Starting A Printing Business, Why I Bought A Konica Minolta

Hopefully this helps some people with taking the leap to purchasing your first printer or machine for your business. Xerox, Konica Minolta, Canon, Ricoh will all deliver you a product that you can sell your customer.

[@1982mako224]

Veteran equipment dealer. Xerox would be a distant fourth place finisher well behind Konica, Ricoh and Canon in the production space......and in the office space too. Konica, Ricoh and Canon are by far the top manufacturers with the best equipment. Dollar Buyout Leases I would advise against as the interest you're paying going that route is very high. You're actually better off doing a Fair Market Value lease and negotiating the buyout with the finance company (note I said finance company) at the end of term IF big IF you want to keep the machine at the end of five years. Your needs five years from now may be totally different. Most important of all, unless you're the exceedingly rare person who can service their own production copier (basically nobody but a trained professional can properly service these machines), your biggest consideration needs to be your choice of dealer. The choice of dealer is more important than the brand on the front of your printer. When your lease payment is hundreds, a thousand or a couple thousand dollars per month you have to have that machine up and running. You could have the best machine in the world but if the dealer or their technicians are incompetent, far away, or just don't care because they low balled the service contract your down time will be exponentially higher. Often you will find that the dealers quoting the lowest prices also have terrible reputations on the service side. Its not cheap to have competent, factory trained, technicians and product specialists, not to mention have an inventory of parts. Expect the best dealer to not necessarily be the cheapest. Don't take the salesman's word for it.....even be suspect of dealer provided references. Ask around. Talk to your local chamber of commerce or others in the business. . Any reputable dealer will be proud to give you a tour of their entire operation. Its a red flag if you can't go beyond the showroom or especially if their facility is JUST a showroom. Meet the people who run their service department. You'd be surprised how many disreputable copier companies are out there. Also a lot of one man bands that are hiding behind impressive websites. Used? Only, I repeat ONLY buy a pre-owned machine from a reputable dealer who you know is going to stand behind the machine. eBay.....NO WAY. There are also a lot of on-line brokers of used equipment who just want to move a machine and they don't give a rip what happens to you once the machine is sold. Those on line sellers would be a BIG no-way too no matter how impressive their pricing or their websites or claims of being local or partnering with local dealers. RUN. I've got no shortage of horror stories I could tell about businesses who thought they got a good deal on-line for a used copier only to find out they bought a piece of garbage that nobody can fix or that looks good but is actually very old in terms of copiers. Beyond 8 years old you are on borrowed time with any copier manufacturer especially post-covid. If in doubt of the age of the model you will often find a copyright date on the brochure somewhere in the margins. Lot of info. Hope it helps someone.

[@orestes29]

Would you mind me asking you your opinion on something? Is there any way I can contact you? Thanks in advance.

[@justaprinter]

Wow, that was great and very interesting. Thanks for sharing your wisdom. You make me wonder how post-covid might negatively effect service and parts. I have not thought of that. Time will tell. Thanks again!

[@hectorgomez6732]

A lot of good advice in your comment.

[@micaiahjock8565]

Damn, am enlightened.

[@rositagutierrez348]

thankssss

[@FlashPrint-pf4ec]

yo comencé con una ricoh de oficina una pmc3000 buen equipo pero tenia sus limitaciones en calidad y en gramajes luego me cambie a xerox 550 muy buena calidad pero los costos de producción eran muy caros y luego compre una Konica c454 y esa si me rindió full los tonners así que ya que verifique con trabajo q si era mas económico me fui x una Konica press c1060 usada y me fue muy bien luego compre una ricoh pro 5100 también me parece excelente equipa mas económico los suministros pero se desgastan mas rápido también así que tengo las 3 marcas por que me parece a cada una tiene sus fortalezas en alguna y ahora ya nos fuimos x una konica press c4070 por que ya teníamos limitaciones con gramaje y ya ganamos hasta 360 gr por que antes solo teníamos hasta 300 gr. esa es mi humilde experiencia desde ecuador.

[@alfredomadrid873]

Saludos. ¿Cuál recomiendas para impresión de libros en negro en papel crema de 65 gramos?

[@adstractpl]

hi, I recently bought a used Konica Minolta bh c6500, before that I printed a little on the c224e KM. I recommend everyone to buy KM production machines, there is an obvious difference between photocopier machines and a production machine. In Poland, yesterday, on June 4, we celebrated the Day of the Printers. I wish all printers around the world rich orders and great customers. Greetings!

