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Thanks for this, it's super helpful. I forgot that the Iridesse even existed, it was not something that was relevant or that we were ready for when I last looked at it. Even looking at the duty cycle now, it seems like too much machine for us and I'm not even sure we have room for it. Cool that...

Ah, that makes sense, they looked similar on the inside. Any experience with these?

Hey all. Just an update. We spoke with a Ricoh reseller and are interested in the Rich Pro C7500. It's a lot more expensive than what our current lease on the V180 is. I'm sure it's partly because the machine is much newer and more robust but also the interest rates are total trash right now...

They would never do that for us, we are not a big enough account for them. I remember when we had our C75 and it was breaking down all the time as it was toward the end of its life, I would have to outsource (not really outsource because we paid close to retail) to another shop that did short...

If it's clicks, then it's around 9k for black and 21k for CMYK, monthly average, which includes the COVID closure. So roughly 30k clicks per month, but closer to 20k pages per month.

I've never actually installed one, no one has ever showed or left a spare behind. I feel like most of the downtime is waiting for the tech to come by and say "yep, it's the second BTR" and then order it and then come back. I know what a BTR failure looks like so now when I say that's what it is...

Sorry about that! I have no way of having an official count because we impose everything as much as we possible can, and while most of our paper is cutsheet digital size, some papers are bought as parent sheets and cut down to custom sizes. I have my sales rep checking on the numbers, I should...

Lol, my bad, I was looking at an invoice but it only shows the clicks and not pages. Went to the usage counter on the machine and it actually averages out to like 20k per month. So..... big difference! We outsource a lot of very high volume stuff but especially as turnaround times shrink we are...

It really depends, sort of feast or famine over here right now, but in the 200k range.

Thanks for clarifying. So I always stick to the same paper in the same trays. I run text weight in tray 6, cover stock in tray 7. We have alignment adjustments for all our main papers and sizes, sometimes something comes along that's a weird paper type and size but will still use an adjustment...

I guess it depends on when in 2024. The machine is down or having trouble too much to hold out for too long. I doubt we make any deals before the end of the year, but certainly January we would be looking to get things moving.

Yeah, that machine is super old for sure. Adjusting the registration at the store of each job? Can't do it. Xerox machines aren't perfect but the SIQA adjustment lets me store alignment adjustments that work for many months or sometimes over a year. If I do need to re-do one, it takes about 5...

The V80 is a way older machine, we have the V180 but yeah, you're about the 2nd BTR. I wouldn't say we run "mostly" coated cover stock but it does come up quite a bit. A lot of our 13x19 posters are on 100# gloss cover, and we use a lot of 100# silk text for booklets, nicer flyers, and...

We had a Bizhubpro C5501 I believe, it's been ages so I may be misremembering the exact model but it was definitely a Bizhubpro.

Hey folks, We are nearing the end of our lease on the Xerox V180 and we have been having a lot of issues with it. We have to place a service call every other week, on average, for issues with the 2nd BTR, the little plastic rollers that, if messed up, prevent paper from feeding from the high...