Printer Recomendations for 500 Prints Per Day
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Looking for a new office printer that can handle about 500 colour prints per day. We need it too hold at least 300 sheets of paper at once, paper with integrated labels so its thicker than normal paper. Need it to print fast and of course be cheap to run and hassle free!
Currently have a Dell 3115Cn Laser Printer, which to be fair has been fairly good but we have out grown it.
Whats the next step?
Anyone tired one of these serviced printer agreements, sort of hire with on site servicing?
We've got a Sharp MX2600N colour laser (up to A3) which we use for around 200-300 prints per day. We're on a contract, pay per copy (different prices per page for A$/A3 and B&W/colour). We provide a meter reading once a month and they bill us.
Seems a good printer. Rarely jams. Colour is good enough for rough proofing design works (it is colour profiled but it is not press-accurate). Duplicate copies are quick, and it can store common jobs on the printer if required so they can be re-printed without having to be re-processed and sent by a computer. We share it between seven Windows/Macs.
Seems a good printer. Rarely jams. Colour is good enough for rough proofing design works (it is colour profiled but it is not press-accurate). Duplicate copies are quick, and it can store common jobs on the printer if required so they can be re-printed without having to be re-processed and sent by a computer. We share it between seven Windows/Macs.
boyse7en said:
We've got a Sharp MX2600N colour laser (up to A3) which we use for around 200-300 prints per day. We're on a contract, pay per copy (different prices per page for A$/A3 and B&W/colour). We provide a meter reading once a month and they bill us.
Seems a good printer. Rarely jams. Colour is good enough for rough proofing design works (it is colour profiled but it is not press-accurate). Duplicate copies are quick, and it can store common jobs on the printer if required so they can be re-printed without having to be re-processed and sent by a computer. We share it between seven Windows/Macs.
Thanks, would you mind disclosing how much you pay per Colour A4?Seems a good printer. Rarely jams. Colour is good enough for rough proofing design works (it is colour profiled but it is not press-accurate). Duplicate copies are quick, and it can store common jobs on the printer if required so they can be re-printed without having to be re-processed and sent by a computer. We share it between seven Windows/Macs.
We've got a Konica Minolta C364 on pay per use service contract 4p a page A4 colour, 1.5p BW, scanning is free and 380,000 committed print or copy pages over 3yrs approx 25% colour. All consumables, maintenance and equipment rental included, not bad really for 4 paper trays each 500 sheet capacity, dual scan ADF, fax and a finishing kit with multiple output trays and hole punching option.
We also admittedly also have other machines on contract with the same service provider. All billed quarterly with 4 hr service response. So far the machine has only gone properly wrong once when it needed a new hard disc.
Contract is with one of the majors they are okay but a change of policy regarding scans on new contracts and withdrawal of web consumables re-ordering means we will not renew with them. If you are thinking of this route then google (for the majors) and recommendations from other local businesses are your friends regarding providers.
We also admittedly also have other machines on contract with the same service provider. All billed quarterly with 4 hr service response. So far the machine has only gone properly wrong once when it needed a new hard disc.
Contract is with one of the majors they are okay but a change of policy regarding scans on new contracts and withdrawal of web consumables re-ordering means we will not renew with them. If you are thinking of this route then google (for the majors) and recommendations from other local businesses are your friends regarding providers.
b0rk said:
We've got a Konica Minolta C364 on pay per use service contract 4p a page A4 colour, 1.5p BW, scanning is free and 380,000 committed print or copy pages over 3yrs approx 25% colour. All consumables, maintenance and equipment rental included, not bad really for 4 paper trays each 500 sheet capacity, dual scan ADF, fax and a finishing kit with multiple output trays and hole punching option.
We also admittedly also have other machines on contract with the same service provider. All billed quarterly with 4 hr service response. So far the machine has only gone properly wrong once when it needed a new hard disc.
Contract is with one of the majors they are okay but a change of policy regarding scans on new contracts and withdrawal of web consumables re-ordering means we will not renew with them. If you are thinking of this route then google (for the majors) and recommendations from other local businesses are your friends regarding providers.
