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Hi all, I currently have a rather niche printing need that I'm curious on your thoughts about. I'm trying to consider the logistics of running a business that would, every month, require printing of around 500 (a very rough estimate, long term there would be more) booklets, each booklet with a...

Hi! I am Roy D'Silva from Mumbai, India. I plan to start a small printing outfit and was wondering what machines I would need in the long run. After two months of cold calling and getting print jobs, I did some research, and I am guessing these are the machines I will require. Spiral Card...

Warning: Super noobie here. I just got a little Konica Minolta C227 for my small vocational school. Nothing fancy, no finishers, but I'm hoping to be able to print at least a little of our outsourced print (maybe not books, business cards or trifolds, but rack cards, and wall diagrams)...

Hi Folks, In need of some advice regarding switching to a digital press or to stick with offset. We are currently running a 1990 Komori 28 Sprint 2 colour press and as you may of guessed we just cant keep up with the competition in speed or quailty. As were a smaller print buisness more...

Hello, I have a travel company and we would like to change the way we produce our brochures. Rather than one brochure of a hundred pages, we would like to tailor make our brochures depending on the customer's interest. We can create the interface in our photo and content database to do this...

Hello guys, Currently we're using a Xerox WC 7132 wich is more office printer and we plan on buying a used Xerox 240 / 242 / 250 / 252. As these models have similar prices wich one should we consider more? And most important can anyone help me on how to test the printer before we buy it...

As of April 2010 It will be 2 years of outsource printing (High risk suppliers etc) and studying the printing market in my area. I currently work in a Printing warehouse that mostly prints envelopes, Colored Backs Colored Body Colored Gussets Full Color Products FLEX side tabs (fold away...

Hi Everyone, I have looked over this forum for a while now and picked up a lot of very usefull info from you guys many thanks!! I currently have two CLC3200 machines which I have had for 5 years and its time now to move up the ladder a bit. I am currently looking at changing one of my...

Hi, advice needed on purchase of phaser 7760. Currently using an inkjet for printing greeting cards on card stock 280-300gsm but with slow speeds need to now upgrade to laser. Printing mixture of text, photos and graphics. Photos need to be good quality. Does anyone currently use or can...

Hi all. I am currently running a speedmaster 52-2 which is being replaced with a sm52-5 in 3 weeks time. When running colour work i always print cyan, magenta. Followed by yellow and black. I have always found this the best way. I have noticed when viewing many machines, that most printers run...

hello next week i will conduct a running test for GTO 52 .from big press(assistant and never run press alone ,komori LS540) to small press like GTO i think that i need some advice.i should be able detect any problem of the press and ask the contractor that doing maintenance and recondition of...

We're looking to buy a used 74 karat, i know very little about this press (other than what i've read and been told by the salesman). Could really use some impartial feedback. Any users out there? Is there anything i should be aware of, any major downsides to the press? We operate a...

I've always done things digital and I'd like to get my first offset press ever. My main motivator is lower cost per print. I do equal amounts of 2 and 4 color but something that prints full color on envelopes would be nice. I really have no clue what brand, new/used, model, or plates...

I've always done things digital and I'd like to get my first offset press ever. My main motivator is lower cost per print. I do equal amounts of 2 and 4 color but something that prints full color on envelopes would be nice. I really have no clue what brand, new/used, model, or plates...

I've always done things digital and I'd like to get my first offset press ever. My main motivator is lower cost per print. I do equal amounts of 2 and 4 color but something that prints full color on envelopes would be nice. I really have no clue what brand, new/used, model, or plates...

Hello Colorprintingforum users. I have been offered a QM 46-4 DI Classic at very reasonable money. A well maintained press still in production and printing well. The press currently has 12 Million Impressions is this considered alot on a DI press? How expensive are PearlDry or...

Hi everyone. First timer here so please be gentle. I own a very traditional commercial offset printing company. We've been in business since the late sixties and have enjoyed some very successful years. Because of this we haven't been very enthusiastic about fixing what ain't broke. Over the...

Hi all, I am new to this forum Some advice would be much appreciated on Colour MFP printer/copier/scanner (fax optional) :confused: I have been looking at these 2nd hand colour printers/copiers listed below and i am thinking of buying one of them. All would fit the requirements as far as...

Does anyone in the UK use a paper from Antalis called Black Label? If so what do you think of it?

We are currently operating a refurbished IDEAL 5250 cutter (electrical clamp and cutting) The job is done but without a programming device and with a wheel ajusting cut it can sometimes be a real pain operate when we deal with small cut (like small cards) Whatever, we are considering the...