I've gotten two old Ricoh Aficio 1018 laser printers in more or less perfect working conditions. These are A3 B/W office copiers from a long gone era, but since the are still looking good I don't want to throw them away.
The official Ricoh site has drivers for Windows, Mac and Windows Server, but for Linux they only have a "Unix Connection Utility" which requires a TCP/IP connection to the printer, which mine doesn't offer. Mine only has a parallel port on the back which I've connected an parallel->USB adapter to.
The real problem I'm having is that there are no official Linux drivers out there. I've checked the openprinting.org database and they only have the Aficio 1022 listed, but not the Aficio 1018. I've installed it as a 1022 in CUPS and it printed the test page just fine, both in A4 (letter) and in A3. Unfortunately any other page I'm trying to print, no matter if it is pdf, txt, or a website the printer is only producing garbage. It prints A3 pages with only a single line on the top with random characters, sometimes just one character alone..
It would be awesome if anyone could help me here or point me in the right direction.
