Estimating the Printing and Binding Cost for Soft Cover Perfect Bound Books

[@danielmccauley8829]

I discovered this channel and now use it to teach a graphics & printing online to my students since the schools are closed. AWESOME!

[@justaprinter]

Thats the best news I heard all day! AWESOME!!!

[@danielmccauley8829]

@@justaprinter Keep up the good work. I NEED this stuff!

[@OrbitRex6215]

Is your printing business located in Florida? What is the name?

[@MatteoConsolati]

@@OrbitRex6215 see is the logo in the t-shirt

[@CrownPublishingContent]

@daniel McCauley please email me ! I'm an Texan Publisher and am looking to invest in printing machine equipment this year! This video was needed along the course of my research because I wanted to know how much in EXPENSES I am truly looking at. You teach printing classes? I am very interested

[@ulookgood594]

I am in the Printing field. I have been working for a printer for 30 years. Your channel is nothing but the truth about the print world. Thank you for putting this channel together.

[@justaprinter]

You bet! Thank you for watching!

[@pondorbox]

I was about to shut off my computer when I saw a notification on my KZbin account. Boom !! Dan has posted a new video !! This is by far one of the best video I've watched since I discovered your channel ! Such good and clear explanations, valuable advices !! Thanks a lot and have a nice weekend !

[@justaprinter]

Glad you liked it, thanks!!

[@mandirthiam]

I’m a graphic designer and I am very interesting to run a small printing shop, I’m learning a lot from you thank you for sharing your knowledge. AWESOME

[@justaprinter]

Great to hear!

[@AntipaladinPedigri]

I have ADHD and I LOVE the all over the place structure of the vids. You go through all the good parts while being pretty indepth, not go through it linearily, leaving the best parts for the end where I might not see it, having lost interest before that point.

[@justaprinter]

That’s great! Glad you like it!

[@produceking71]

I am so tired of the perfect binder. Spent 12 hours running the beast today. I admire you and your videos.

[@justaprinter]

Thats a long day!

[@karolina5658]

Wow! I am an estimator and we use complicated computer systems to estimate. So amazing to see you doing it on spreadsheet and piece of paper !! Good stuff :)

[@justaprinter]

I'm a simple man. :)

[@jorgevillalona7215]

@@justaprinter ...And I would add--- ''someone to trust as well''.

[@PrabhakarGandham-w3e]

Ggdh

[@BalajeeSeshadri]

Great Video. No one shares these type of details to general public. Great work. Please continue.

[@justaprinter]

Thank you, I will

[@marindastressino1741]

Very, very good video. Informative, concise and pleasant to watch. Thank you for taking the time to make this video and upload it.

[@justaprinter]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@prasadamuzcategui566]

You are awesome... Thanks, This has been the most helpful video on estimating printing costs I have seen.

[@harmonyadjetey4418]

It's been very helpful to me. I always struggle with estimating and pricing.

[@jimbojuan]

One thing I would add... once you figure out your final sale price, compare it to the market value by checking other online printing companies. Even though you added your profit %, you may still be undercutting the market and missing out on additional profit or vice versa. Always sell at what the market says it's worth.

[@justaprinter]

Great point, I do compare my pricing with others. Thanks for pointing that out.

[@scottya1968]

Great topic, I'm dealing with the digital vs. offset issue in my shop at the moment. It's a tough one to explain to people that are not familiar with the processes of how things are printed.

[@justaprinter]

Yeah, I could have made this a one hour video if I wanted to. Haha!

[@captainkeyboard1007]

@@justaprinter That would have been nice.

[@kota7219]

Great information, very professional . . . .waiting for ur BHR Video. As you are using preowned equipment I am looking forward to a video on how and points need to be taken care of in buying preowned equipment. Thanks a lot for sharing your knowledge!

[@justaprinter]

Good idea! Thanks!

[@johnkian47]

Thank you for the video of book estimation. It was educational and I apply the same in my work and it looks great and promising. Much appreciated!

