I've been asked by our design department to research options for printing our short run color on either a digital press or a good color printer.
Some background: we have a 4up 6-color Heidelberg and do all our own design and printing in-house. They are wanting to upgrade a monthly newsletter\report we send out at 2500 copies, 2 sided on letter size and fold into a 3 panel brochure. This is probably the largest run we'll have, so way too low volume to consider a digital press I think but that's why I'm asking about this here, is to see what options there are and what you all would recommend. We're probably talking 5,000 copies or less per month, full color, and most of the jobs would be in the 200-500 copies range.
I've looked briefly at printers like the HP 5550 or CP6015 but the per copy cost seems maybe too high still for the 2500 runs, compared to going to our Heidelberg? And how will the quality compare?
They are wanting the ability to mail merge also. Do these type of printers have close enough register to print something full bleed on a over sized sheet and then trim on a cutter? Needs to be auto duplex also.
Trying to keep price under $10-15k also. What do you think is the best fit for all this?
Any input appreciated,
Thanks
Some background: we have a 4up 6-color Heidelberg and do all our own design and printing in-house. They are wanting to upgrade a monthly newsletter\report we send out at 2500 copies, 2 sided on letter size and fold into a 3 panel brochure. This is probably the largest run we'll have, so way too low volume to consider a digital press I think but that's why I'm asking about this here, is to see what options there are and what you all would recommend. We're probably talking 5,000 copies or less per month, full color, and most of the jobs would be in the 200-500 copies range.
I've looked briefly at printers like the HP 5550 or CP6015 but the per copy cost seems maybe too high still for the 2500 runs, compared to going to our Heidelberg? And how will the quality compare?
They are wanting the ability to mail merge also. Do these type of printers have close enough register to print something full bleed on a over sized sheet and then trim on a cutter? Needs to be auto duplex also.
Trying to keep price under $10-15k also. What do you think is the best fit for all this?
Any input appreciated,
Thanks