The Ricoh Aficio 551 is a laser printer is ideal for small and medium size printing tasks. The average speed of the printer for a text document is 55 pages per minute. The Ricoh Aficio 551 uses black (Cartridge number 885235) cartridge. The average page yield of each cartridge is 43,000 pages for the black at a 5% coverage, which is usually a regular letter size page with text. The standard paper capacity is 3100 sheets. The printer resolution, 600 x 600 dpi, is very acceptable compared to printers of the same price range.
