[PrintOwners] Anyone have one of those new Canon C7000Digitalprinting presses?

Tue Mar 18 13:10:12 EST 2008

Brian,

Have had the Konica over a year now. Until I slowed down this quarter we
were averaging about 50,000 clicks (mostly 12x 18 coated) per month with
no problems. We actually did 90,000 one month and 130,000 in another
month. 

Dana Wilson

LandMark Impressions
35 Industrial Parkway
Woburn, MA 01801

www.landmarkimpressions.com

Phone: 781-569-0297
Fax: 781-569-0419
Cell: 781-710-7609

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[mailto:printowners-bounces at printweb.org] On Behalf Of Brian O'Day
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How many clicks a month can the Konica handle reliably? I was leaning
toward
the Canon however with a recession coming I may decide to be a little
more
conservative if the Konica can make me some money and keep my debt low. 

Brian O'Day
ePrint
9970 SW Greenburg Rd
Portland, Oregon
brianoday at eprint.us
503-684-2679 

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[mailto:printowners-bounces at printweb.org] On Behalf Of Scott Cappel
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printing presses?

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I think all three of those choices are high horsepower machines for 
very high volumes.

Since you are "looking" at getting into the digital side and are 
currently an all offset environment, a lower cost entry point might 
be a better business decision, like a KM 6500 to get your feet wet, 
get your internal systems and workflow ironed out and then when the 
business begins to exceed the capacity of your first engine, then you 
can step up to a more powerful solution.

Unless you have been outsourcing and already have a robust digital 
business established, I would walk first, get you legs, and then run
like
heck.

Considering the current economic situation we all find ourselves in, 
I would opt for a lower risk (financial) entry point.

Just my opinion.

S.

At 05:56 AM 3/18/2008, you wrote:
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>I am looking at getting into digital printing and I am down to three
>candidates; The HP Indigo, the Xerox I-Gen and the Canon C7000.
>
>The Indigo has high quality, but high click price (9 cents for a 4/0 12
x
>18) and requires a real "press" operator who can change blankets and
all
>those mechanical things press operators do. The Indigo uses a liquid
toner
>technology.
>
>The I-Gen has fairly low quality when compared to offset, has a
reasonable
>click charge, is a real production workhorse capable of 1,000,000
clicks a
>month, and is the most expensive to buy. The I-Gen uses toner and fuser
oil
>technology.
>
>The Canon C7000 has high quality, can be run by a prepress person, is
the
>least costly, and the click charges are reasonable.The Canon uses wax
toner
>technology.
>
>I am leaning toward the Canon because the quality is high and the cost
is
>fairly low.
>
>We are a $2 million offset shop that currently does not do any digital
>printing. We want to be more competitive on smaller runs of color work
and
>we want to get into variable data especially addressing postcards.
>
>Any thoughts?
>
>
>Peter Church
>Keystone Press, LLC
>9 Old Falls Road
>Manchester, NH 03103
>phone: 603-622-5222
>fax: 603-622-9432
>
>
>
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