We are seriously considering switching from our Versant 2100 to a Canon C8000 with the Plockmatic BLM50. We've never had anything but Xerox equipment and we're nervous about making the switch. It's hard to tell what issues are going to crop up until you really start digging into using the machine.
Some background: We've had nothing but trouble with both of our Versant 2100's. The major issue is color registration (business cards printed 24up come out three different colors - depending on which row they're in). We've had the techs come out endlessly trying to fix it. We've made no progress in a year and Xerox has told us that either "the issue is within spec", "it's the lighting in our building" or my personal favorite "it's an optical illusion."
Obviously, telling our customers their business cards will look fine if they just walk outside and look at them in perfect sunlight is the logical solution.
Our lease is ending on one of the machines. Xerox is trying to convince us that the 3100 is going to be better while simultaneously saying it's the same print engine as the 2100.
Our local canon rep has offered a great deal on a C8000 with the Plockmatic booklet maker with a lower lease and click rate than what we have now. The Versant 2100s slow down so much on mixed media and books we simply cannot print covers and inside pages simultaneously and longer book runs eat into our production schedule. Canon has said the C8000's solves this problem with dual fusers.
Lastly, we've been using Fiery Impose and now need to make a decision between the Fiery Impose vs the PrismaSync w/PrismaPrepare option for imposition.
Some background: We've had nothing but trouble with both of our Versant 2100's. The major issue is color registration (business cards printed 24up come out three different colors - depending on which row they're in). We've had the techs come out endlessly trying to fix it. We've made no progress in a year and Xerox has told us that either "the issue is within spec", "it's the lighting in our building" or my personal favorite "it's an optical illusion."
Obviously, telling our customers their business cards will look fine if they just walk outside and look at them in perfect sunlight is the logical solution.
Our lease is ending on one of the machines. Xerox is trying to convince us that the 3100 is going to be better while simultaneously saying it's the same print engine as the 2100.
Our local canon rep has offered a great deal on a C8000 with the Plockmatic booklet maker with a lower lease and click rate than what we have now. The Versant 2100s slow down so much on mixed media and books we simply cannot print covers and inside pages simultaneously and longer book runs eat into our production schedule. Canon has said the C8000's solves this problem with dual fusers.
Lastly, we've been using Fiery Impose and now need to make a decision between the Fiery Impose vs the PrismaSync w/PrismaPrepare option for imposition.
