I had a good time looking at all the envelope printers at Print 13 and I'm curious if anyone has experience going down this road?
I know that all of the memjet based printers are all the same printer. Neopost, Colordyne, iJetPress, Rena.... It's all the same machine. Does anyone have one? What's your opinion of it?
I know it doesn't have the color control of a fiery based system. (I'm an in plant printer, so if the color is off, I can adjust the photoshop file and send it again)
I know it doesn't have the same crisp print as a toner based system.
That aside, what do you guys think of them?
At the show I ran a test of a full color, full bleed, very heavy (100%) coverage 6 3/4 envelope, and the ink cost was $.01 each off of a memjet printer.
The Xante print software showed a cost of around $.15 for the same envelope if I use their system.
I know if I go buy an oki printer and use aftermarket toner I'll still probably be around $.10 each.
If I print off my digital press and convert I'm still around $.12 each
The thought of paying $.02 for an envelopes and $.01 for ink is incredibly appealing.
The printer itself is expensive.... Around $15,000 w/o the rip software (that I don't need because I can adjust the original photoshop files for color matching purposes.) If I switched to this system, I would save at least $500 a month in printing/converting costs.
Opinions?
I know that all of the memjet based printers are all the same printer. Neopost, Colordyne, iJetPress, Rena.... It's all the same machine. Does anyone have one? What's your opinion of it?
I know it doesn't have the color control of a fiery based system. (I'm an in plant printer, so if the color is off, I can adjust the photoshop file and send it again)
I know it doesn't have the same crisp print as a toner based system.
That aside, what do you guys think of them?
At the show I ran a test of a full color, full bleed, very heavy (100%) coverage 6 3/4 envelope, and the ink cost was $.01 each off of a memjet printer.
The Xante print software showed a cost of around $.15 for the same envelope if I use their system.
I know if I go buy an oki printer and use aftermarket toner I'll still probably be around $.10 each.
If I print off my digital press and convert I'm still around $.12 each
The thought of paying $.02 for an envelopes and $.01 for ink is incredibly appealing.
The printer itself is expensive.... Around $15,000 w/o the rip software (that I don't need because I can adjust the original photoshop files for color matching purposes.) If I switched to this system, I would save at least $500 a month in printing/converting costs.
Opinions?