Color envelope printer suggestions

[clark60]

Does anyone have any suggestions for a cost effective, color, envelope printer

 

[X33]

Does anyone have any suggestions for a cost effective, color, envelope printer

what's the volume?

 

[jlind]

Oh, and what is the smallest size you want to print?

John Lind
Cranberry Township PA
724-776-4718

 

[Buck Crowley]

Bench-Top-Ink-Jet (BEJE) Color Envelope Printing

Bench-Top-Ink-Jet (BEJE) Color Envelope Printing

Up to 14,400 #10 envelopes/hour in Litho quality, full width, 2 inch high inkjet.
Pantone Colors. Other models are available.
See:
http://buckautomation.com/BEJE/

Buck Crowley
[email protected]

<A href="http://buckautomation.com/BEJE"><IMG alt="Buck Automation BEJE" src="http://buckautomation.com/BEJE/BEJE.GIF"></A>

 

[clark60]

what's the volume?

Short runs 200 - 2500

 

[clark60]

Up to 14,400 #10 envelopes/hour in Litho quality, full width, 2 inch high inkjet.
Pantone Colors. Other models are available.
See:
http://buckautomation.com/BEJE/

Buck Crowley
[email protected]

<A href="http://buckautomation.com/BEJE"><IMG alt="Buck Automation BEJE" src="http://buckautomation.com/BEJE/BEJE.GIF"></A>

Anything with 4 color process?

 

[damfino]

Choices

Choices

Only two choices at this time, if you want continuous feed: Xante or PSI Engineering out of Canada. Both use the Okidata 9650 engine. An off the shelf 9650 will do the job if you can live with 30 - 50 at a time from the bypass tray. Another low-cost tray feed option is the Ricoh 420 - slow, but sellable quality.

The issue is whether or not the printer has a straight paper path - very few do.

 

[arossetti]

There is also an option through a company called streamfeeder. Our company just looked into all 3 units and went with the Xante.

 

[arossetti]

Oh and don't forget the overpriced Riso inkjet machines. The 5500 would be the best choice for this, the quality sucks though.

 

[GotToner?]

Does anyone have any suggestions for a cost effective, color, envelope printer

Here you go...

Xante: Products: Ilumina Digital Production Press

I sell these if you have any questions.

 

[damfino]

The LF-12 by Straight Shooter is new to the scene, but your best bet. Just $5495. (plus $1300. for a delivery conveyor) and requires no printer modification. Just add an off the shelf Okidata 9650 (NO proprietary consumables) and you are good to go for under $10,000.

I have the PSI system ($21,000), but had this feeder been available at the time of purchase this is the one I would have gone with.

By all means avoid the Xante - that bottom-up feeder is a time waster and game killer.

Dave

 

[canufinishit]

The Meteor DP60 digital press while not strictly for envelopes has an envelope feeder option that allows a true full bleed on 3 sides of all "off-the-shelf" envelopes without creasing or wrinkles. This unit is a full blown digital press 2400 x 2400 dpi.
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[kinni88]

Envelopes

Envelopes

True --the DP60 is a great press for envelopes and it does not have the "shiny" toner look to it. It will offer more of an offset look, however it is more of a production press for envelopes and general commercial work, not a $25k Okidata configuration.

 

[damfino]

I heard the The Meteor DP60 is $125,000. USD. Try to make money at that cost.

BTW, it's half the speed of the Okidata or less.

 

[kinni88]

Acutally the DP60 is more expensive than that 125k. However, you buy equipment to match your production. The usual rule in printing is that the less you spend on equipment; the more expensive it is to print. That is what many "quick" printers forget. At the end of the day it is your cost of operation, not what or how much you spend on a cheap printer or a click charge. Does your production match your press or machine? If you run 250 envelopes a day, the quality does not matter and you can charge enough for the envelope -- buy something for $5k. However if you are running 5000 a day and they need to look great, get out the check book and spend the money.

Good Luck

 

[Duke]

Ilumina

Ilumina

I just recently got a quote for the Illumina.
Specs are:
3,300 per hour
Feeder holds 600 envelopes (#10)
Says it does variable data-not sure how well, don't see a rip with it either.

I have asked for some samples and have not seen them yet.

Anyone out there use this before?

 

[Craig]

An $50.00 inkjet printer will print variable data, it's not the printer, it's whatever is connected to it that is sending the data.

 

[kinni88]

Xante/Oki engine

Xante/Oki engine

I am not sure about the variable data package. Again, before anyone spends any amount of money -- does the system that you are shopping for look robust enough for your daily production. Has anyone used the Xante enough to give a durability report?

 

[damfino]

Xante Env

Xante Env

You will curse the day you opt for a bottom-up feeder (Xante). Top-load only if you want any production.

 

[Keith]

I am not sure about the variable data package. Again, before anyone spends any amount of money -- does the system that you are shopping for look robust enough for your daily production. Has anyone used the Xante enough to give a durability report?

Mine is not the envelope press but I opened my shop 3.5 years ago with an Ilumina and it's still kicking.... when it wants to. When it wants to work, it works well. And when it decides to have a bad day, you have a bad day as well.