[@LarrySteiner]

"Day of the Printer" I like it!

[@ACIDICcitric]

C14000 is frigging amazing - they sent out test prints around the office with embellishments from a MGI they look amazing

[@kepesian]

What kind of products do you print ? I'd like to buy c6500 as well( or c6000/7000) to use 350gsm with no duplex - have you tried

[@adstractpl]

@@kepesian there were such tests and the machine prints on 350gsm, I do not know if it is on all surfaces. I tried on a coated mat of course not duplex

[@justaprinter]

Day of the Printer, I cannot believe I missed it!! I'll mark my calendar for next year!

[@garysanders2872]

Deciding between the top companies, and which is the best option, is not just price. There is service. And when you own a production machine, service availability and the quality of the service staff is actually more important than the price of the equipment. We have leased Ricoh machines exclusively in our location since 2008 due to Konica service issues in the past, when we had those. And have never looked back. Ricohs service techs are very-very good and why most of their techs have been with the company for many years.

[@chorleyprint3813]

We started out by reselling print and it’s a great way to start. The issue we found though was that local customers expect printing done quicker than trade printers could offer so we ended up buying a Konica copier. Ran that for about 6 months and then bought a Xerox C560 which was awful in the end. Quality was good but the placement on the page was shocking. We’ve now got a Konica C3070 and absolutely love it. Prints everything we throw at it with ease. Definitely a Konica fan now.

[@justaprinter]

Thanks for sharing. I agree, some people want their prints NOW! :)

[@scottfranco1962]

I do binding in my garage. I noticed that the office machines I had access to would print high GSM covers, so bought a OKI 9650. It was still viable when I got rid of it, but OKI exited the printer business and would no longer provide support, so after some 15 years it developed a print issue and the repair shops would not touch it. I ended up with a Xerox Versalink C8000. Its a LED bar printer, which means it can do 11x17 300 gsm covers. I even run 11x19 though it in the bypass tray to make full size 8.5x11 bound books. I also bought a Chinese C50 binder, about a knockoff copy of the BQ-140 binder. Based on your videos, I got a single side laminator setup, formerly I was using spray fixatif on the covers. I have a used Triumph 4810 cutter which is a TANK and will never die. The result is I can produce gloss laminate good quality perfect bound books for less than $5000 total outlay. That's usually a $10k and up capability. The thing I learned: be ware of refurbishers. There are a lot of crooks running around nowadays, who find junked machines, send them to you and then fight against returns or refunds. I learned this the hard way.

[@LatitudeSky]

Service! It is IMPERATIVE to ask each sales rep how many technicians they actually have in the field in your area for the machines you are looking at. Because the stuff breaks and everybody is thin as hell on service. In my major city, two different major, major printer companies each have no more than two techs on at any time, and just one at night. For a whole city, and some of these folks take calls across a whole region. So if something breaks, and you are in trouble, how long do you REALLY have to wait. Talk to existing users if you can. Talk to the actual machine operators and ask them how long it takes. Have the big printer machine companies forced all their field techs into early retirement, have the rest quit and there's one guy doing the work of 8. Sales reps won't yell you the true bad news. And this matters when you are paying 10s of thousands of bucks for a service contract. Are parts included? Is there a parts budget so low, the techs can't do anything but PMs?

[@1982mako224]

I am a dealer (and a former technician) and you just hit the nail on the head. I just wrote a lengthy post above. Ask to tour their facility. Meet the service manager and the dispatcher. Check out their warehouse. Any reputable dealer will be proud to give you a tour of their facility.

[@justaprinter]

Yes, I totally forgot to mention that. Glad you and other have my back in the comments! Thanks!

[@MrEklips1]

When i started working in print shop 3 years ago, we had Develop C1060 & Konica Minolta C1085. Now i operate on two C1085, two C3070 and C1070.

[@ryanbartolo3849]

Hi Eklips,have you encountered a carriage slide rail problem on C1070? if yes,how did you solve it?

[@MrEklips1]

@@ryanbartolo3849 I don't have any problems with this machine besides drums/wires/developers. After something like 900k clicks i had to change transfer belt and thats it- 1070 is a beast.

