Recent content by Shawnd

We have to fix most of our customers artwork anyway, so placing it into Indesign hasn't been a huge issue.

Nice to hear that, I have looked at them for years as an alternative to Xmpie but just not pulled the trigger yet, as much as I hate Xerox my designer is not looking to make a switch from something that is working good so far.

At 500k/month I would be looking at the bigger units like the Elan 170 along with others previously mentioned. I have heard good things about it so far from others that have upgraded from the ijet 1175's. I have seen it run and it can move some envelopes and also has the coater option...

Geesh, the baggers are out in force here lately. We don't even know how much the OP wants for the machine yet.

Training is getting harder and harder to find online with mail volume dropping. Trish still has her training up on Linkedin Learning, it is a good start: Remote Publishing Workflows for Designers and Editors Online Class | LinkedIn Learning, formerly Lynda.com Yes you can find a tabletop...

Ricoh walked back doing envelopes on the 7200/7500 so it doesn't surprise me. They sent out an envelope feed kit then later said envelopes won't work.

Not all models can do this, I had to specifically order the E option that comes with the 5th toner blank banks so I could order it down the road. The regular CMYK version from what I was told you can't upgrade to 5th color.

On our 7110 we had a profile setup for black paper printing white on it. Check your paper profile as I think there is a setting for black paper as it will turn off some of the sensors.

Guessing the OP is talking in CM. Wrinkles are well known issue, not really seen any good solutions for that. Some have gotten it down to the only wrinkle being on the trailing flap but its still there. That is why I love my inkjet for envelopes.

Most shops that are running Plan Prophet with either Printers Plan or Printsmith seem to be very happy with the overall solution. PP fills that CRM nitche the MIS systems don't want to deal with. https://www.planprophet.com/partners/

.028 for up to 13x19 is a good rate, thinking that will go down because it is a new machine isn't always going to be the case. Everything is going up and Ricoh has to cover their butts as I am assuming they are locking that rate in for the life of the lease (usually around 60 months). The...

Aren't we all. So you don't care about Service and uptime?

Well, you have konica minolta, they have several models to choose from that compete with the 9xxx line. You also have Fuji who has entered into the digital press area. Sharp, and of course no ones favorite, Xerox. Many on here have Ricoh's and love the machines but the service has been...

Ok, so you have a Honda accord.

That is like saying you drive a Honda and you want to know if there is a car that is better and less expensive. Without details I will treat this as an AI post.