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We are trying to decide on the feasibility of using a Xerox 7750 to start
making some manuals in-house. We will also get a manual booklet machine that
will saddle stitch and fold.
The reason why we want to try doing this ourselves are because we sell a
very low amount of product items. So we are talking about maybe 100-200
items each per year per model (about 10 different models).
We do not want to get stuck with a 1000 4-color professionally printed
manuals that may be outdated in a year or two so we were thinking about
printing them ourselves. This gives us the ability to fine-tune our manuals
as we go along. Are we saving money by not printing so much?
Is this possible?
1. Costs - How much ink does the 7750 use vs other printers/copiers? I've
seen some sample output out of this fine printer and I really like the
continous tone that it produces but does this come with a caveat that it
uses more ink than others? I calculated that it would use about $0.36 (usd)
for a 20% coverage per letter sized page based upon the published 5% specs.
Does that sound right? Can I save more by doing something different?
Economode?
2. Time - How long does it take to print a 20% coverage print? I know a
35ppm is probably the best it can do but what happens if there are graphics
involved.
3. Planning - We plan on using a 11x17 page to produce a 8.5x11 booklet
using Microsoft Word (we're simpletons). I know the printer drivers has a
booklet feature that will automatically calculate the necessary pages to be
printed. Is it just that simple or do we have to manually page it out
correctly?
4. Reliability - Does this printer jam a lot? I would like to leave the
printer alone and let it print 500 sheets at a time without babysitting
every 10 pages to make sure it did not suffer any jams.
5. Effort - Are there any hidden succubus that may drain us from what I
think should be a simple print, collate and pop the pages in the booklet
machine?
I just recently saw some posts about the Xerox 3535 which I have not even
considered, how is the quality of that machine? Is it worth a look into?
Again I was blown away with the 7750. I've seen the 6250 and 7300 and they
look below average when compared to other laser/led color printers.
Also are we saving that much that going to have it commercially printed at
low volumes (~250 qty). I looked at psprint.com and they can do a 40 page
booklet for $9.612/each for a total of $2403.00. Using based upon 20%
coverage just for ink/drums costs roughly $14.40/each not including paper
costs. The math just doesn't add up to be in favor.
Thanks for any responses!
Joe
We are trying to decide on the feasibility of using a Xerox 7750 to start
making some manuals in-house. We will also get a manual booklet machine that
will saddle stitch and fold.
The reason why we want to try doing this ourselves are because we sell a
very low amount of product items. So we are talking about maybe 100-200
items each per year per model (about 10 different models).
We do not want to get stuck with a 1000 4-color professionally printed
manuals that may be outdated in a year or two so we were thinking about
printing them ourselves. This gives us the ability to fine-tune our manuals
as we go along. Are we saving money by not printing so much?
Is this possible?
1. Costs - How much ink does the 7750 use vs other printers/copiers? I've
seen some sample output out of this fine printer and I really like the
continous tone that it produces but does this come with a caveat that it
uses more ink than others? I calculated that it would use about $0.36 (usd)
for a 20% coverage per letter sized page based upon the published 5% specs.
Does that sound right? Can I save more by doing something different?
Economode?
2. Time - How long does it take to print a 20% coverage print? I know a
35ppm is probably the best it can do but what happens if there are graphics
involved.
3. Planning - We plan on using a 11x17 page to produce a 8.5x11 booklet
using Microsoft Word (we're simpletons). I know the printer drivers has a
booklet feature that will automatically calculate the necessary pages to be
printed. Is it just that simple or do we have to manually page it out
correctly?
4. Reliability - Does this printer jam a lot? I would like to leave the
printer alone and let it print 500 sheets at a time without babysitting
every 10 pages to make sure it did not suffer any jams.
5. Effort - Are there any hidden succubus that may drain us from what I
think should be a simple print, collate and pop the pages in the booklet
machine?
I just recently saw some posts about the Xerox 3535 which I have not even
considered, how is the quality of that machine? Is it worth a look into?
Again I was blown away with the 7750. I've seen the 6250 and 7300 and they
look below average when compared to other laser/led color printers.
Also are we saving that much that going to have it commercially printed at
low volumes (~250 qty). I looked at psprint.com and they can do a 40 page
booklet for $9.612/each for a total of $2403.00. Using based upon 20%
coverage just for ink/drums costs roughly $14.40/each not including paper
costs. The math just doesn't add up to be in favor.
Thanks for any responses!
Joe
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