Joe Aston Posted May 28, 2013 Report Share Posted May 28, 2013 Can anyone recomend a printers. I need to get about 200 12 page booklets printed, in colour, A4 in size. Has anyone used anybody that they would recomend. Thanks Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bing Posted May 28, 2013 Report Share Posted May 28, 2013 (edited) My old man is a printer, send me a PDF through email and ill see what he can do for you. His firm is quite good, cheap as chips, and he's been a printer for 35 years Edited May 28, 2013 by bing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted May 28, 2013 Report Share Posted May 28, 2013 May I just take this opportunity to say that there is no such thing as a good printer (device). They're all utter pieces of crap designed to make your life more miserable than it already is. So your idea of commissioning this is a good one, you'll survive but you'll have blood on your hands because someone is going to commit suicide before he gets the job done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted May 28, 2013 Report Share Posted May 28, 2013 May I just take this opportunity to say that there is no such thing as a good printer (device). They're all utter pieces of crap designed to make your life more miserable than it already is. So your idea of commissioning this is a good one, you'll survive but you'll have blood on your hands because someone is going to commit suicide before he gets the job done.Still not found a decent one? Me neither. I had one from 2001 until last year that was brilliant, finally upgraded because it wouldn't work well with W7, and my new printer is shit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bing Posted May 28, 2013 Report Share Posted May 28, 2013 (edited) I meant my old man does it on an industrial scale, using a 4 colour printing press. It wouldn't take long to do this for him, an hour or two at the most. 200 copies of a 12pp a4 book will use at least 350 sheets of sra2 paper, which is 640x450. Then it has to be folded and bound up Edited May 28, 2013 by bing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muel Posted May 28, 2013 Report Share Posted May 28, 2013 He's on about mass produced printing, ie lithographic or flexographicRead the posts again dude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bing Posted May 28, 2013 Report Share Posted May 28, 2013 I did. Just edited it dude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Revolver Posted May 28, 2013 Report Share Posted May 28, 2013 May I just take this opportunity to say that there is no such thing as a good printer (device). They're all utter pieces of crap designed to make your life more miserable than it already is. So your idea of commissioning this is a good one, you'll survive but you'll have blood on your hands because someone is going to commit suicide before he gets the job done. How many printers have you murdered so far? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted May 29, 2013 Report Share Posted May 29, 2013 How many printers have you murdered so far? Just 3, I've found that the best way is to use someone else's printer. That way you respect it more than if it was your own I think Tarty Adam is also a printer murderer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anzo Posted May 29, 2013 Report Share Posted May 29, 2013 Alex, I assume you're not buying Inkjet? Just Laser? If this is for business purposes I'd suggest you look at printer leasing on a pay per page (PPP) solution. You pay a monthly base rate for the printer which normally includes maintenance and consumables. You may be able to get a contract with HP directly, I wouldn't recommend any other printer manufacture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Aston Posted May 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2013 Thanks for the help guys. The document in question I made I'm publisher and when I try and export it as a PDF it seems to muddle all the pages up. Any suggestions on why this may be happening or what I could do to rectify it. Thanks Joe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted May 30, 2013 Report Share Posted May 30, 2013 Alex, I assume you're not buying Inkjet? Just Laser? If this is for business purposes I'd suggest you look at printer leasing on a pay per page (PPP) solution. You pay a monthly base rate for the printer which normally includes maintenance and consumables. You may be able to get a contract with HP directly, I wouldn't recommend any other printer manufacture. Thanks Matt but I don't print enough to justify such use. Monthly use is 50-100 labels (smaller than A5 even) + no more than 200 pages of documents. I guess this solution would be good for large uses of 2k+ ? Didn't know about this though, thanks for the info! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted May 30, 2013 Report Share Posted May 30, 2013 For my printing I generally use www.inkylittlefingers.co.uk Good, reasonably priced, reasonably quick, reliable. Not sure about your publisher issue, sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anzo Posted May 30, 2013 Report Share Posted May 30, 2013 Thanks Matt but I don't print enough to justify such use. Monthly use is 50-100 labels (smaller than A5 even) + no more than 200 pages of documents. I guess this solution would be good for large uses of 2k+ ? Didn't know about this though, thanks for the info! Hmm, depends on the printer. We have basic low usage printers quoted at 200-1000 pages per month. I couldn't tell you the exact model but I can check if you're interested - but they're pretty bullet proof. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted May 30, 2013 Report Share Posted May 30, 2013 (edited) Hmm, depends on the printer. We have basic low usage printers quoted at 200-1000 pages per month. I couldn't tell you the exact model but I can check if you're interested - but they're pretty bullet proof. They need to be sledgehammer proof and that won't help either since I'll just find something else to treat it with. I'm really not looking for a new printer, it's just a waste of money. My temper is way too short. Edited May 31, 2013 by Greetings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted May 31, 2013 Report Share Posted May 31, 2013 Haha, I don't think even super glue will fix that mate. I too need a printer, but really not up for paying £40-50 for a crap one that won't last long and I can't justify professional price tags (To be honest, I don't even know what a pro printer costs, thousands I'd imagine). The joys of working in an office means I can print stuff at work as long I don't take the piss - one or two letters or something, not a full colour brochure lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Aston Posted June 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2013 Thanks for the helps guys. I think iv got something sorted now. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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