I am in michigan have a few Ricoh production is there anything better and less expensive

[dale heid]

Info on production printers

 

[Shawnd]

That is like saying you drive a Honda and you want to know if there is a car that is better and less expensive. Without details I will treat this as an AI post.

 

[dale heid]

HI I have 2 Ricoh c9210

 

[Shawnd]

Ok, so you have a Honda accord.

 

[dale heid]

Just looking to what other people are using for a small commercial print shop?

 

[Shawnd]

Well, you have konica minolta, they have several models to choose from that compete with the 9xxx line. You also have Fuji who has entered into the digital press area. Sharp, and of course no ones favorite, Xerox. Many on here have Ricoh's and love the machines but the service has been going downhill, but that is area dependant and can be said for the other top manufactures as well.

Like I mentioned, without more details about what you are looking for it will be general answers.

 

[dale heid]

Well, you have konica minolta, they have several models to choose from that compete with the 9xxx line. You also have Fuji who has entered into the digital press area. Sharp, and of course no ones favorite, Xerox. Many on here have Ricoh's and love the machines but the service has been going downhill, but that is area dependant and can be said for the other top manufactures as well.

Like I mentioned, without more details about what you are looking for it will be general answers.

Iam looking for lower cost and click charge.

 

[Shawnd]

Iam looking for lower cost and click charge.

Aren't we all. So you don't care about Service and uptime?

 

[PricelineNegotiator]

Info on production printers

Maybe you could list a bit more about your volumes and workload. Maybe your current click and service rates as well? If we don't have an accurate picture of what you need, and your current situation, our answers may lead you astray, rather than helping you.

 

[tngcas]

Iam looking for lower cost and click charge.

Click charges are going to be very heavily dependent on volume and usage plus the machine and type of printing you're doing.
Service varies across the market. Our print shop is with Canon at the moment and we're using v900's but those are overkill if you don't have the volume to support them.

Without knowing your current volume and type of printing you're doing we have no way to gauge whether your current setup is reasonably priced. Now is a good time to get good deals since sales is hungry for EOY deadlines but you might have waited too long to get in before the EOY.

 

[bill kahny]

As it's your first post and you have 2 9210's what is your opinion on them? I love mine. I have an older canon c75 that compliments/backup my ricoh 9210 that still does a good job.

You will see lovers and haters of every make and model printer on here. I've had 5 color printers over the past 15 years 1 KM, 3 models of cannons, and now the Ricoh, it's my favorite but not a perfect machine. Is there one? My click charge goes down almost every new contract but it increases over the life, so I may try and negotiate a fixed 5 year one when I replace my next but I'm not currently looking.

Share some of your detail and you may get more specific answers.

 

[dale heid]

Click charges are going to be very heavily dependent on volume and usage plus the machine and type of printing you're doing.
Service varies across the market. Our print shop is with Canon at the moment and we're using v900's but those are overkill if you don't have the volume to support them.

Without knowing your current volume and type of printing you're doing we have no way to gauge whether your current setup is reasonably priced. Now is a good time to get good deals since sales is hungry for EOY deadlines but you might have waited too long to get in before the EOY.

I get a 5 or 6 year lock on my click charge at .28 now they want to give me a Ricoh 9500 and not much cheaper click charge but we run a good volume

 

[dale heid]

As it's your first post and you have 2 9210's what is your opinion on them? I love mine. I have an older canon c75 that compliments/backup my ricoh 9210 that still does a good job.

You will see lovers and haters of every make and model printer on here. I've had 5 color printers over the past 15 years 1 KM, 3 models of cannons, and now the Ricoh, it's my favorite but not a perfect machine. Is there one? My click charge goes down almost every new contract but it increases over the life, so I may try and negotiate a fixed 5 year one when I replace my next but I'm not currently looking.

Share some of your detail and you may get more specific answers.

I have only had Ricohs and they have been good but have no experience with others

 

[tngcas]

I get a 5 or 6 year lock on my click charge at .28 now they want to give me a Ricoh 9500 and not much cheaper click charge but we run a good volume

Is that number missing a zero? What is your volume?

 

[dale heid]

I am sorry it is 2.8

 

[tngcas]

I am sorry it is 2.8

Oh good. Because if someone is charging you 28 cents then I could confirm that you were being robbed. Canons are usually around 3 cents so you're probably okay on the click charge. I suspect that by next year Canons will be up closer to 4 cents.

 

[Shawnd]

.028 for up to 13x19 is a good rate, thinking that will go down because it is a new machine isn't always going to be the case. Everything is going up and Ricoh has to cover their butts as I am assuming they are locking that rate in for the life of the lease (usually around 60 months).

The only way to go down on "click" cost is to look into inkjet but that has its own negatives.