Digital Printing-Toner - Cut Sheet (Color)

by Bob Neubauer As anyone with a printer or copier knows, equipment breaks down. So what's an in-plant to do if its DocuTech or 9110 goes down in the middle of a busy week? That's what Hal Cypert asked himself. "If you've got a fast-paced environment, sometimes you can't afford to be down for two or three hours, or overnight, if you're waiting on a part," notes Cypert, duplicating services supervisor for the County of Tulare, in Visalia, Calif. That's the main reason his 15-employee shop installed a T/R Systems Micropress instead of a DocuTech. "We did look seriously at the DocuTech," he admits.

In-plants say color copiers can improve customer service and add verve to dull documents. Find out what they can do for you. WHEN YOUR parent company has participated in the construction of such historic projects as the Hoover Dam, San Francisco Bay Bridge and Trans-Alaska Pipeline, you can't afford to skimp on quality. And when your parent company routinely sends out multi-million or even multi-billion dollar proposals, they have to be on time and looking good. So when Jerry Prouty has to produce a sharp-looking proposal for his parent company's international construction and engineering business, he turns to his color copier—and it delivers every

Digital color printing has improved tremendously in recent years. It's time for in-plants to focus on the benefits it can offer them. DON'T LOOK now, but digital color printing is poised to become the darling of the in-plant world. Faster, cheaper and more reliable than ever—and boasting improved print quality—digital color printing is finally living up to the hype it once received. Despite all the hoopla, however, one of the biggest strikes against it, marketing reps will tell you, has long been lack of awareness in the marketplace. And then along came Heidelberg. Ever since Drupa, where the offset king announced that

Counterfeiting at your in-plant? Think it can't happen? Think again. Color copiers can turn regular folks into felons. THOUGH EDWARD Olenenu had nothing to do with the manufacturing end of Columbia University's in-plant, he did have access to one of its color copiers at night. Reportedly, he produced some top-quality work on that color copier, too. The results were so good, in fact, they landed him in jail. The arrest of Olenenu and three other men on charges of counterfeiting about $75,000 in phony $20 bills at Columbia's print shop underscored the fact that color copiers are a powerful technology—powerful enough to pose

Color printing may be the latest trend, but black-and-white copiers are still crucial parts of any in-plant. Find out more about the latest models. Numerous Sorting Capabilities The Canon NP 6035F is a modular 35-copy-per-minute (cpm) copier. Its recirculating document feeder feeds up to 50 one- or two-sided originals at a time, giving you numerous duplexing and sorting capabilities. A large-capacity paper supply option lets you increase the standard 1,050-sheet capacity to 2,550 sheets. Enhanced features like Image Combination and other automatic features reduce paper consumption and save time. The user-friendly LCD panel has a 3-D graphic display. Output options include two stapler/sorter choices.

People like their laser printers—a bit too much. Convincing them to use your in-plant instead is one of your biggest challenges as a manager. Like the "Doggie in the Window" Patti Page longed for in her 1953 song, laser printers are the cuddly friend everybody wants in today's office environments. Whether it's a handy-dandy personal printer next to someone's workstation, a networked printer or small digital copier serving an entire office, people crave the convenience of a laser printer. But laser printers are being abused. By overusing them, people are incurring huge costs for their parent organizations and taking big chunks out of

Color copier/printers are coming down in price and going up in quality. Find out why you should fit one into your in-plant's future. "INTRODUCING THE new ABC 2000000 color copier/printer/fax/coffee maker/toothbrush." OK, that's a little extreme. But color copiers are becoming more versatile every day. You can't afford a machine like that, you say? Well, prices are dropping. Even small in-plants can afford quality multi-task machines. Plus, these machines quickly pay for themselves, says Ron Potesky, Ricoh's director of color products—especially if you're outsourcing more than 500 copies a month. "The in-plant is saving at least a 40 percent margin over

As you evaluate new digital printer platforms, take a careful look inside the box. Is the quality of digital networked printers as good as it's going to get? Not at all. The newest generation of printers is approaching image quality in a new way. To date, digital platforms have offered in-plants limited quality improvements over their optical predecessors. That's because most existing digital print platforms retain many of the same imaging components and processes used in optical devices. Since optical and digital devices approach the imaging process from different perspectives, the technology needs to be tailored to the process. Conventional optical

Xerox has announced several new products designed to fill the gaps in speed not covered by its current offerings. Judging by the number of new digital printing devices introduced or hinted at during last month's On Demand conference in New York, it's clear that industry vendors see a big future in digital printing—and digital color, in particular. One of those vendors, Xerox, has been on the cutting edge for years. Its DocuTech forever changed the way black-and-white documents were produced. Likewise its DocuColor 40 made production digital color more viable for in-plants. Now Xerox has stepped forward again with new developments in

The DocuTech is no longer the only choice when it comes to high-speed copying. New players in the market are now vying for customers. Equipment choices used to be clear-cut for in-plant managers: High-quality and long-run reproduction went on an offset press. Shorter-run, quick and dirty black-and-white work went on a duplicator. Copiers were low-end, low-quality devices. Not anymore. Today's crop of black-and-white copiers offer true 600x600 dpi resolution, speeds of up to 85 ppm (with tandem or cluster printing magnifying that 12-fold) and, through digital technology, networking, printing, scanning and advanced finishing. For instance, Ricoh's new digital Aficio 850 offers 85-ppm, 600-dpi output