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Then I achieve the impossible every day :D Seriously tho, I agree that a 250 will never register like a 700 or 8000, etc but I think it wrong to say that it would be impossible to print 2 sided full bleed, as I do it every day on my 250. I think the 250 is a cracking little machine, because...

I know where you are coming from. When we first took on a digital press about 18 months ago, I had to sign a minimum click of 2000 per month, and I worried me how I was ever going to get that many clicks every month. I had a couple of short months at the beginning, but we have tailored our...

We are not a high user of digital clicks each month - probably around 40,000 a month colour and then around 200,000 mono. We do a lot of monthly magazines with mono inners and colour covers. We also have an old AB Dick single colour litho we run all day on forms and leaflets. Simon

Hi, Yes, they will all do A6 to A4 booklets, and anything in between. Very easy to change between each size. I'm just lazy and have three so I leave mine setup ready to run! Simon

I'm in the UK, not sure where you are, but I have three bookletmakers, all from ebay, and all for less than £200 each. This allows me to have one at A4, and two at A5 so when I get my monthly village newsletters, I can have two machines plodding through them. The ones I have are: 1 -...

No, never had much luck at trimming folded booklets top and bottom. The spine always causes problems with trimming this way giving non-square booklets whenever I have tried it, hence I always trim now before putting through the bookletmaker. The only trim I do on the guillotine after they have...

Do you do enough booklets to warrant buying an offline bookletmaker? Can be bought for a few hundred pounds second hand on ebay (That's how I got all 3 of mine). We print collated on oversize A3 (SRA3) on our DC250. Then guillotine top and bottom to finished size (297mm). Then put them...

Surprised to hear people say that these do not need to have gutters when they are digitally printed. Given the high coverage, I would always recommend gutters to ensure all edges are back trimmed, otherwise toner chipping on the edges, or even rough paper fibres, will result in a poor looking...

Before starting my own shop, I worked for a digital print company, and I ran their perfect binder for a couple of years. This sounds to me like it could be caused by two possibilities. If they are using a standard guillotine to 3 side trim, they could be not trimming against the spine...

Also, if you are going to want top quality print, be aware that the drums will only last 50-60% of their life, (maybe less with comp toner). We run an OKI C9650, and by the time the drums have done half their life, the print quality has dropped to what I would call an unacceptable level. Maybe...

Many thanks lkl7255. Very helpful. I am on a service contract which the dealer has guaranteed for 3 years, so I am not too concerned about that. I just had alarm bells ringing when someone told me the 250 was an old machine. It has been full reconditioned and only done 50,000 prints, and I...

Thanks for your replies. Looks like I need a 'chat' with my sales rep. Just as a matter of interest, does anyone know, assuming that counters, condition, etc were all similar, would a DC250 be worth less than a DC242? ie - looks like they have given me an older generation machine, but have...

Hi I have just purchased a reconditioned Xerox Docucolor from my Xerox dealer. I have been a customer of theirs for a while as we also have a DC12 from them. The machine I agreed to purchase was a reconditioned DC242 with professional finisher. The machine was delivered last week and they...

Backgrounding - OKI's are well known for this. We have an OKI c9650 and we get this problem, especially with glossy stock. It is made worse if you dont use genuine oki supplies I am told, although it does still happen to some extent. We have found the only way to deal with this is to change...

No problem, glad I could help. Hopefully they will get their supply issue resolved as they are the best plates we have used. Simon

Have you tried filmtechnic for the Novadom plates, as that is where we get ours from? FILMTECHNIK LTD - Printing Supplies We use the Novadom plates on our AB Dick and find they work brilliantly. Really hope they are still available. Simon Home

I'm currently using Claro Silk for business cards. Has a good bulk to it and prints nice too. We have a couple of Xerox machines (DC12 and 242), which are fine, but for some jobs the OKI has a nicer finish to the print. Both Xerox machines tend to be a bit too glossy in my opinion, but the...

Hi Been observing these forums for a while, and finally decided to join today. This may be a cheeky question, or in the wrong place, and if so just tell me!!!!! We are a small print shop in the UK, run by myself and my wife, with one part time finishing lady. We have been trading for about 5...

Sorry, cant answer your question on magnets, but we too have an OKI C9650, and think it it a great machine for many purposes. Ours is badged as an XPress-On-Demand Production Press from DTP Associates Ltd as we are in the UK, but it is an OKI unit. It's nice to see other printers have these...