Printer Recommendations?

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1. Mark H | 19/08/08

   Can’t comment on the Brother, but we’ve been using two different Xerox Phasers for a number of years now. The print quality is stunning on good paper. Phasers fuse the pigment into the paper. My only niggle is that they don’t print to the edge of the paper so we have some trimming to do when we do full colour. But then, I’ve never seen a printer that prints to the edge that doesn’t lose quality at the edges either.

   Still following all you’re doing and praying for you all, even though I’m not blogging anymore, though we still post stories to http://www.underthecanopy.net - lots there this week about our prophetic evangelism team at a local spiritual festival.

   Mark

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2. Carl Thomas | 19/08/08

   Well praise God, Mark lives!

   I am actually leaning toward this one now http://tinyurl.com/5wum3q .

   They are each on sale locally for $199 (I have no idea how much that is over there). But the second one is a photo printer. Those can do full bleeds and this one prints up to 17×11.

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3. Mark H | 19/08/08

   Yeh. I’m alive … and having a ball in the Holy Ghost
   You need to consider cost per sheet as well and weigh that against the amount of work you intent to do. It’s something that’s hard to compare across manufacturers as there doesn’t seem to be a standard measurement, but generally I find that the cheaper a printer is to buy, the more pricey it is to run, especially if it’s an inkjet
   The Phaser cartridges we use seem expensive (a full set of high capacity cartridges costs more than a new printer - but then a new printer only comes with low capacity cartridges) - but they do 4,500 sheets each and so the cost per page is very good - less than 7 UK pence per A4 sheet for full, i.e. high coverage, colour (maybe not the cheapest but then I need to weigh print quality as well).

   I just wish somewhere near us would do small print runs in good quality (like a few hundred copies at better than photo copier quality) at a decent price so that we didn’t need to do it in house. It might be worth your while looking at what print shops charge near you and comparing it against printing in house?

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4. Carl Thomas | 19/08/08

   I have the same issues. I can get cheap, but can’t get good prices on short runs. If I needed ten thousand I would be fine.

   I am really coming down to the question of whether full bleed is worth the extra operating cost of an inkjet.

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