Digital Print Forums > Varible Color Printing

Digital Print Forums > Full Color > Xerox

Masters

Jul 20 2006, 11:00 AM

Hello,

My company is just starting to look at the options of varible color printing. Currently, we produce billing statements with nested marketing pages. We currently have the color pre-printed and then we add the varible data. I am looking for some suggestions on equipment or the best suited equipment that would produce a varible color document. Speed and Quality are the most improtant areas and I know that there is a balance between the two. Looked at several different options Kodak, Xerox, Oce etc. Any suggestions would be helpfull

patrick

Jul 20 2006, 01:29 PM

Is this all you are going to be doing is the marketing statements? Or is there a possibility of doing other marketing pieces?

What format is the data in today?

What are you using today to produce the black overprint?

What is the most important, cost or quality?

What kind of volume do you do in a month?

Do you have skilled operators that can handle maintenence of a digital press?

How often do you have changes to the job?

Answers to these questions will help determine what device(s) are the best for you... It will also help rule out some the different technologies as well.

Masters

Jul 20 2006, 01:44 PM

QUOTE(patrick @ Jul 20 2006, 02:29 PM) [snapback]490[/snapback]

Is this all you are going to be doing is the marketing statements? Or is there a possibility of doing other marketing pieces? Currently, we have a billing statement with a marketing page nested, yes there is a possibility of doing marketing inserts pieces as well.

What format is the data in today? Medicode

What are you using today to produce the black overprint? Xerox 4635
What is the most important, cost or quality? Cost

What kind of volume do you do in a month? 4 mil images

Do you have skilled operators that can handle maintenence of a digital press? NO

How often do you have changes to the job? Monthly
Answers to these questions will help determine what device(s) are the best for you... It will also help rule out some the different technologies as well.

This is a "lo-fi" version of our main content. To view the full version with more information, formatting and images, please click here.