[@justaprinter]

Thats some serious power between those machines. Sounds like you have some fun!

[@hadzisnezanagriva7975]

I love watching you. And period. The topics you talk about are great for us. Please continue with good work

[@justaprinter]

Thank you, I will

[@johnweaver1198]

When I had my Bindery there was also an opportunity to put ink on paper.... We had a huge electronics company tank and they had IBM infoprint 1567's everywhere you turn. Those days are gone however the value was the fire sale on the final weekend and I bought the comsumables out of the stockroom for a price that people would not believe had they not been there. My point is look at the angle of who is going down the tubes and how can you act on it. With my investment it literally made a profit the first time I plugged in the machines.... Nice work once again Dan....

[@justaprinter]

YES! There is always opportunity out there you just need to be a the right place at the right time. I love those events! Buy it all!

[@nate_riggins_photography]

Moving my shop over to KM printers from Xerox was the best decision I’ve ever made. Better uptime, better service, lower lease cost and lower click rate cost.

[@nate_riggins_photography]

For anyone curious with what we went with. C6100 with inline booklet maker and full edge trimmer. C12000 with folder/creaser and inline business card trimmer. It’s been a great setup for us.

[@miketheprintman]

@@nate_riggins_photography Nate, I'm curious about two things. 1) does the machine slow way down when using the inline trimmer unit? 2) how much additional cost does that unit add to the overall machine lease/purchase cost?

[@nate_riggins_photography]

@@miketheprintman I’d have to do some research on the cost difference, but I know it wasn’t all that much. Not enough to chase me away from doing it. We went with a 5-year lease so I’m sure that helped. As far as slowing the printer down, it does slow down. How much? Maybe kicks it down to 60-75% of the normal speed depending on what it’s doing in-line. The trade off of doing it in-line versus offline was worth the loss of speed. When you figure it out it probably comes close to equaling out for time spent on the job. We were able to get rid of a couple of machines in the shop as well. One being the offline Duplo booklet maker. Hope this helps. If you need some exact numbers, I can see about getting those for you.

[@miketheprintman]

@@nate_riggins_photography Appreciate the response. We had an offer for a c12000 during the summer last year, ultimately we stuck with our Heidelberg/Ricoh partnership and purchased a c9200. One of the things that appealed to me was that inline finisher of the c12000, but our KM rep told me the machine slows down when it's in use and his recommendation was to get a Duplo 645 or other to handle the finishing. I was just curious to see someone's thoughts who had it in the field. Thanks for your reply.

[@nate_riggins_photography]

@@miketheprintman Marco actually told me to go offline as well on the finishing but I’m glad I ignored them and went in-line. It’s worked out well for us!

[@leviteapparel]

Lol. You have many printers it's funny. Congrats on your new printer.

[@justaprinter]

Thanks!

[@printhubbrasil]

About the Office version of the Konicas, here in Brasil we use this machines A LOT, i know people that runs literally millions of copies on "Office" Konicas, i think today the best laser printer to start a business here its a konica like that, a C224, C364 etc and the konicas final 8, here in Brasil its very very difficult to buy a konica 3070, is REALLY expesive so you need to have a reaaaaly big print shop to justify buying one of those. Today i have in my print shop a Konica C364, a Ricoh 2051, both color machines, konica to run thick paper and ricoh to run text / color books, a Xerox 5890 (90ppm mono) and a Samsung 4070 for mono reallllly cheap mono printing. I hope you can understand my english, i learned pretty much watching youtube videos hahahah

[@NikolasKarampelas]

Here in Greece too the office ones are very popular because we can't compete with the offset printshops even with the big KM and we mostly do many but small runs. Also they can print carbonless paper for receipt books that are still in use here, the production machines can't move that 60gsm paper. Not to mention how great they are that they can use 300gsm paper for menus and invitations.

[@printhubbrasil]

@@NikolasKarampelas here in Brasil the offset printers are dying, no one uses paper blocks anymore, so the fast print shops are taking his places...

[@justaprinter]

Awesome, thanks for commenting, your english is great! You confirm that many people use office machines and get good results.

[@barneyjmusic]

This was truly outstanding. There is a wealth of information that you gave out, which I struggled to find in other videos. And you are right, looking at the comments was very helpful too, I am so grateful to see that other people like to share knowledge!