[@rahimer]

I love your frankness and honesty. Thank you. Have a couple questions please: Can you explain the binding cost. Also is the click cost basically toner cost?

[@c2sartinkprinthub757]

This is a delight and suprised that you talk about the km-1. You are right the UV inkjet printing now being applied to presses this is expected since the real issue is the speed of printing. Again, thank you for the insight.

[@justaprinter]

You bet!

[@johnkian47]

Thank you very much for your comments. It has been very educational. Much appreciated.

[@justaprinter]

You are very welcome

[@pkiley111]

I've watched a bunch of your videos and always enjoy them- I'm wondering if you have software or some other way to track toner usage in a print job? for purposes of generating accurate pricing.

[@brothersministries5294]

This is awesome information. It is all I need to get into my book on-demand printing set-up. Thanks

[@justaprinter]

You bet!

[@butacasonline]

I see you from Uruguay .. I bought a Konica C1060 .. and your videos helped me a lot .. even how to transport it .. since I live in the interior .. (paysandu) .. now I was able to translate your videos into Spanish and I understand more haha .. thanks for all that help you give in your videos... I don't know if you have videos on how to change the transfer belt and cylinders... but if not... do them!!! thanks thanks

[@justaprinter]

Yes I do have videos about that. Thanks for watching

[@bobnandez]

cuanto cuesta montar un negocio de impresión de libros ?

[@captainkeyboard1007]

This economics subject is so valuable that I am looking for another video show about the same subject. It is something that I could use in my typewriting business. You are an excellent teacher. Also, I am subscribed to your channel. I am pleased to learn from you.

[@justaprinter]

Welcome to the channel!

[@captainkeyboard1007]

@@justaprinter Thank you, and I wish you Happy Printing and Happy Designing!

[@EkaraLibrae]

This was indeed useful. For me, the 'out source' is not an option. I will need three full time staff to print a minimum of one billion books. My 40+ year project is coming to an end.

[@surfaceartstudio2497]

Thank you for being person you doing such an incredible job and sharing your story... God Bless

[@justaprinter]

You are so welcome!

[@soohashhungsraz5994]

I am inthe printing business too, and your videos are spot on! You have my likes and subscribe!!

[@justaprinter]

Welcome aboard!

[@karllagerfeld3137]

Great points. Very professional approach to quoting! Fair for all!

[@justaprinter]

Thanks! Fair for all equals success for all!

[@squatchhammer7215]

I enjoyed the video even though I am not a printer. I always had an interest in printing because for some reason books give me an euphoria when ever I am around a huge amount of them. The estimation rules tend to be the same across to doing machining jobs. It's all about knowing what your costs are and the level of units of product you have to make. It does give me an idea of what to look for if you ever want to have a book printed.

[@justaprinter]

Yes, estimating is very similar across different professions. I too like to hear how others make decisions to see if I can get any new insight! Thanks for watching!

[@johnhy7]

Great info. Thanks. As a printer, how do you make sure the colors in color prints coming out of your machines are acceptable?

[@justaprinter]

Cleanliness, replacing consumables before necessary, regular calibration. I find that the harder you run the equipment the better they perform.

[@polyrythmical]

Just look at it.. Not trying to be funny here.. But the more seasoned the eye gets, things are easier to spot

[@siimplyme6052]

Can you please suggest paper equivalent to chorus art gloss 100lb? Also a good saddle stich machine for book pages 100 or more. Thank you so much looking forward to hear from you

[@liviuc1946]

One of my first jobs had this stupid rule (had the advantage of being fast) of charging double the paper. I wonder why they went bust... ;) Estimating is fun for the "weird" ones, especially when trying to manage how accurate do you want to be. But yes, I would have split the covers as well (I am sure you do too, it was just for the video that you took a shortcut), I would have included a bit more paper for tests (the binding surely will give you a few bad books you would have to cover somehow by printing more. Of course those can come out of profit, but... it would be nicer to account for them too... And to explain for those not "weird", the beauty is to create the spreadsheet for this and see how the price changes when you change some numbers, like how many books you want, and also checking after the job was done if the assumptions were correct.

