do you have a external Fiery and has it been calibrated recently?
I had a profile go corrupt and it changed my colors drastically - redid the profile from scratch and back to normal
You are looking at quite a wide range of prices and performance with your list. Things to consider - like the J press, waiting for the front to dry before you can print the back but wow the color is awesome.
The Indigo is great, but you really need to have a constant stream of work to keep it...
Here is a list of a few things that are around that need to go :
AGFA Elantix 95S 32" Plate Processor-4 years old - $6,000/offer
Sunraise HS-1600 12 up Business Card Slitter - Brand New - $1500/offer
Xerox 1 up Cheshire Labeler - $300/offer
Xante CL-30 Printer - auto duplex, runs up to 13...
mr kingpd...
have you noticed the OP has not responded since 10/11?
And while some things you stated are true, copier sales reps tend to make this whole digital print thing out to be easy as just hitting print. Not So!
How many lines do you rep? Why? Because no one has "the" solution for...
Everything single breaker and line - easier and safer when equipment has to be tagged and locked for repair.
Cost a little more to set up but you will be glad you did. We have seperate boxes for each press room segemnet. We are running 13 Diddie Webs plus bindery.
You can create a Word Doc with the blanks and import that into Acrobat Standard and create a form in pdf format that can be filled out with text blocks and sizes set by you so all look the same.
See here for quick instructions:
http://www.ehow.com/how_6785121_create-pdf-form-word.html
Xikon makes a digital solution but it not priced for a guy who prints 1000 labes a week.
Also, you will need die cutting for the labels also.
There are many suppliers out there of label products, bid it out to them.
How many Labels do you paln to run a year?
The 5501/6501 mentioned is a option but will require 230V power. If you are talking about running 500-1000 a month then a Oki would be fine and can be had for your budget.
If you get a used printer, put it under a service agreemnet for the first year...
Do yourself a favor and let the local printer you are working with handle this. To spend less than $2000 for a "solution" will be tough.
You will waste more than you think to get the text positioned correctly to run 1 or 2 sheets of labels if you don't know what you are doing.
Just my opinion.