Recent content by happywing

We use it. Depending on the depth of use, it can be a good system. It does have a LOT of limintations.

I seem to recall a tool in Pitstop.

Regarding quality, I guess my reasoning is in question. I conjectured that present-day quality on a mid-sized (c8000, 7010vp) would be at least as good or better than our 5-year-old iGen3's. Showroom demos confirmed this, but other than anecdotes, I have no evidence that this quality will hold...

Thanks to all for the responses and the spirited discussion. Yes, what I outlined is overkill, but we are looking at some huge unknowns in our business and a wave of government ralated work. We need some extra capacity and no matter the route we go, we will save some money compared to our...

The NexPress did look solid to me. If we go with a large machine, it will be between iGen4 and NexPress. I am still struggling with the idea of a multiple mid-sized (BizHub, ImagePress, etc.) configuration. We could save a lot of money with mid-sized, but the savings is bound to come at some...

I am shopping. For the 8000, KM quoted me at: color $0.0450 B&W $0.0085

Of course, good questions... Sizes 70%-80% 12 x 18 30% smaller custom sizes for booklets Paper 80% on 80# matte text 10% on 80# matte cover 10% on 100# matte cover The work type is advertising and information (brochures, flyers and saddle-stitch booklets). All of the binding is offline.

We have two iGen3's in our shop. The lease's expire in December. This is an in-house shop and we don't expect our volumes to increase (1 shift, about 300,000 clicks-per-month). If justified, we can get what we want, including Xerox (at a Xerox price). Our floorplan options: 1. Xerox - 1x iGen3...