NXT/mach6/colormax8 machines cost to run/per piece price?

[Tonez]

Looking for advice on what everyone is charging costumers per piece on these units?

 

[Shawnd]

Depends on how much is printed... you will need to take your costs and figure out a final price. They come with a estimating software built in, it gets you in the ballpark for your costs.

 

[Tonez]

Depends on how much is printed... you will need to take your costs and figure out a final price. They come with a estimating software built in, it gets you in the ballpark for your costs.

i currently have a NXT that i got second hand that uses the navigator software i don't see anywhere it has estimating software on it.

 

[Shawnd]

i currently have a NXT that i got second hand that uses the navigator software i don't see anywhere it has estimating software on it.

It is built in to the webpage for the unit.

Ink Usage and Ink Estimation

mynxt.ijetcolorwizard.com

 

[Tonez]

It is built in to the webpage for the unit.

Ink Usage and Ink Estimation

mynxt.ijetcolorwizard.com

awesome thank you i did not know that was there.

 

[Ynot_UK]

We looked at these in brief detail and decided against. There are too many unknowns, so whatever you charge per piece, it needs to be at a much, much higher margin than you would expect on a dry toner press, where the CPC is fixed and covers everything. Otherwise, expensive parts and maintenance on these can easily run into four figures, wiping out your profits and some.

 

[Shawnd]

@Ynot_UK Thousands of memjet/hp owners would beg to differ.

If you have the volume it makes sense, those that don't have the volume won't see the benefits.

 

[namelessentity]

Personally, I absolutely hate running envelopes on toner. It looks better, but they tend to feed terribly and there's a ton of limitations. We've been using the NXT for about 2 years now and it's pretty much problem free. I sometimes have to wipe the printhead, but aside from that I don't agree with expensive parts and maintenance.

The ability to run on flaps and odd envelopes makes it worth it for me. Also, inkjet is consistent, so my saved settings from a previous run hit the same, whereas a toner run I'll probably need to fiddle with color for a bit to match the previous sample.