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    care tag label printer

    I've been looking into getting on of these printers for a few years, any suggestions or user data would be helpful. Zoned in on the Paxar / Avery snap 500 2/1 care label printer to suit my needs: 2 color front, 1 color back. has the cutter/stacker as part of base design. durable. us service...
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    full bleed book edge enhancement?

    Is there something I can use on a full bleed perfect bound book that will enhance the fore-edge color? I think because our paper is a fairly good thick stock, that when I cut our books to a full color bleed that I see more white than I would like. I sometimes wipe alot of "Fingertip Moistener"...
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    3D PVC/rubber/silicon patch making?

    Does anyone here make their own PVC patches? We've been edging around these rubber patches since they came out around 1994. Now that the materials are getting green (like the rubber can be corn or rice based), they are looking more promising to just buy a machine that makes them for our own use...
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    free printer?

    I ran across this company that gives you a free printer in exchange you buy your supplies from them. they cover all service and maintenance of the printer. Do other companies do this? Preferably closer to florida. I know supplies usually cost more than the equipment anyway, so don't see a...
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    how would I qualify for canon Corporate Service Training?

    our company is kind of isolated from civilization, and our machines tend to run on heavy use and service. What requirements do i need to qualify for canon Corporate Service Training to be trained on fixing the machines myself? Are there others here who have done so?
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    White ink printing for under $5000? Go Uno?

    Hi, I've been looking into white ink for transfer papers forever. We do alot of customer heat transfers, but we outsource them for screen print transfers. the process takes time, and is starting to get to the point where customers are being lost. I've looked into the roland, mimaki, and other...
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    How do I connect a mac directly to fiery?

    Our fiery print server for our canon IR 9075 has been having problems since we hit 1,000,000 imprints. mainly, we're down to a communication error. the light at the ethernet from fiery to printer is red. Tech support solution was to remove the fiery as a workstation. now that we do not have a...
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    How do I connect a mac directly to fiery?

    Our fiery print server for our canon IR 9075 has been having problems since we hit 1,000,000 imprints. mainly, we're down to a communication error. the light at the ethernet from fiery to printer is red. Tech support solution was to remove the fiery as a workstation. now that we do not have a...
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    where to buy roll media?

    We're looking into getting a mimaki cjv30, roland versacamm, or something similar. one of the things we want to do is short run retail packaging. trying to find a roll of whiteboard that's at or under 1mm. not sure what to call a roll of whiteboard, but google doesn't know what i'm asking for...
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    use food coloring to change glue color?

    has anyone colored their glue used in perfect binding? might've been the glue getting me a little bit high, but thought colored glue would look nice on pads where the glue shows.
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    need help finding the perfect wide format printer for our needs

    I've been looking into purchasing a wide format printer for a couple of years, but i am no where nearer to figuring out what i need. Please help. our needs are posters, retail bands, labels. our wants are white ink, UV ink or non latex, direct printing to different types of material (rolls are...
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    is there a difference between fixed cpp vs. single click charge?

    our contract is for fixed cpp at $.04 color for life of lease. recently, service company started messing with us (we are between the 12 and 18 month hassle zone), reset the counter and has been charging us 2-7 clicks per print (based on size, coverage, ect). They maintain counter reset was...
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    where do y'all get your paper?

    have had a crap time trying to find fairly basic 12X18 and 13X19 paper for digital printing, specifically looking for a good thick 250 gsm range matte paper for perfect binding. any suggestions?
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    swapped from creo to fiery: this can't be right?

    long story, but we swapped out our konica and creo controller to a canon with fiery v8 software 1.1. it just can't be running right. it takes three to four hours to process the same job that the creo did in five to six minutes. this just can't be possible , can it? computer and ram are about...
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    Swapping from konica 6501 to a Canon Image Runner 9065

    Well, we knew when Oce took over service on the Konica C6501, that they would want to swap us into a canon machine sooner or later. Anything wrong with the IR 9065? Offering a buyout on the konica and some other stuff with an imprint cost reduction at an equivalent payment. Seems a fair deal...
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    Bizhub Konica to Oce, can we use oce toner bottles?

    a few months past, our local konica dealer P.O'ed the boss of our company, so we swapped our contract from konica to Oce corporate, and bought a new black canon printer in the process. All went well, but Oce did not swap our konica over to oce toner bottles, and they are now depending on the...
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    Duplo DB-280

    any experience with the DB-280 for print-on-demand low to medium volume booklet perfect binding or pad binding? seems equivalent to the sterling digibinder, with the bonus of not having to drop in 220 power.
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    sound dampening

    Any suggestions for sound dampening digital printing machines without adding block and morter walls? my NRC is getting out of hand.
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    small perfect binder?

    We have a konica 6501 with saddle stitcher. We had planned to swap out the stitcher for an inline perfect binder if the books we made got too big. well, they have gotten too big. we are thinking of swapping in an inline perfect binder, putting in a B/W 1051 with perfect binder and post-inserter...
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    Digital press for long term reliability

    OK, don't flame me if these questions have been asked a million times before. I've been in competing talks between the konica 6500/6501 and the canon 6000 for several months now, we have the long term leased out with $1 buyout so it would be of benefit for taxes, price per print equaled between...

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