OKI C941e/C942dn for light production ?

Discussion in 'Other Color Laser Printers & Color Copiers' started by dataguy, Jul 13, 2020.

  1. dataguy

    dataguy New Member

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    I'm thinking about purchasing one of these OKIs to get into light production. Low volume flyers, postcards, business cards, letterhead, etc. Maybe 5,000-10,000 pcs runs. Anything larger I would outsource locally in Toronto.
    • The ability to run laser envelopes is nice to have, but not a necessity since I already have a Neopost Mach5/AstrojetM1 for inkjetting envelopes.
    • The extra white or clear colour is interesting to have (but not a necessity either).
    • I'm more interested in it's ability to handle heavier stocks (up to 360gsm I believe).
    • I'm also interested because of it's relatively small footprint size. I don't have much space for the longer digital presses.
    If you have one of these machines, are they OK for general light production? Decent quality? Are they cost competitive enough that I can still compete with the other 5,000 print shops in the city?

    I can also look at other light duty machines from mainstreams like Ricoh/Canon/Xerox but I'm not sure that any of them really handle up to 360gsm well, and I would need to find one with a small footprint.

    I see a lot of people compare these OKI to XANTE and there seems to be a lot of mixed reviews on the Xante so I thought I would stay away. I also generally see these discussions are all talking about envelope printing, but I don't tend to see people talking about using them for general light production work (not envelopes).

    Just looking for experience / insight.
    Thx
     
  2. SitaKriti

    SitaKriti New Member

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    Hey dataguy, did you buy the OKI?
     
  3. dataguy

    dataguy New Member

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    I did not. Got some mixed reviews and I have held off on any purchase for now.
     

  4. FFR428

    FFR428 Senior Member

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    Try a iJet. OKI can be a mess at times.
     
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