I run a pre-press bureau in Kampala, Uganda. In 2007 we ventured into digital printing with a Konica Minolta Bizhub C352P and found that there was indeed a large niche market for digital printing. Our competition saw what we were doing and soon everyone had a Bizhub so we bought a C451 to stay ahead and we are currently doing 50K clicks per month on average. Our experience with these machines is that they tend to need a lot of servicing, have a lot of jams, bits break off them and the image quality degrades with time (even when replacing the consumables such as drums, transfer belts etc) and our local technicians don't know what to do about it. I do recognise that these are not production printers but even so, we do not run them more than the stated monthly capacity though we run lots of 250 gsm coated board.
In response to this we have bought a used Docucolor 2060 from Europe (which we shall probably install in the coming 2 weeks) and are at the moment negotiating with the local Xerox people about a per click contract. The Xerox people are waiting to see the actual condition of the machine before they will make a proposal. We hope this will take us to the next level of digital printing.
I am therefore asking anyone who has run or still runs a 2060 or 2045 if they are willing give me any advice on this machine with respect to the daily running of it, its particular strenths and weaknesses etc.
In response to this we have bought a used Docucolor 2060 from Europe (which we shall probably install in the coming 2 weeks) and are at the moment negotiating with the local Xerox people about a per click contract. The Xerox people are waiting to see the actual condition of the machine before they will make a proposal. We hope this will take us to the next level of digital printing.
I am therefore asking anyone who has run or still runs a 2060 or 2045 if they are willing give me any advice on this machine with respect to the daily running of it, its particular strenths and weaknesses etc.