Lanier 120

The Lanier 120 is the Aficio 2020 in Lanier dress — the fastest engine in this multifunction family, chosen by workgroups that wanted top speed without giving up the compact footprint. Lanier positioned it as the performance pick of the range. Its black toner cartridge is the family-standard Type 1130D, catalogued by Ricoh under part number 888215 and rated for approximately 9,000 pages; the compatible cartridge below is offered as a single, a 2-pack and a 4-pack.

Speed concentrates work. When one machine is clearly the quickest on the floor, everyone's bigger jobs migrate to it, and the 120 in most offices quietly handles a page volume its slower siblings never see. That is precisely why its toner planning deserves a thought: the cartridge is the same roughly 9,000-page unit the whole family uses, so a busy 120 simply arrives at the bottom of it sooner and more often.

Toner Cartridges for Lanier 120

Cartridge	Color	Page Yield
Type 1130D (888215)	Black	Approx. 9,000 pages
Type 1130D (888215) 2 Pack	Black	Approx. 9,000 pages per cartridge
Type 1130D (888215) 4 Pack	Black	Approx. 9,000 pages per cartridge

Which cartridge should you buy?

Match the pack to the throughput. A lightly used 120 — they exist, usually in small satellite offices — can run on singles without waste. A typical workgroup 120 should live on the 2-pack, spare always in reserve, because its warning tends to arrive in the middle of somebody's deadline run. Where the 120 is the floor's workhorse, the 4-pack is the grown-up answer: identical cartridges, identical yield, the lowest per-cartridge price of the three listings, and enough stock that toner stops being a weekly conversation. Do not look for a bigger 'high-yield' cartridge for this machine — the family has only the one specification, and pack size is where the economy lives.

Chip, toner and everyday use

Fleets and busy singles both benefit from rotating stock: fit the oldest sealed cartridge first so no box ages at the back of the cupboard. Keep spares at ordinary room temperature, flat and out of sunlight. At swap time, the drill is short — old unit out, seal off the new one, several gentle side-to-side rocks to level the toner, in until it clicks, then a test page or two. If output streaks light on a cartridge that should have life left, leveling the toner is the first fix to try. Remember that the 9,000-page figure assumes about 5% coverage; presentation decks and dense forms will always shorten the real interval between swaps.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which toner fits the Lanier 120?

The black Type 1130D cartridge, Ricoh part number 888215, rated for approximately 9,000 pages. It is the only toner the 120 uses.

Is it the same cartridge as the slower 116 and 118 take?

Yes — one cartridge serves the entire family, from the entry-level machines to this fastest model. A spare bought for a 120 will also fit the 116, 118 and their Ricoh, Gestetner and Savin equivalents.

Why does our 120 seem to go through toner faster than our older machine did?

Usually it is volume, not appetite: the fastest machine attracts the biggest jobs. Coverage plays a part too — pages heavier than the standard 5% coverage basis drain any cartridge sooner. The cartridge itself is the same size the whole family uses.

How many pages will we actually get from one cartridge?

Plan around the rated figure of approximately 9,000 pages at 5% coverage, then adjust for your mix: ordinary office text lands close to it, while dense graphics-heavy work lands below it.