InfoPrint Manager
BatchBuilder
RICOH Process Director
RICOH Supervisor
FusionPro VDP Creator

Power source

220–240 V, 50/60 Hz, 16 Amps—mainframe
100–240 V, 50/60 Hz, 1–1.5 Amps—Fiery controller

Power consumption

3,520 W—maximum
0.94 W—Energy Saver Mode (Sleep Mode)

Power consumption—options

224 W—5,000-sheet LCIT RT5160 (A4)
324 W or less—4,400-sheet LCIT RT5170 (A3)
1,000 W—4,840-sheet Vacuum-Feed LCIT RT5150
67 W—3,250-sheet Finisher SR5130
67 W—3,250-sheet Booklet Finisher SR5140
15 W—Output Jogger Unit Type S11
150 W—1,000-sheet Finisher SR5110
150 W—1,000-sheet Booklet Finisher SR5120
250 W maximum, 75 W average—Trimmer Unit TR5050
20 W—Shift Sort Tray SH5000
110 W excluding peak consumption—Cover Interposer CI5040
30 W or less—Decurl Unit DU5070
60 W or less—Multi-Folding Unit FD5030
80 W—Fiery EB-36 controller

Warm-up time

300 seconds or less—at temperature of 23°C

Sound power level

Mainframe
60.4 dB or less—standby
73.7 dB or less—printing

Full system
78.8 dB or less—printing

Emission levels

0.02 mg/h or less—benzene
1.5 mg/h or less—dust
0.48 mg/h or less—ozone
0.10 mg/h or less—styrene

Safety standards

EN62368-1
IEC60950-1

Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) standards

EN62311
EN55032
EN55035
EN61000-3-2, EN61000-3-3
AS/NZS CISPR32

Wireless LAN standards

EN301489-1
EN301489-3
EN301489-17
AS/NZS 4268

Typical Electricity Consumption (TEC)

17.2 kWh

Total Volatile Organic Compounds (TVOC)

4.18 mg/h—printing
0.0092 mg/h—standby