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  1. Digital Press Guy

    Customer supplied PDF files

    I'm no longer a PDF ACE but saving as pdf causes more problems than its worth. You may want to educate your clients how to use Acrobat Distiller. I know on Adobe's website there are procedures to properly distill a file for print.
  2. Digital Press Guy

    Variable Data Printing

    For basic VDP output Jet Letter's PSLenvelopeMaker will do most of what PSM or XMPie will do at substantially less money. It's priced under $1,000. You can define a custom sheet size in order to print any sheet size not just envelopes. More info and a evaluation download can be had at...
  3. Digital Press Guy

    VDP Software for Evenolopes

    I took a look at FlexMail.com. Any idea what their current US price point is? Granted, FusionPro's entry price can't be beat but last time I took a look at the product I was not overly impressed. I'm gong to download Jet Letter's trial version of PSLenvelopeMaker and give it a workout.
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    VDP Software for Evenolopes

    I know that any VDP software can be used to address envelopes. If you don't want to spend an arm and a leg for software to do addressing and simple imaging what are the suggestions? Jet Letter's PSLenveopeMaker is under $1K. Fiery's Freeform is certainly priced right but I want to do more than...
  5. Digital Press Guy

    Wide Format VDP?

    HP announced a VDP plug in for their SmartStream Design solution that will print wide format output. I know they also have a label VDP solution available through Eskofot. I don't have HP equipment so I have no idea what their capabilities are. Jet Letter PSL has produced labels on KIP and Xerox...
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    Wide Format VDP?

    HP has announced support for wide format VDP but only on their hardware. Jet Letter PSL has been able to run wide format VDP for a year or so now. Has anyone used either product or any other VDP solution to print wide format VDP output? What I'm thinking about is creating and producing...
  7. Digital Press Guy

    KM C6501 speed

    For each piece of KM gear there is a "Substrate Assurance Throughput Guide". Your sales rep should be able to supply you with a copy. This should answer your questions.
  8. Digital Press Guy

    Equipment choice for carbonless forms

    Do you want or need to do numbering? If so, digital is your best choice. Most manufacturers have tested and approved certain brands of NCR stocks that work well.
  9. Digital Press Guy

    Konica Minolta C6501 is converting greyscale pdfs to color

    The RIP is reading CMYK component somewhere in the file. It may have been created as CMYK grayscale or, have CMYK some place outside the image area such as in the crop marks. I've been away from KM gear for a while now but if I remember correctly there is a command in the RIP that tells the...
  10. Digital Press Guy

    Konica Minolta Error SC33-02

    This is not a problem an operator can fix. The belt has skipped a gear and needs to be reset and re-timed. You'll need to get your service tech in to fix and clear this code.
  11. Digital Press Guy

    KM 1200 vs OCE 4120

    To try and paint the 1200 as a 1050 simple upgrade and then compare that to an Oce box is not a fair comparison. The KM 1200 is more than a reworked 1050. The engine is a completely new. The duty cycle is substantially upgraded. The output and media handling capabilities have taken a huge step...
  12. Digital Press Guy

    Which UV Coater for Digital Shop??

    The K2 system is old technology. They were never designed to work with polymerized toner that KM and other use.
  13. Digital Press Guy

    Fight of the century

    I sat in on a presentation by a senior KM VP a week back who said the street price for the C8000 should be $115-135K range.
  14. Digital Press Guy

    Fight of the century

    Perfect copies in warp speed...! I like that one. I think you would need to look no further than Heidelberg to know the direction of print in the 21st century. Greetings from California
  15. Digital Press Guy

    Fight of the century

    thomsc12... I will confess to having sold KM gear into the commercial print world for a number of years. The views and opinions expressed on this thread and others as to hardware preferences can be passionate. Any validity to one view or other aside, it would be hard not to agree that the price...
  16. Digital Press Guy

    Fight of the century

    The list price has less to do with the actual selling price. It has more to do with the loan to value ratio used by lease companies to determine how much they will allow for trade ins etc. Typically a lease company will allow a buyer to finance up to 125% of the list price. Since the equipment...
  17. Digital Press Guy

    Fight of the century

    C8000 video can be seen here Introducing Konica Minolta's bizhub PRESS C8000 on Vimeo
  18. Digital Press Guy

    Harcore VDP

    Jet Letter will be releasing a drag and drop version of PSL later this summer.
  19. Digital Press Guy

    KM 6501 vs Xerox 700

    200K clicks annually on either of these engines is light duty. As for you question regarding service performance, that is a question you need to ask locally. Get local references and referrals from both companies. Better still, ask around locally who has these units. Service levels can vary...
  20. Digital Press Guy

    Harcore VDP

    Uber Tech: There are many direct mail companies running on KM engines doing massive amounts of VDP work running on software from Jetletter LLC. Jetletter's PSL software is intensely FAST at a third the price of offerings from GMC. A new version with a much friendlier user interface will be...
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