[PrintOwners] Canon 7000/Kodak NEXPRESS M700

[John Henry]

I just got back from a vip demo from Kodak at their main demo center. The
new cannon box is very impressive and the quality is outstanding. One major
drawback is as of today no booklet maker is online. It will be out in the
next few months. (after 1st of the year) 

Interesting to note; that the fuser may also score if you run lots of 11
inch then go oversize. They do give you a extra fuser at install so you can
just swap them. They tell me it much less likely than a Konica as the
fuser's are much more robust.

Rip is the Nexpress ws. Interesting that the box comes with EFI's old rip
not the newest Adobe PDF release. This is a major issue for a box of this
pricing and with transparency issues as time goes on. Kodak did not say it,
but it is my impression EFI is not keeping up, again.

I do not have pricing yet, but was impressed with the whole box. Still not
sure if I would not be better off with 2, 6500's with creo rips for about
the same cost. You can even get a rebuilt Nexpress classic for not much more
and that offers a 5th color option. I can say this is a well built box that
is not a "copier" but more a digital press.

The 7000/M700 does not slow down on cover stock and looks press like. Kodak
does not use a true click model but combinations of you pay for toner, user
replaceable parts and maintenance contract. You do get a guaranteed cap per
copy cost.

Any here with a Nexpress want to comment on cpc costs they are running?

Was very impressed with the direction Kodak is headed with Jeff Hayzlett,
Jeff is now the number 3 person in all of Kodak. Jeff's new office is right
under the K on the corporate building in Rochester. Not bad for a quick
printer from the Midwest. 

John Henry

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