[@justaprinter]

Wohoo! I'm not the only weird one!

[@survivalSC]

Yup you need meds. I recommend Xanax and Adderall. You have some real problems lol

[@caesarsampson4987]

Very informative, thanks for sharing. I want to start my own print business and I have found your videos to be very helpful.

[@justaprinter]

Good to hear! Good luck on starting your own business!!!!!

[@caesarsampson4987]

@@justaprinter Thank you

[@TheJOELFREITAS10]

Hi Dan, this is first time that I write a comment in KZbin after many years of watch people do things that I like. Thank you for the inspiration and all the knowledge given. Today we receive our first digital press ( RICOH 7200) we are large format printing business that want to grow into paper. I’ve bought besides the RICOH: - Challenge 305 - AB Dick 58 - Bostitch # 7 My question for guidance is: how do you get new customers? I have my current ones but how you get those that want booklets, NCR forms, etc? Any ideas... I’m excited for what’s coming! Again thank you for all the wisdom ✌🏻

[@justaprinter]

Start telling everyone what you can do and the word will spread, good luck!

[@TheJOELFREITAS10]

Just A Printer Thank you! I’m doing my best. ✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻

[@krishnayer]

Love the way you run your press single handedly. I very much want to do something very similar to what you are doing. Run a press independently. One man army. By the way I own a KM C6500 !!

[@justaprinter]

It is challenging, but I enjoy it! C6500 is a beast!

[@scottdonovan4841]

Have you already done a video on calculating BHR? That's definitely something I am interested in learning more about.

[@justaprinter]

You know, I thought I did. But I cannot find it, I guess I'll have to do one on BHR.

[@javiersoria3710]

Perfectly explained! Greetings

[@justaprinter]

Glad you liked it!

[@gmc5946]

hey bud. im just starting in printing business and may I ask what is your most common paper used for covers? and what gsm that could work in toner based printer. thanks a lot.

[@blueghost4121]

Hey man ive been watching for a few weeks now. Just subscribed. I have a sign shop and run out of my garage. One thing i get asked a LOT are for businesses cards. I dont know sh*t about it. I have a HP Latex printer and know about signage not small format printing. Whats a good start off printer for business cards?

[@ricardosandres6861]

Hi, Im new in Digital printing, is there by any chance a way to adjust the percent of toner my printer would use? So I can make the most out of every toner cartridge, thanks in advance my friend! Been learning a lot from your videos btw

[@jpb7425]

Hello Dan! I just discovered your channel and I can't tell you how much I'm thankful that you created it. I'd like to know if you print comic books (6x9) and how I can contact you to order some. Many thanks and keep up the good work.

[@justaprinter]

Glad you like the channel, you can email me at [e-mail]

[@annpippin6388]

Is that $1.65 .per page?

[@yuelsjonathan]

Really useful!! I was thinking about that topic

[@justaprinter]

Glad it was helpful!

[@yossir273]

Love your videos very informative keep them coming

[@justaprinter]

Thanks!!

[@jclabitoria2672]

I'm just new to printing and your content helps me a lot! I just want to ask, how much does a full 12x18 colored print costs? how much do you usually charge for small to bulk orders?

[@justaprinter]

Glad to hear I'm helping you out. Price varies depending on the paper and print quantity. 10 sheets= $50 and 1000 sheets= $380

[@ttms]

Have you ever saddle stitched a job that you ran through your Morgana first? I have a customer that brought me a sample that is 100lb cover with a creased fold in the middle. How would you finish the job? Thanks for showing your bid process, it's very helpful.

[@justaprinter]

Yup, I score covers all the time. You could print and crease your covers, then load them back in your press and print the booklets. Assigning a pre-printed cover in the Fiery.

[@philanderson1200]

I own a 2 color Ryobi 3302 offset press. A Oki Data full color envelope printer. A handful of Konica Minolta copiers along with my workhorse Konica Minolta Accurio 2060. I also use Franklin Estimator software to quote jobs

[@justaprinter]

Neat, I'll have to look into that Franklin estimator software.

