KM SD-506 Saddle Stitcher throughput expectations

[Zwicker Press]

Can't you put the covers in a different tray and have them run as a blank insert?

We do this routinely on our machines.
You have to pre-print the covers, load them in one of the trays and then tell the machine they are the same weight/finish paper as the guts of the book, so that it wont pause to change temps.

I'm not familiar with the Creo, but with Fiery Impose it's very simple and a blank insert doesn't count as a click so you can make due without the cover inserter.

Example: You put your pre-printed heavy gloss covers in tray 3 and tell the machine it's 60# offset text.
Then load tray 4 with 60# offset text
Set the job to pull a blank cover from Tray 3 and the guts from tray 4
With all of it being 60# offset text

An added bonus is that you eliminate most of the "too many sheets" issues because the machine doesn't know it running cover stock.

I've done this on a KM6500->FS601 and a Ricoh720->Plockmatic without issue

[JayDA]

Can't you put the covers in a different tray and have them run as a blank insert?

We do this routinely on our machines.
You have to pre-print the covers, load them in one of the trays and then tell the machine they are the same weight/finish paper as the guts of the book, so that it wont pause to change temps.

I'm not familiar with the Creo, but with Fiery Impose it's very simple and a blank insert doesn't count as a click so you can make due without the cover inserter.

Example: You put your pre-printed heavy gloss covers in tray 3 and tell the machine it's 60# offset text.
Then load tray 4 with 60# offset text
Set the job to pull a blank cover from Tray 3 and the guts from tray 4
With all of it being 60# offset text

An added bonus is that you eliminate most of the "too many sheets" issues because the machine doesn't know it running cover stock.

I've done this on a KM6500->FS601 and a Ricoh720->Plockmatic without issue

I have done this on both the C6500/FS601 and C8000/FD506 and it works....