Thanks for the concise answer. Sounds a pretty good deal. Who's that with? (Ive no idea who the majors are when it comes to this)We also admittedly also have other machines on contract with the same service provider. All billed quarterly with 4 hr service response. So far the machine has only gone properly wrong once when it needed a new hard disc.
Contract is with one of the majors they are okay but a change of policy regarding scans on new contracts and withdrawal of web consumables re-ordering means we will not renew with them. If you are thinking of this route then google (for the majors) and recommendations from other local businesses are your friends regarding providers.
DSLiverpool said:
AnimalMother said:
Print quality isnt a high priority as its main duty will be to print invoices, but with colour logo.
Get the blanks pre printed with your logo and use a B&W printer ?Looking at a OKI C711n out right purchase, or an service agreement for a Oki Es7411 at 4p per print. What do you reckon?
We are one of OKI's top 3 ES resellers in the country. The ES7411 is pretty good, we have a few hundred out with customers.
OKI essentially have two ranges. The 'C' range, which is cheap to buy but expensive to run and the 'ES' range which is a bit more expensive to buy, but cheaper to run.
If you're producing 500 pages a day then the ES range is certainly the one to go for as it will save you a lot of money in the long run.
If you want some pricing drop me a mail.
OKI essentially have two ranges. The 'C' range, which is cheap to buy but expensive to run and the 'ES' range which is a bit more expensive to buy, but cheaper to run.
If you're producing 500 pages a day then the ES range is certainly the one to go for as it will save you a lot of money in the long run.
If you want some pricing drop me a mail.
I am in the industry 4p colour fine 1.5p black seems a bit high should be around 0.5p (half a penny) be very careful with the major suppliers some have very dodgy contracts regarding toner coverage ie 25% so if doing full page will sting you for extra toner and minimum monthly voloumes better off looking for a local supplier happy to help just PM me
AnimalMother said:
DSLiverpool said:
AnimalMother said:
Print quality isn't a high priority as its main duty will be to print invoices, but with colour logo.
Get the blanks pre printed with your logo and use a B&W printer ?http://www.priorydirect.co.uk/custom-integrated-la...
I am glad this thread has come up because I print approx that and have the issue of priting my logo and a few other details then having to reprint again for the ebay pro despatch/invoices.
I purchased a Brother HL-5450 DN and as great as it is it is drinking ink as if its free and now I get a drum change light too.
Bit of a joke considering I have only had it two months.
My old 60 pound printer went on for longer and only replaced it with cheap ink and worked great but it was getting tiresome having to keep refilling the paper tray etc
I purchased a Brother HL-5450 DN and as great as it is it is drinking ink as if its free and now I get a drum change light too.
Bit of a joke considering I have only had it two months.
My old 60 pound printer went on for longer and only replaced it with cheap ink and worked great but it was getting tiresome having to keep refilling the paper tray etc
DSLiverpool said:
AnimalMother said:
Print quality isnt a high priority as its main duty will be to print invoices, but with colour logo.
Get the blanks pre printed with your logo and use a B&W printer ?If you don't mind me asking do you get your blanks preprinted and if you do where from?
Thanks
We went with outright purchase of an OKI C711N.
Arrived this morning, setup and chucking out invoices already. Integrated labels are a pain in the arse, have had to set the printer to ultra thick paper for it to be able to deal with them and the print line up correctly. Also it only seams to be able to get away with 3/4 full paper tray before it jams, again I blame the integrated labels. Still early days but so far so good.
Arrived this morning, setup and chucking out invoices already. Integrated labels are a pain in the arse, have had to set the printer to ultra thick paper for it to be able to deal with them and the print line up correctly. Also it only seams to be able to get away with 3/4 full paper tray before it jams, again I blame the integrated labels. Still early days but so far so good.
We use ES8461 bought out right, a lot of re-sellers try and tell you that the ES range is only on contract... They are not, ours work out about 0.03p per B&W page, this does not include paper or maintenance, but on the old Okis we spent about £200 over 4 years on fixing them.
Most of our printing is on labels, have you tried feeding from the MP tray, as the path is much more direct. We do about 600 pages of colour labels per day and they rarely jam using the MP.
Most of our printing is on labels, have you tried feeding from the MP tray, as the path is much more direct. We do about 600 pages of colour labels per day and they rarely jam using the MP.
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