Is the Xerox Versant 180 good enough?

[MailGuru]

My thought is that it's a throwaway identity made by a real person, that is tied to that shop.

Ok, but, to what end? For what purpose? Maybe I'm just too old to understand.

 

[PricelineNegotiator]

Ok, but, to what end? For what purpose? Maybe I'm just too old to understand.

Yeah actually I'm totally wrong. I have no idea. Maybe the test is to see how people respond to obvious bots and when they stop noticing that it's a bot, etc.

 

[MailGuru]

However, it's expensive and requires space and expertise, making it ideal for print shops or large businesses.

Definitely some kind of bot that's not very good. Nothing worse than ONE sentence with TWO subjects that have absolutely nothing to do with each other.

Kind of like saying: "Do you think I need to increase the magenta, or, did you bring your lunch today?"

 

[AP90]

The OP wasn’t specific about the paper that was going to be used, but did say it was fairly thick high quality. When a customer says something like this, I normally skip using 80lb/118gsm coated text and go with 100lb/148gsm coated text. It may be possible to run a 64 page booklet on 148gsm through the production ready finisher but it won’t be supported by Xerox and that’s where the problem is, the OP is thinking of buying a 180 specifically for this job. If the OP already had the 180 and wanted to know if a 64 page booklet could be run on 148gsm I’d say go for it. If it doesn’t work send it out. But this is a purchase with no turning back if it can’t do the job it was bought for, even if the sales rep said it would work.

At 96,000 clicks on coated stock I'd be replacing the 2nd BTR at least 3 times just to finish the job on my 280.

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If that is the case then yes I would agree with you. When I read the OP post I took the description of "thick" as the size of the brochure. I.E. 64 pages is a thick brochure. I didnt attribute it to the paper thickness. So you could very well be correct on that. I generally dont have many request for over 80lb coated. I find most customers say "I want a nice thick paper" and you can put 24 or 28lb bond in their hands and they like it because it doesn't feel like copy paper lol.