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    US health insurance unaffordable?

    There are many great options for health care. One is to move away from LOW deductible HIGH premium. I personally use a health savings plan that has a max out of 6k. I think said plan costs around $250... I'm allowed to contribute 3500 tax free a year. Even if I fell out of the US of A and landed...
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    Digital copier verses digital offset press

    If you have work (as I stated above) to run the DI 5 days a week I think it's a great fit. You let it sit things will go south.. These machines like to be run in a clean environment. There are many large trade printers that use DI presses for specific jobs. I know the local Presstek rep and he's...
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    Digital copier verses digital offset press

    So jobbing out and cost is highly dependent if you are breaking the setup costs. You say 5k impressions. This would imply a duplex 12x18 with 2.5M? If this is the case you would need 8 plates for every 5k impressions. Comparing just plate cost to impression cost is a good start. I see the...
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    Is JDF dead?

    Isn't the point and usefulness of all technology dependent on the benefits it offers the end users? The benefit of a common language is realized only if vendors universally make use of it. As you mentioned a vendor can use any one of many data models to communicate, but the purpose of the JDF...
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    Is JDF dead?

    I've seen many glowing flow charts of how JDF will make the print shop sing in harmony but I haven't seen much real world JDF implementation. I feels like the standard popped and dropped in the mid 2k. Adobe pulled JDF support in Acrobat XI. I'm not aware of any finishing vendors that...
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    KonicaMinolta 6100 and Ricoh 9200/7200

    The Konica C6100 is a very stable machine and the quality has been fantastic. We've run quite a bit of 26"+ on it and the IQ does an amazing job registering the front/back of the sheet.
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    Very entry level digit press with Matte print?

    I think Cannon is really good for matte prints and also textured stocks. I like Konica and the toner is much more flat then it used to be. They have an entry level C3080 that's pretty budget friendly. Our C6100 is stunning quality and no marks from the printer which is nice. Ricoh has a very...
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    Recommended 29" press for running 24pt board

    I would consider the KBA Rapida 75. It is pretty impressive with all the automatic features.
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    Konica Minolta KM1 / Komori Impremia IS29

    I300 doesn't even come close to the quality of the KM1 :( It's not even in the same league.
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    Konica Minolta KM1 / Komori Impremia IS29

    I don't see why booklets would be a strong point for a press like this. It doesn't support mixed media nor does it support inline finishing. In realty the press is not even close to a conventional press in speed. A conventional sheet feed press runs at 12-16K sheets/hr vs 3k. In fact if you...
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    Konica Minolta KM1 / Komori Impremia IS29

    I'm not downplaying the technology as I do think UV inkjet has some strong advantages when it comes to specific substrates. Early adoption of a technology isn't cheap. Shutterfly is a rather unique case (accounts for their purchase of four KM1s). Most decent digital presses coming in at less...
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    Ricoh 9100: Slip Sheets and Speed

    Not sure how you do your workflow, but we 2 up if it's a letter size book and then split the stack on the cutter. In this case you could print a slip sheet with solid coverage. You should be able to get it to register as a 1 click for billing. You probably pay less for b/w if it really has that...
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    Recommended 29" press for running 24pt board

    Can you pencil out the cost VS traditional? This thing looks cool, but I haven't seen much on the cost of operation. I'm sure UV inkjet ink manufactured by KM is many times that of traditional press UV ink. Isn't this much like the presstek model (we are the only source of consumables)...
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    Konica Minolta KM1 / Komori Impremia IS29

    Does anyone have any insights into this digital press? There appears to be around 15-20 deployed in the US. I'm trying to objectively look at the market and price tag on the press to figure out why it would be attractive considering its cost (approx $1.5M). I'm not sure how cost is justified at...
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    Lets help each other with paper cost

    Kind of like fuel prices. We're paying $3.01 here in OR.

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