With our 'head office' rented 9 year old C1060 workhorse, which we like & is adequate, we're printing about 22k s/s cmyk 90gsm bond banner prints (325x910) & 5k SRA3 on 150 &/or 300gsm coated per month. But after 5 good years thats about to wrap up. EOL we're told.
I prefer to purchase outright but that said don't want to spend what Ive been advised a very basic 4065 or 4070 will cost, (US$29-37k). We don't need bells & whistles. A fairly priced refurb (inc the almost as old C2060 which was originally on the table) would be adequate. But the length of the cpc on refurbs, in our region at least, (36 not 60mth) is problematic.
Our city isnt huge - the major local dealers use the head offices' technicians/parts/supply chain, if you purchase from a dealer you log your service calls with head office.
Until now I'd been happy with KM & hadn't looked around but given the comparably high price of their 4000 series in our region had no choice. And guess what? The proposal I received and the ensuing discussion opened my eyes. A very similar setup, C5300s, basic PF, basic catch tray & inbuilt fiery, 20% less than KM. AFAIK the machines are similar. The cpc are similar.
Sounds great on paper. Would greatly appreciate to hear experiences from owners of C5300s / C5310s, especially if compared to KM 2000/3000 series
EDIT This morning KM agreed to put a refurb C3080 on 36mth cpc at a similar price (tho higher specs, which we dont really need) to new C5300s with postscript only, but 60 months cpc. If I can make do without rip I think the C5300s... Opinions welcome!
I prefer to purchase outright but that said don't want to spend what Ive been advised a very basic 4065 or 4070 will cost, (US$29-37k). We don't need bells & whistles. A fairly priced refurb (inc the almost as old C2060 which was originally on the table) would be adequate. But the length of the cpc on refurbs, in our region at least, (36 not 60mth) is problematic.
Our city isnt huge - the major local dealers use the head offices' technicians/parts/supply chain, if you purchase from a dealer you log your service calls with head office.
Until now I'd been happy with KM & hadn't looked around but given the comparably high price of their 4000 series in our region had no choice. And guess what? The proposal I received and the ensuing discussion opened my eyes. A very similar setup, C5300s, basic PF, basic catch tray & inbuilt fiery, 20% less than KM. AFAIK the machines are similar. The cpc are similar.
Sounds great on paper. Would greatly appreciate to hear experiences from owners of C5300s / C5310s, especially if compared to KM 2000/3000 series
EDIT This morning KM agreed to put a refurb C3080 on 36mth cpc at a similar price (tho higher specs, which we dont really need) to new C5300s with postscript only, but 60 months cpc. If I can make do without rip I think the C5300s... Opinions welcome!
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