[@luisalfaro8971]

Love it 👌🏻 hey Dan did you change the hydraulic oil in your Challenge? video please, i have the same cutter 😁.

[@justaprinter]

I didn't yet. It will be happening before too long.

[@caveman5319]

Great video. How about a video on prepress? Thanks.

[@justaprinter]

Great suggestion! I'll work on that.

[@sethgold6950]

A BIG Thanks 🙏 from Germany 🇩🇪

[@justaprinter]

You are welcome.

[@ahmedaden5101]

Thank you so much, this video is awesome. just a quick one, the "per-click" do you mean the ink/toner cost?

[@justaprinter]

Thats is correct. Click cost covers the cost of consumable parts and toner.

[@bearpump]

Dan, why wouldn’t the KM-1 still produce book blocks for you? I would think you’d be getting 4-up letter or 8-up digest pre-collated blocks. You might need a bigger cutter (automated back-gauge!!!) but you’re PB wouldn’t need to change. Maybe a block feeder added for longer run-times between feedings but that would be it, I would think.

[@justaprinter]

You are correct. I could still print collated book blocks. I still cannot get over the print quality on that! I cannot wait until that technology gets implemented on smaller more economical machines!

[@yskwong]

We always outsource our jobs when our presses are full, or unable to fulfill our customer's jobs on time, due to backlogs. I see that you're working alone, is it efficient to do so? But of course, we have large format inkjets, digital, offset, binderies, die-cut, folder gluers, etc. So we have a lot more labor than that. Very informational videos you have, just found your channel and subscribed. :)

[@justaprinter]

Welcome! On one had working alone is efficient because labor costs are minimized. The downside it my equipment is not running as much as it could be. I am grateful and happy though.

[@yskwong]

@@justaprinter Yeah, it's possible with digital presses, because as you're printing, you can do your other finishings/post presses. I see your laminator is fully automatic too, so that's a good thing. I didn't manage to see your auto creaser. The ones we use are semi-auto, or manual, but of course, they're a lot cheaper.

[@AsanEnglish]

Could you please make a video about Horizon SPF 20A?

[@jorgevillalona7215]

Mr. Printer... I'm Jorge (George) from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. I'm really interested to get in touch with you in a more direct way, to disccuss about the cost of a possible production. I would appreciate if you can provide me with more information on how to get in direct contact with you. Thank you. I'll be looking forward.

[@PentaconSixExpert]

Very interesting and helpful. Thank you!

[@justaprinter]

You're very welcome!

[@ilovetech8341]

where do I find your website to submit a print job for a paperback novel?

[@hcortes731218]

hi there, First of all, thank you for all your information. However, I have a question, what exactly do you refer to when you said "Cost per Click?

[@justaprinter]

A click refers to imaging one side of a sheet of paper. So, both sides printed would be two clicks.

[@johnwolf7073]

this video helped a lot! thank you!

[@kd7656]

India quotation 100gsm paper 18x23 size sheet = 12000/- (157 $) Single colour printing with CTP plate(11 plate ×800/-)=8800 (125$) Cover title 300gsm art paper 3000 RS multicolor offset printing charge + 2000/- RS 300gsm paper + thermal lamination 2000/- RS = 7000 RS (100$) Perfect Binding = 12000 /- (171$) Offset Total price = 553$ toata always watch your videos and enjoying sir

[@justaprinter]

Glad you like the videos! Thank you for this comparison. It is very interesting to see the difference in prices.

[@ryananthony4840]

I keep commenting on your older videos lol.... But when it comes to paperback type books I think toner is crisper, but crisp isn't exactly the priority on offset for that....... They're books. Offset shines on high end, high quality, high quantity work...... Offset is king of overall efficiency in that realm for sure

[@justaprinter]

Yes, offset will always be king of high quality and high quantity. I agree, the dense black of toner machines is great. I still cannot get on board with inkjet.

