Guest guest Posted August 20, 2005 Report Share Posted August 20, 2005 athan We did a little study at work (2004) around color " copies " . I was a bit surprised that the color laser printer came out tops in terms of overall costs. We compared offset printing to color copies (worst quality, highest price, and terribly slow copy time) The difference in costs justified buying " publisher " , a software package to assist in the effort. We are using a pricey laser printer (around $3,000) but even at that we couldn't make the numbers favor anything else useless we pushed into the tens of thousands. A distinct advantage is that every print is an " original " and you can update your information any time you please resulting in a up to the moment facts sheet. The rainbow is your menu to boot! Also spending a little more on paper makes a big difference. You want the look, feel and quality found in good paper used by printers, not the 4.99 per ream stuff at Wal-Mart. Best jd, 45! UC 1973, Jpouch 2000, Chronic Pouchitis 2001, PSC 2004, Stage 3 ston City, IL krmpotich@... > > Some smaller shops may not be able to do four color work and folding. > In fact in my day most small shops definitely couldn't do four color > work, although that may have changed somewhat with the advent of fast > color copy machines... I'm not real up to date with all of the new > technology out there... there may be color copy machines that could do > a run of a couple thousand for a reasonable price, but I'm not sure. As > quantity goes up offset printing gets cheaper (per copy), but copiers > tend to stay pretty much the same no matter how many you get. > > athan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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