I'd never heard of the high chroma toner until you mentioned it. It sounds promising, but would have to arrive pretty quickly to address my needs.
I contacted both my Oce and Konica reps about this and they are looking into it. I'll let you know if they have anything germane to say on this.
Craig you make good points and here are my responses:
Our iGen3 does a good job of handling the print jobs that we need it to handle. we run it at around 400,000 impressions/month and our volume is growing.
The reason we are looking at the KM6500 is because we have one particular project which...
Thanks for the feedback. We did try the Line 1 screen (and dot 1 dot 2 and line 2), but it didn't seem to make much difference in the mottled effect of the halftones. Perhaps I should have fooled more with the 'halftone simulation' feature.
I would definitely look at the 6501 if I thought that...
Craig and Everybody: The originator of this thread (Dave Lyons) and I are co-workers. Both working on this same project together. That said...I had the opportunity to test this very print job on a KM6500 yesterday. It was actually the Oce CS650 with the Fiery RIP, but I believe that it's the...
But that would be if all the samples were printed in CMYK. However I think you will see a difference between a 4 color, 5 color, and a 7 color sample. If the full capabilities of the equipment are used the difference in the final printed product becomes more evident.
As any print professional knows, printing can be managed chaos. Software that solves multiple problems and provides measurable and monetizable value has a direct impact on the bottom-line.
“We reduced order entry costs by about 40%.” Significant savings in a shop that turns about 500 jobs a month.
Learn how…….