[@Sultani92]

Have you thought about using a KM inline perfect binder PB-503? If you are servicing KM yourself it will be less labourious. One click, out comes a perfect bound book. It wont be 4 up but ease of use much simpler?

[@justaprinter]

I have thought about it. They just are not heavy duty enough. They will also slow down the production of the press.

[@Sultani92]

@@justaprinter Do you run your press after hours? I load paper in my old C6000, print 50 books (330 pages bw) and pick them up in the morning. I do get paper jams sometimes which I attribute to having old technology (pre vaccum feed and the PB binder rollers not being 100% perfect-usually more issues with humidity). Only drawback is cover stock has to be thin not super thick.

[@justaprinter]

@@Sultani92 I do run them after hours from time to time. I live on the same property so I watch them run jobs from my phone. :)

[@SuperAlgio]

Can you use a preprinted and laminated cover with this inline perfect binder? Great inspiration this channel, thank you

[@Sultani92]

@@SuperAlgio We did but not coated on inside.

[@PracticalTacticalSheepDog]

Are there any situations where you would refuse to print a book? Have you ever had customers come to you with oddball books they wanted printed? Like stuff that isn't illegal to print but is highly sketchy

[@justaprinter]

Yes I have turned some jobs down like that. Or gave a high price to deter them.

[@digitalgravityusa4001]

Great work my friend! I will be contacting you. I would like to print my first paperback. Thanks for your info! -Dave

[@justaprinter]

Glad to help!

[@diagalloway2959]

Hello! How much would you charge for a 1:1 coaching on how to print and bind books? Including a run down on machines and prices, etc?

[@justaprinter]

Sorry, I just don't have the time yet to offer this. Maybe some day.

[@amadigweprincechristopher6850]

Can you do a video on requirements for start ups. Prices of machines as well

[@justaprinter]

Yes, I should be able to do something like that.

[@amadigweprincechristopher6850]

@@justaprinter thanks

[@anetnakyewa6874]

Hello I’m a big fun of yours. U said your cost per click A4 size paper is 0.025$ is it at 20%,60% or 100% ink coverage

[@justaprinter]

I just calculate the average of every sheet I print.

[@algirdassokolnikas4087]

HANDBOOK OF PRINT MEDIA was like almanah in my printing studies :D Now i think all 4 years we learn just that one book :DD

[@justaprinter]

You know it! Lots of info in there!

[@didirobert3657]

Are you familiar with any academic or independent literary/poetry magazines? I am wanting to start my own poetry magazine. I will probably do anywhere from 50-150 pages per issue. It would be a small run of 200-500. I was thinking of getting my own printing equipment. Then I realized how much the equipment costs, plus how complicated it would be for me to operate. So, I was thinking of starting off with six issues a year, before eventually building up to twelve a year. Do you have any idea of much much something like that would run me? If you don't think my needs would best be met by your printing company, can you help point me in the right direction?

[@justaprinter]

I print a few annual literary magazines for colleges. I'd be happy to give you a quote. Email me the size, page count, binding style and print quantity at [e-mail] and I'll get back to you.

[@didirobert3657]

@@justaprinter OK, I will. Thank you.

[@timdarcamper]

So do you sell the job for $1,775 or do you add the 40 - 60% to put it somewhere in the $2,500 range?

[@justaprinter]

The $1775 is before profit. So cost to the customer would be more like $2700

[@itsiffi]

Hi Dan, how to calculate cost per click, with known CMYK ink coverages, for an A4 size flyer? Do you have any source or reference?

[@justaprinter]

@@itsiffi I kept track of all costs and divide that by number of clicks. Do this for several months and you will begin to see what costs are.

[@fredjaffe379]

Hello Hello Hello ..... Would you please show us your perfect binding equipment ...... Many Thanks

[@soleypas]

I needed this, thank you :)

[@justaprinter]

You're so welcome!

