1000I Gold and Silver Ink

[Craig]

So Xerox US has the cost at $660.00 each. What are others paying?

 

[PrintIT]

Ouch. They must be using real gold and silver flakes as pigments.

 

[Craig]

I was told "it's Pantone" ink.

 

[Command-P]

What sort of yield are they quoting from a single bottle?

 

[Craig]

55,000 prints, I assume at 5% coverage.

 

[Craig]

I thought the same. I figured someone found a new word that day and just wanted to use it. It may be a Pantone color, so I'll give them that.

 

[jricart]

Its ink made by Xerox that matches Pantone 877 (silver) and Pantone 871 (Gold)

http://digitalprinting.blogs.xerox....-xerox-color-800i-1000i-presses/#.VpBKHMDR81-

 

[arossetti]

We paid around $550 for the clear on the 800.

 

[jricart]

WOW...thats too expensive. Where are you located arossetti?

Xerox website have it listed for $395.00

We paid around $550 for the clear on the 800.

 

[arossetti]

Florida, we got rid of the 800 when the 1000i came out so they might have adjusted the pricing structure when they released gold/silver.

 

[jricart]

Anyone here knows if you can actually use the Silver ink to mix with other colors to get Metallics?
Maybe a screen of Silver on top of lets say Magenta to get a metallic Pink?

Also, is the Silver and Gold opaque enough to print on dark substrates (ex: black stock) and emulate a foil color?

 

[fletcher0854]

Out of the samples I have, they don't show off mixing other colors with the silver or gold. I'm assuming it is a similar concept with the clear where there is a max amount of ink coverage you can accumulate before it gets lost in the image. And honestly I'll say the silver and gold aren't anywhere near a foil. It is sometimes pitched as a foil replacement, but I think that is just silly. It could be a good accent if you are doing the right commercial work. This is just my opinion, I'm sure others are quite happy with the additional options.

 

[Craig]

Attached is a document that covers it. They had a sample of a Pewter in the PDF. We just ran a test sample of a Navy blue sheet with gold on it and it looked great.

Crap, the file was too big.

 

[jricart]

Craig,
Can you post a link to it?

Thank you guys for the response.

Attached is a document that covers it. They had a sample of a Pewter in the PDF. We just ran a test sample of a Navy blue sheet with gold on it and it looked great.

Crap, the file was too big.