We are getting ready to upgrade our color printer (KM 6085) and I think the best route for our booklet volume (typically small on demand runs totalling up to a few thousand a month, sometimes oddball sizes, oftentimes thickness of 15+ 80# gloss text pages plus a 100# gloss cover front cover) is to invest in a small offline booklet maker (Duplo 150?) versus investing in a different inline booklet maker (Plockmatic 350?) that attaches to the replacement printer. We already have a Duplo 646 so we do not need inline creasing capabilities, and we have a guillotine cutter so we do not need a three knife trimmer either. Currently our inline booklet maker is a bit too limited for us (can't do thick books, slitter / creaser not good quality) but I think that's just what you get when a printer company tries to build a booklet maker instead of a finisher company. We also have a very small print room, and of course a printer with Plockmatic 350 and 3 knife trimmer becomes quite large, and even that device wouldn't help us when we want to do half size or small books, we would still have to use it offline.
Any alternative recommendations for a small offline booklet maker for short runs, or any reasons I am missing where it might make sense to invest in an inline booklet maker?
Any alternative recommendations for a small offline booklet maker for short runs, or any reasons I am missing where it might make sense to invest in an inline booklet maker?