[@GIBKEL]

Just a question...I bought a digital book called the Beato Book-a music learning book-400 some pages-where do I go to get it printed and how much can I expect to pay? Maybe it wasn’t such a good deal. Even if it was just spiral bound to make it easier to open. Hope I’m not under asking....if that’s a thing. I just want to be able to look to learn. Screens are ruining my eyes.

[@justaprinter]

Not sure where to turn you for that. Maybe google copies online.

[@GIBKEL]

@@justaprinter thanks for response....any information is good information.

[@songnkoh]

Wow so great where are you based. So the cost of Printing a 1000 books will be about 1800 dollars right does this including shopping

[@justaprinter]

There would be profit added to that. Shipping not included. Pricing will change depending on the page count.

[@KEEPONGOING629]

Can you please advise the size of those press sheets. 13 x 19? 14 x 26?

[@justaprinter]

13 x 19

[@copycenter8763]

i just want to ask how much money do you need to have a print shop like that? what do you do when you run out of money but you want to invest in your bussines??

[@justaprinter]

It depends if you want to buy new or used. Where you are located. You can easily look for machines in your area for current pricing. You can always get a loan if you run out of cash.

[@AlexZandernt]

Correct assessment is the foundation of any business. Thx )

[@justaprinter]

You know it!

[@МайклАртурович]

Why did you buy Konica PRESS? What do you think about Xerox?

[@101artmedia]

I believe ricoh is the best, I would like to see your answer @justaprinter

[@justaprinter]

I purchased Konica because they were more economical to operate and currently have a large share of the digital print market. Xerox makes great machines too, but they are more expensive. Since quality is similar, I chose the cheaper option.

[@justaprinter]

@@101artmedia I have a little Ricoh copier and I like that thing. I have not had any experience with Ricoh production machines. I would be tempted to give them a try but I am very happy with my Konica machines.

[@muhammadrizalabadi7887]

@@justaprinter I have a suggestion to try Ricoh C9200

[@101artmedia]

@@muhammadrizalabadi7887 the are the best in the market, 5201s 7100 and higher models are monster

[@mussoliniducho]

Dan, я очень часто наблюдаю, что ты печатаешь небольшие заливки цветом на 1070 и 3070. Вопрос такой: не рассматривал ли ты струйные промышленные машины для высокой скорости и более дешевые в эксплуатации, такие как Riso, для решения снижения себестоимости печати? ведь на цифровых машинах есть не только тонер, но и проходы драм-картриджей, а цена их немая. Жду ответа.

[@justaprinter]

Я посмотрел на машины comcolor, и они оценивают ту же цену в 1 цент за страницу, что и у меня с машинами Konica с самообслуживанием. Цвет на comcolor тоже не такой приятный, на мой взгляд, тем не менее, приближается.

[@mussoliniducho]

@@justaprinter но есть еще Brenva, много других струйных решений) И скорость печати на Riso именно для текста около 160, с возможностью Rip и обработки только цветных элементов без фото. И Riso точно дешевле 1 цента при небольшой заливке, но нет ресурсных частей кроме головок и краски. Краску можно купить дешевле в Японии (совместимую, неоригинальную). Просто с учетом увеличения тиражей C1070 и 3070 потребуют замены на C6100. А потом и на 12000 и 14000 (если вы видели эти машины)...К тому же есть тиражи, когда не особо важно качество, а важно заработать чуть больше прибыли на том, что потратить меньше своих ресурсов, как времени, так и расходных материалов.))

[@justaprinter]

@@mussoliniducho Да, было бы хорошо дополнить мои нынешние тонерные машины струйной. Только для работ с низким уровнем покрытия чернилами. Благодарность!

[@gunnerz7571]

Is your target range of 40%-60% profit a markup or gross margin? Markup would be very low it seems, not even doubling your money. Am I missing something?

[@justaprinter]

You can add as much profit as you'd like. I have different profit margins depending on what I'm doing.

[@albertoqba]

men what a video. let me ask you, what do you mean when you say click cost? i am new in this print world, perhaps is a common fhrase...