[@dilpreetsingh6027]

I also owned 3 Konica Minolta machines one out of them is c3070 production press and I think according to my experience Konica Minolta is best company to buy digital press 😉

[@justaprinter]

They know what they are doing. :)

[@ACIDICcitric]

I work at KM and I appreciate your videos - it’s cool seeing how KM equipment is used and helps print shops like yours!

[@justaprinter]

Absolutely, glad you enjoy!

[@sip786]

If you buy a printing machine you can only write off its depreciation when doing taxes, but when you lease there are benefits, you can write off the lease payments, you will also get maintenance and ink as part of you lease as well. So buying a machine you will have to call a technician to come in and repair your printer and then you also have to buy ink every week. 🤷🏽‍♂️ I think leasing would be the smart way as a business owner.

[@survivalSC]

You could buy the machine and then listen to your own company. And that maintenance agreement is not included for free in the lease. The maintenance contract is based on every page you print.

[@rle1020]

I am a small offset print shop and I am looking to get into digital printing. I know it’s a loaded question but what can one expect to pay for a lease on a machine with a service contract. Let’s say I do between 25,000 - 50,000 clicks a month. Mostly I will be doing black and white. I print mainly ncr and 110lb index. On the index I would like to be able to do 2 sided printing at once(duplex). What would you recommend as for a machine if I buy something used. Thank you

[@benpras7316]

I used koinca c7000 since 5 years ago.... Now the machine still work .. but i m disturb with technics solution... severals ago, I hve Contrack Clicks.. but now i must service and buy everything by myself... By Employ , machine can run but not high result... I m worry , One day He will not work again... I hope this chanel can help me for maintenance C7000 ... Thanks Mr Dave .. Nice to meet You .. Keep make video for us... God Bless..

[@justaprinter]

You can do it. It can be scary and difficult but if you are clean and have a service manual you should be able to fix anything.

[@ryananthony4840]

My first machine was a Chief 15 lol...

[@DiscountPrintingSer]

Over my career I have ran ABDICK 360 & Century 3500, Multi 1250/2850/1650/1850/1860, Chief 22, Solna 124, Heidelberg Windmill & MOZP, & Linoprint, OmniAdast, Ryobi 2800/3200/3300/3202/500N, Toko R2SL, Itek 3985, Kluge, Oki c9300 & 9650, Canon something, Konica C652, C654e, Ricoh C901s Graphic Arts edition

[@ryananthony4840]

@@DiscountPrintingSer hell yes.... Old skool like me lol 😜😂😂

[@ryananthony4840]

@@DiscountPrintingSer how were the AB DICK Centurys?

[@justaprinter]

I wish I was that cool! :)

[@ryananthony4840]

@@justaprinter lol

[@philanderson1200]

I still have a Bizhub 6501 a couple of C654’s a Accurio 2060 and a envelope printer Okidata. My main source of print production is still offset presses. Oh and a Bryce address imprinter that prints about 22,000 per hour. I always watch Wirebids in case I see something I can’t live without 🤗

[@justaprinter]

Phil, we have a lot in common. Most obvious is our addiction to wirebids, haha!

[@kareltuub]

Forking out from offset into digital, we started with an mgi meteor, and are now running a Konica Minolta bizzhub press c1100. The meteor certainly had it's shortcomings, but was a great learner machine for the KM, since it basically uses the same print engine.

[@justaprinter]

Yes, I never understood why someone would buy the Meteor since it is just a rebranded Konica. I did like the Meteor paper feeder.

[@Sparetirecovers1]

We still have single color offset presses for super long, single color runs. Then moved into digital. Started with old KM 200 and 400 series. Then got a KM c353. Then got a sharp 7001n, never jams but print quality was lacking. Tried a brand new sharp...same print quality issues and the fuser quit at 27k :/ Meanwhile the KM c353 made it to 690,000 before we swaped it out. We don't lease anything anymore or pay clicks...we only buy used machines and run them and fix them or call a tech for big stuff. We now have 3 KMs, a 253, 452 and 652 , a Richo and a smaller lexmark 8770x that prints bW only but at 70 ppm...and it unjams itself...which is crazy...only 1,200 new. Big KM fan now and want some newer models but these are amazing for the cost. This week alone we ran 5k 2prt NCR printed 2 sided and 500 8.5 x 11 notepads at 100 sheets per pad on a c253 i got for 200 bucks 3 years ago. They are little beasts!

