Xerox iGen5 + 5th color orange/clear + thick stock option

kanovits

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Hello,
we going to change our X1000 to a new press and i'd like to ask for experiences/thougts about iGen5/150 with 5th color station with orange toner and/or clear toner + Thick Stock Option.
Thinking about iGen because of uptime, realiability and speed mainly for Christmas season, for quality of output (mainly the solids), for larger sheet size, and we'd like to try the Thick Stock option for business cards, greeting cards and custom packaging. We are curious about the 5th color station with orange toner for expanded gamut for photobooks and for business clients need. We have the X1000 with clear toner and just sometimes using it for document security, for enchancing greeting cards and flood varnish option for better output on photo products.

We worry about reactions of photo products (books, calendars, etc.) customers - they like the X1000's gloss toner - while iGen's matte toner is for us more professional looking, maybe they miss the glossiness...
We bought the X1000 (after our X550) just because of quality of output, i am curious on your opinion if iGen5 has really better everyday quality of print, and if the customer can differentiate this - is this a real advantage over X1000, or X1000 is enough? What about economy of X1000 vs iGen5, price vs price of the machines / lower impression price / higher monthly fee / bigger electricity bill?

If somebody has experience with Thick Stock Option - please let know if this upgrade has a negative effect on other stock registration precision and please share your experiences with thickness of various stocks.
We plan the 5th color station with orange just for to try out, if somebody has experience with enchanced gamut for everyday applications, please let know.
Somebody told, that the Clear toner option on iGen5 has some limitations vs the X1000 Clear...
And we thinking between FreeFlow RIP and EFI RIP, before we had CreoRIP (X550) later FreeFlow RIP (X1000). Has the EFI RIP some advantages like the multi pass clear dry ink option on X1000?
Thanks a lot.
 
I can't speak directly on the iGen other than to make sure the fuser oil won't effect your finishing off line. Also the cost to run an iGen has been reported on this forum in the past as being a lot more than other production devices, including multiple devices. Make sure you have the power requirements in place too.
 

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