Fuji Xerox vs Konica Minolta

[PrepressPaul]

Hello, our company is currently thinking of swapping from KM to FujiXerox digital press. More precisely from KM1060 to FX Versant V80.
We are a low volume print shop and produce mainly business cards on 300gsm stocks, and quite a bit of 100gsm offset letterhead printing etc.
Does anyone have any opinion with regards to the two brands, especially to do with reliability and image quality. Joy or headaches?

 

[CPC]

Hi PrepressPaul,
Can't vouch for the FX Versant V80.
We have been running a KM 1060 for two years now. I can highly recommend it.
Only problem is that it's a little bit more glossy than previous KMs. Colour and registration quality and consistency is excellent though, productivity has cut my work hours dramatically.
We also run a lot of 350gsm satin for business cards (don't tell Konica though).

 

[RickB]

Prepare sample files of what you typically run and have both companies run a 100 sheets or so of each. Check for color consistency, registration, banding etc.

 

[Craig]

The V80 is one heck of a nice entry level printer. We replace a KM6000 with one and absolutely do not regret it. The first 6 days we put 120,000 on it, all 13 x 19 100lb gloss cover. We ran half the job on the 1000 and half on the 80. Couldn't tell which one came from which press.

 

[Craig]

The V80 is one heck of a nice entry level printer. We replace a KM6000 with one and absolutely do not regret it. The first 6 days we put 120,000 on it, all 13 x 19 100lb gloss cover. We ran half the job on the 1000 and half on the 80. Couldn't tell which one came from which press.

 

[AP90]

Idk which is more impressive, that the V80 handled 120k in 6 days or that you had a job that was 240k clicks lol!

 

[Craig]

One part of the job was 15 pallets of 13x19 100lb gloss cover. All variable data. Glad it's over!!!