Need suggestions for a good envelope press

I have a dying 1650 with envelope feeder that is soon to be replaced. We do #9's on up to 9 1/2 x 14 3/4 with run sizes from 500-20,000. All envelopes are printed black only. Need something that is easy to switch sizes, can run at a reasonable speed (5-7000 per hour) and must have an easy maintenance damp system (ie. KOMPAC). Any thoughts on a wise purchase?

 

i have ran a lot of epps on a lot of small presses and the one i liked the best was a beat to hell 3302.

 

most ab dicks love them 8805s, 375s, and 9810s etc ive run envelopes on all these machines, or if its just txt try a risograph, i use an rp3005 a3 machine and this to will just eat them flat out

 

Ilumina Digital Envelope Press
One of the best and can do over 3k per hour
Check on that

 

i would look very carefully into these machines, and do homework on them before buying one. After extensive reading it put me off and i would never buy one

 

If you are doing black only get yourself an abdick 360, 8800, or 9800 series press. Stick with one of the older models, less electronics that can fail. I work at an in-plant shop at a university and we've got a pressman that run's tens of thousands of black envelopes week in and out on a 360 with an astro and never has any issues.

 

agreed ab dick, you can even do a couple of colours without tight registration

 

I'd agree with everything Plotter has said here ... AB Dick 9810 will run envelopes all day long at high speed, as will a Riso or a Duplo digital duplicator - these machines will probably do run them at about 6k per hour, maybe more.

 

Thanks everyone for your input, I appreciate it very much. So far I think its a RISO RZ990 with an envelope feeder that,s looking good!

 

3302 with kompacks and c-900 envelope feeder nice to have two colors runs great

 

AB Dick 8820 press with a Astro AMC-2000 envelope feeder.

David C. Lopez
http://www.dclgraphics.com

 

I use Ryobi 3304 + Schneider feeder SF80 + stream delivery. 6k per hour is not a problem.

 

Riso is Cheap and not very good, AB Dick can be bought inexpensive and is the best in my opinion, easy to run and inexpensive to repair and maintain.

Banjoman

 

We run all of our envelopes on an AB Dick 360. Old machine but certainly faithful.