[@justaprinter]

Click cost refers to imaging one side of a sheet of paper. That is how service agreements are set up. One sheet printed on one side would be one click. Double sided would be two clicks.

[@mirajstationers]

Very interesting, I want to develop this type of setup.

[@justaprinter]

Its fun!

[@halexp]

i want create my book now ty

[@justaprinter]

Do it

[@christianbucal6933]

Your voice is like an ASMR. hehe. Anyway, thanks for sharing these knowledge. :)

[@justaprinter]

Absolutely.

[@kraftyiam]

Great information - thank you

[@justaprinter]

Thanks for watching! Don't forget to like the videos!

[@alweimin]

Really is amazing and help me

[@justaprinter]

Good to hear!

[@iMaximus82]

Спасибо за полезное разьяснение стоимости!

[@justaprinter]

Пожалуйста

[@MohamedYaseen1]

hi, what paper size do you use? we don't have press size here on India.

[@justaprinter]

It would depend on the books size and what machine I use to print it. Anywhere from 11.25 x 17.5 to 13 x 19 inches.

[@Uniprnt]

From what I can see you don't seem to use a computerized pricing program. Any reason why?

[@justaprinter]

I use a spreadsheet. Which is pretty much a pricing program. Reason is that it is very easy to use. I can make any change I want to how pricing is calculated and it is free.

[@edwardcongdon6345]

yes you should get a martini hand feed sewing machine. The big Smyth ones are too slow. Probably a FK 2 S would be best . Or a brehmer which is more robust than the Martini but doesnt sew a big size which you need to be able to do

[@justaprinter]

Thanks! If I can make it work, some day I would like to sew books in-house. I'll look into these machines.

[@neohex6663]

worth it ♥

[@naivetestudios5939]

Will your print shop be interested in printing a Book for us.

[@justaprinter]

Send me the specs and I'll see if its a good fit for me. [e-mail]

[@leviteapparel]

cool info.

[@justaprinter]

Thanks for watching!

[@halexp]

i love you!

[@justaprinter]

Thanks

[@alpha-bet3964]

so my 1700 page book (front and back) only has approximately 850 pages?

[@justaprinter]

A 1700 page book has 1700 pages on 850 sheets.

[@alpha-bet3964]

@@justaprinter thanks alot

[@ioakimmakis9288]

i have always thought inject printing is more expensive than lazer printing...hello from Greece

[@justaprinter]

I think it depends on ink coverage.

[@Elric54]

Why have you blocked the few windows in your shop?

[@justaprinter]

They are no longer exterior windows. Thats where we built our warehouse. :)

[@andristefanus]

sir what paper do you use for books like novel?

[@justaprinter]

60lb offset which is 89 gsm

[@arthurlim2030]

Hi, how much is the toner cost per page ? Single side .

[@justaprinter]

I don't calculate toner costs per page. I use consumables per page. Color would be about $0.04 and black would be around $0.01. That will be less if you service yourself.

[@blackflagqwerty]

Does your binder have PUR, hotmelt or both?

[@justaprinter]

Hotmelt.

[@DiscountPrintingSer]

@@justaprinter What's the difference in PUR and hotmelt?

[@blackflagqwerty]

@@DiscountPrintingSer PUR (Polyurethane reactive) is a lot stronger than traditional hotmelt. The only downside is the higher cost and the cure time usually 24 hours.

[@jyothiaravindan]

Useful ❤

[@justaprinter]

Good to hear!

[@edwardcongdon6345]

you mention that if you had a B1 you could print signatures. This is a common misunderstanding by "instant printers" You have the machinery right there . A gatherer folder .. Just remove the staple wire and print 4pp sheets then gather and fold them and guess what you have your section. !! You can then do a 32pp A4 section which you cannot do with the Konica press

[@justaprinter]

You are correct. The only issue would be that my bindery couldn't automatically sew them. They need signatures with a .25 inch lip for their machines to gather and feed. I could hand-feed them into a smyth sewing machine I guess. Am I correct in that?

[@anthonycolbert6101]

How much for just 100 books