Price Digital Press

[Mark Holland]

Were thinking of leasing/buying a new digital printer. These are approximately our prints.
Color: 9.000 p/month
B/W: 12.000 p/month

What we think is important!
- Registration (front/back)
- Quality
- Paperweight between 70 - 300 gr.
- Booklets with staples in the back
- Price (about 2.000 a month max.)

Were considering:
Canon ImageRunner Advance 9060.
Konica Minolta Bizhub PRO C6000
Konica Minolta Bizhub PRESS C6000

Any thoughts, suggestions and ideas about prices?

 

[OkiTech]

How about OKI? Something like C9850 with saddle stitch finisher? Machine will cost you 6-7000 to buy and own, with amount of printing you had mentioned, supplies should cost less than a 1000 per month... I had seen this machines go over 1.5 million clicks - as far as life span....

 

[Mark Holland]

We've had an Oki in the past, but it's not really an option. Quality is not what our customers want.

additional info:
- about 60 ppm (A4)
- We also want to have a servece-contract. Machines in the past and present prove that it is a must in our business.
The machine has to be running within 8 hours (workhours).

 

[nhmartin52]

I have a Konica Minolta bizhub PRESS C6000 with a large capacity tray, dehumidifier for the LCT, ES-1000 spectrometer (for calibration), HDD, Preview kit, embedded fiery controller, relay unit, rehumidifcation unit, stapling finisher, and booklet finisher. It is $45,000 USD, or $775/month with a 60 month lease.

 

[OkiTech]

Mark hi, you seriously need a 60 cpm machine to make
Color: 9.000 p/month
B/W: 12.000 p/month ?
Realistically this is a load for 16 cpm machine...
As for the last post before this one - guys please read original question - there is no way a volume of
Color: 9.000 p/month
B/W: 12.000 p/month
could justify a $45,000 device.
I run this much on Xerox Phaser 7760 which is $1500 used, could get a contract for it for 12c color, 2c B/W. The only 300+ GSM is not an option and registration could be a little better but nice DC242 should do what they need even with volume twice as high for $7-8k and contract will cost 8c color and probably 1-1.5c for B/W.

 

[nhmartin52]

UnlimitedBT, you are correct. For the volume, a copier would be a better option than a digital press. However, I don't think it would be wise to run 21,000 copies/month on a 16 ppm device. I think a 30 - 40 ppm device would be more appropriate.
Since I sell Konica Minolta, I will limit my recommendations to what I know. The Konica Minolta bizhub C360 with a LCT, embedded fiery controller, stapling finisher, saddle stitch kit, and fax board would run around $10,500 USD or $210/month with a 60 month lease.

 

[OkiTech]

Well, I don't know capabilities of KM and you certainly seem to know your products, but I was a little sarcastic about 16cpm . DC242 is 40cpm device and could be an alternative to the model of KM you had mentioned.