The best answer would be to reach out to your local Canon Solutions Advisor or Regional Color Specialist and see if they can come in to take a look at your printer and workflow. If you don't know who they are, send me a PM with your company name and location and I can send you their contact...
I have several customers who have either augmented their HP Indigos with an iX3200 or replaced them outright that I would be happy to put you in touch with. You can either send me a private message here or via email at dreichardt@csa.canon.com.
Dave
I'll try answer some of your questions as general as I can and others in terms of the iX3200:
Specific to the iX, the max thickness currently is around 16pt but we have customers running heavyweight uncoated sheets with linen, felt, eggshell and other finishes. I don't know the capabilities of...
Full disclosure without having to look up my profile - I am a field technical support advisor for Canon and support multiple customers in GA and AL running our production inkjet presses, including the varioPRINT iX3200 and its predecessor the VPi300. I also have experience at other manufacturers...
I provide pre and post sales technical support to Canon Production Print Solutions customers in GA/AL/TN and have 2 current iX customers in my area, along with a 3rd in SC that I've helped out at. Though I do work for Canon I spent 15 years prior in print production running most major digital...
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