Looking for advice on a printer upgrade please, if anyone has spare time to give me some advice.
I currently run 6 x Xerox Phaser 7800's and 3 Summa Contour Cutting Machines, and use Flexi and Flexi 21 Production Manager.
I am happy with the cutters but need to look to upgrade the printers.
I know 6 of them are a bit of an overkill, but I get paranoid of failures and I have bought most of these fairly cheaply as I have the software to "fix" the blue screen of death and other issues with this printer, all of them except ONE runs on remanufactured toner (one only runs on original cartridges but from a Workcentre 7830/7835/7845/7855 with tabs removed and the chip changed, only because I am able to usually get these around £35 each)
So I am looking at a printer that can print heavier stock than 300gsm and be able to run on a dedicated paper tray rather than pass through, I have been looking at the OKI Pro 9531DN, the Xerox VersaLink C9000 and the Xerox PrimeLink C9065
Toner and drum costs are important, and I am pretty tech savvy on repairing most printers.
I currently print on Silk Coated 280gsm card which I have taken years to source the correct one and the card I use provides the "stiffness" of a card around 320gsm, in the past I used and OKI printer on Xerox 350gsm card through a bypass try and would like to have the option to move the weight up a bit.
For a bit of background, I have a book full of new idea for when I move premises in the next month, but currently concentrate on designing, creating and printing personalised and celebrity card party facemasks, the quality does not need to be "top notch" as they are designed as a bit of fun, but for other ideas I have, I would need a more better quality printer.
I know its a big ask, as everyone is probably getting ready for Christmas, but would appreciate any advice any of you "wise men" may have
Thanks in Advance
I currently run 6 x Xerox Phaser 7800's and 3 Summa Contour Cutting Machines, and use Flexi and Flexi 21 Production Manager.
I am happy with the cutters but need to look to upgrade the printers.
I know 6 of them are a bit of an overkill, but I get paranoid of failures and I have bought most of these fairly cheaply as I have the software to "fix" the blue screen of death and other issues with this printer, all of them except ONE runs on remanufactured toner (one only runs on original cartridges but from a Workcentre 7830/7835/7845/7855 with tabs removed and the chip changed, only because I am able to usually get these around £35 each)
So I am looking at a printer that can print heavier stock than 300gsm and be able to run on a dedicated paper tray rather than pass through, I have been looking at the OKI Pro 9531DN, the Xerox VersaLink C9000 and the Xerox PrimeLink C9065
Toner and drum costs are important, and I am pretty tech savvy on repairing most printers.
I currently print on Silk Coated 280gsm card which I have taken years to source the correct one and the card I use provides the "stiffness" of a card around 320gsm, in the past I used and OKI printer on Xerox 350gsm card through a bypass try and would like to have the option to move the weight up a bit.
For a bit of background, I have a book full of new idea for when I move premises in the next month, but currently concentrate on designing, creating and printing personalised and celebrity card party facemasks, the quality does not need to be "top notch" as they are designed as a bit of fun, but for other ideas I have, I would need a more better quality printer.
I know its a big ask, as everyone is probably getting ready for Christmas, but would appreciate any advice any of you "wise men" may have
Thanks in Advance
