We have Ricoh Aficio 3200 and 1035p units, both of which will handle up to 12x18, and duplex the large paper as well. I don't know how the options were purchased, but I can tell you that it all works just fine.
For anybody who is interested, there is an AP2610 product brochure at
http://www.ricoh-usa.com//productshowroom/printers/AP2610/ap2610.pdf
This is an amazing deal, it seems to me. I have been using an HP 6P. That was a good unit, but I drove it into the ground because it isn't designed to hold up to large volumes. During parts of the year I use it like a printing press and it finally died.
A new HP printer of that class is over $500 and that is still 8-5x11 maximum and light duty construction. For an extra $75, you get 26 pages a minute (letter size), heavy duty design (150,000 pages a month), and 11x17.
From the brochure, I think the answers to my questions are:
1) Do you need special paper cassettes for different paper sizes? No. It looks like the built in tray (and the optional high capacity feeders) are adjustable. The only cassette accessory they mention is an attachment that will convert one of the add-on high-capacity paper drawers to hold envelopes. I do envelopes, by I can use the bypass feeder for that.
2) Duplex capabilities. This is a separately purchased add-on that hangs off the back of the unit. I haven't found a price yet.
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