Postcard Printing

Discussion in 'Xerox Digital Presses' started by Unclemonkey, Jul 1, 2016.

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  1. Unclemonkey

    Unclemonkey New Member

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    I didn't know the best place to ask this.... I am in the need of a printer to print 4 x 6 inch full color postcards. Each postcard will be with one unique picture on one side. They will also need to be addressed.

    I'll probably be printing around 5k per week.

    I have no idea what kind of printer to buy or what kind of service there is that can do this that I can resell this to my clients.

    Any advice on a printer to buy or a service that brokers this would be appreciated greatly!
     
  2. xfactor printing

    xfactor printing Senior Member

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    What is your budget?

    Difficulties are:
    -heavy stock handling
    -duplex capability with heavy stock
    -need decurler
    -paper stretch or skew
    -minimum paper size
    -toner rub-off in the post office machines
    -labor involved
    -software needed to batch postcards and addresses to fit on sheet. Could be 3 x 3 on 13x19 sheet depending on need for bleeds... it's tight if you need bleed given minimum margins. So you may print only 2 x 2 on a smaller sheet and possibly give yourself more bleed for skew and stretch.

    (Xante is the only one I know of that makes a machine that will load down to 3x5 heavy stock. I'm not sure if that would do what you need or be too manual.)

    You still have the issue of toner rub that you should test with a test sample.

    The post office finds a way to really grind with their sorting wheels sometimes.

    I'm not sure if there is any inkjet solution that would deliver good image quality and be anywhere near your budget; all of what I've seen in my price range is really for addressing or small accents but I haven't looked this year to see if anything is new. Let me know if you find something interesting.

    I'd probably look at a entry production xerox that is able to duplex heavy stock and software to impose and trim them from larger sheets.
     
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