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I've run on a Ricoh without problems

I've built many of these and as kdw75 says, the most important bit is getting them on straight. Also, take care when taking the tension pin out after assembly, as they are under a lot of tension and can whip out of your hands if not careful, which can cause damage. Never had to add more double...

I've used the multiloft boards and they work really well. The only downside is the sheets cost a fortune, and if you want to offer the multi coloured middle sheet, you need about a thousand pounds worth of stock sitting there!

I've run the Ricoh C5100s, the earlier model of this machine, and have to say it's a great machine. Long or short runs it just get's on with it. Very few service calls and consistent quality. I'd certainly buy another.

Sounds like a grain direction issue on the booklets to me. Are you using 300gsm with a grain running with the spine? We run a Ricoh Pro C5200, so the baby brother of your machine, and grain direction is very important on booklets. With the business cards, it's probably down to the stock you...

It's really about how you want to manage your customers concerns. In my experience, these bubbles almost always come out, but over a few months and not weeks. If you feel you want to re-do it to make your customer happy, then use the water/soap and squeegy method to avoid bubbles again...

We use numbering star and works well for us. Been using it for quite a few years now and is flexible and easy to get to grips with.

Our Xerox techs were always blaming the paper. Not had one Ricoh tech say that yet though.

Curiously my experience is the opposite. We used to run Xerox equipment and had frequent problems with it. On our DC250 we got severely told off by Xerox for running NCR on it as the machine needed lots of work after a long NCR run. When we switched to a Xerox 700, although they said we could...

I recall a thread a while ago before you bought this machine where you were told than becoming a printer is not as simple as buying some equipment and then selling print. The learning curve is huge as I think you are now realising! I've been in digital print for 22 years and I'm still...

rshome123. I think maybe for a one off print run you are probably looking far too deep into the technicalities of print and just blurring the lines as much as the cmyk text would be blurred! Digital presses these days can do great things. I'm a UK based printer, and I would suggest you send...

What sort of volumes are you looking at doing?

I agree AP90 - I'd love to know how people could print this digitally cheaper than outsourced litho.

Sorry for not replying - only just seen this! If your job is set up for example, 1,1,1, 2,2,2 3,3,3, 4,4,4, 5,5,5, 6,6,6 etc.. Set up your job in mixed media for page 1 to pick from tray 1, page 2 from tray 2 and 3 from tray 3 Then in VDP, define record length to be 3, and it will print the...

Yes, sounds normal to me. Every Polar I've used has been like this.

Fiery impose will do what you need, but it can be limited and I think most printers will use a stand-alone imposition software. I use CutePDF Pro and cannot recommend it highly enough. Simple to get to grips with and does everything you will need. It's quite cheap and they offer a free...

Hi Karl, I saw your post on the other forum but did not get involved there as I find there are too many people claiming to know everything on that forum that really do not know much at all!! Anyway, if you really would like to start print, I would always go with a click contract. I've been...

Fiery does... Define record length in the VDP tab is a lifesaver for ncr work!!

Have you looked at the OKI range? Maybe even a second hand unit. The running costs are terrible for production work, but for a few hundred prints a month, they would be perfect.

Disagree with you on a digital press service contract. Surely you are always using it as you pay per click you do and everything is included? In my opinion, on a digital press, a service contract is always worth having. When I got my first digital press, I never had a service contract, and what...