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Xerox 7750 color laser for in-house booklet making?
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 We do not want to get stuck with a 1000 4-color professionally printed manuals that may be outdated in a year or two so we were thinking about printing them ourselves.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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The 7750 Xerox is the top of the range in laser printers. It costs a bundle
too! It's not clear if you already have one or plan to buy one. If you already have it, good luck with the toner costs. If you plan to buy one, get a deal fdirect from Xerox to include maintence and toner. It'll nail the costs for you. "Joe S Moore" wrote in message ... 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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http://www.office.xerox.com/latest/775CC-02UA.pdf
Check out the above link.As stated Xerox has a program where they will give you cost per page upfront.I highly recommend the printer. "Ryadia" wrote in message ... The 7750 Xerox is the top of the range in laser printers. It costs a bundle too! It's not clear if you already have one or plan to buy one. If you already have it, good luck with the toner costs. If you plan to buy one, get a deal fdirect from Xerox to include maintence and toner. It'll nail the costs for you. "Joe S Moore" wrote in message ... 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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Interesting, we haven't bought one yet, but if it has a upfront maintenance
and toner program (like it is with their copiers) then the 7750 definitely has an advantage. Any idea on how much it costs? I have actually seen the PDF on the link below and the 20% coverage sound like it's too good to be true at under 10 cents a page. If they can spring that through the program then it's definitely worth it. Thanks a bunch! "Douglas" . wrote in message ... http://www.office.xerox.com/latest/775CC-02UA.pdf Check out the above link.As stated Xerox has a program where they will give you cost per page upfront.I highly recommend the printer. "Ryadia" wrote in message ... The 7750 Xerox is the top of the range in laser printers. It costs a bundle too! It's not clear if you already have one or plan to buy one. If you already have it, good luck with the toner costs. If you plan to buy one, get a deal fdirect from Xerox to include maintence and toner. It'll nail the costs for you. "Joe S Moore" wrote in message ... 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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The Australian cost is around $13,000. It is possible with this sort of cost
to get a maintenance contract to include toner at 18¢ per page. That means (for me) everything I print is set out to fit an A3 page to minimise cost. Like 23 business cards to the sheet. Brochures are 2 up and that sort of thing. I recently costed this printer against a Minolta 7300 which is half the price. Lease payments of $240 per month on the Minolta and $460 on the Xerox. Once you get past 2000 impressions per month, the Xerox is cheaper by a significant margine to run. At 4000 pages per month, the Xerox is half the cost of the Minolta to own and run. If you only intend to make a few hundred prints a month, the big Xerox is vast overkill but if you have the work, don't bother to look elsewhere, there isn't anything better. "Joe S Moore" wrote in message ... Interesting, we haven't bought one yet, but if it has a upfront maintenance and toner program (like it is with their copiers) then the 7750 definitely has an advantage. Any idea on how much it costs? I have actually seen the PDF on the link below and the 20% coverage sound like it's too good to be true at under 10 cents a page. If they can spring that through the program then it's definitely worth it. Thanks a bunch! "Douglas" . wrote in message ... http://www.office.xerox.com/latest/775CC-02UA.pdf Check out the above link.As stated Xerox has a program where they will give you cost per page upfront.I highly recommend the printer. "Ryadia" wrote in message ... The 7750 Xerox is the top of the range in laser printers. It costs a bundle too! It's not clear if you already have one or plan to buy one. If you already have it, good luck with the toner costs. If you plan to buy one, get a deal fdirect from Xerox to include maintence and toner. It'll nail the costs for you. "Joe S Moore" wrote in message ... 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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