[@justaprinter]

Very nice, sounds like you have a good thing going! I do like my Konicas!

[@simonmwangi4212]

Thanks for your advices. You made me make a decision on Acuriopress C3070 and man, I cant regret. One question bothering me though, can you trust printing 350gsm on it? I'm not sure I heard someone say they affect the drum or some part. Previously I have been running KM c224e, which I still decided to keep, and I've been doing 350gsm on it (though it's not supposed to) but Im hesitant to try 350gsm on this very expensive machine, and I could not afford maintenance contract with it. Kindly advice.

[@justaprinter]

As long as its within specs of the machine, run it. It will be fine.

[@kihikangamau7637]

Any leads on where to get this printer in254 and pricing? Thanks.

[@PezCandyDispensers]

Im printing 700 black ink letters a day with adresses on the other side. Whats a better cost per print than my cannon image class mf743cdw

[@nick066hu]

How do these lates, moders high-end laser printers / copiers compare to traditional offset printing / large industrial digital printers (these are practically also laser printers, aren't they?) in terms of image quality, resulution, color gamut? I know inkjets are producing more vivid colors, better for photo printing, but those are only an option if the number of printed pages is really low.

[@caryyoung4710]

Do they make a digital press that also cuts? My fast growing business requires a specific size card that goes behind the product with a die cut sombrero hole for hanging. I would love a solution where we could print these cards on demand. Maybe I'm dreaming but I certainly would appreciate any suggestions. Thanks!

[@DeaconLucas1]

Hello, I looking for a printer that I can print short run folding cartons. 450 gsm. Any recommendations?

[@wanro027]

Sorry but why don’t you go in the browser and get the print numbers The amount, copy paste, into excel? You don’t need to write it down.

[@LatitudeSky]

Started with Xerox. Still run Xerox. Early Nuveras were DOGS. My former employer got one of the first Nuvera installs and it was a complete lemon and we told them to drag it out of there. It was a massive disappointment. We had 180s ready to retire but the first gen Nuvera couldn't do it. The current non-MICR Nuveras are FAR better. The things are tanks. The MICR versions eat heat rolls and there is no fix for it, plus lots more issues thanks to that ink. But it's a solid platform now. This is typical for Xerox. They push the edges with new stuff and it hits the field riddled with bugs they can't fix in the field because they've never seen the problems before. After a year or two, it settles down and gets vastly better. A proven, battle-tested Xerox product like the current Nuvera is a fearsome beast.

[@justaprinter]

Glad to hear others had issues with the first Nuveras and it wasn't just me. I figured they would get things better over time. I liked the heavy duty quality of the Xerox Nuvera, which is heavier duty than the Konica machines.

[@corya623]

Gotta get yourself FM Audit friend. No need to manually collect clicks.

[@flutterflowexpert]

I have a question. I see your beautiful place where you print the product, but do you get all order over Internet? What is my main question is when you have an order do you print a sample to the client or do you print the whole stock of the order? Because I have a printing-house too and 90% of all of my order I need to print a sample copy and the client have to see and agree with the quality of the product and then I print the rest of the order. How do you manage when I client what to view a sample before getting the main order?

[@justaprinter]

I require the customer to view a printed proof most times. If they don't want to see a printed proof thats fine only if I know the customer expectations.

[@BoredThatsWhy]

I cant decide on a business card printer. I need one to do about 100-500 a week. Can you make a suggestion please?

[@printland2734]

It started with 1-Konica Minolta c6500 2-Xerox 700 now with - Ricoh c751 -Konica Minolta c6500

[@madmozzie9714]

I thinking in xerox 700 used with 2m clicks whats ur opinion? Its 30% cheaper than any konica equivalent.., as first production printer xerox 700?

[@justaprinter]

Nice machines, thanks for commenting!

[@cosmin176]

We started in 06 with two used HP LJ5000 and a Canon A3 inkjet printer and a 60s paper guillotine, went thru KM C350, Ricoh office and then print production and now we have a C6085, a 2250 and 1052.

[@elujobaibukun9756]

Hello cosmin176 thanks for your input, can you share with me what production is like on 1052 machine. I also want to buy one

[@justaprinter]

Nice, you have some serious horsepower now! Sounds like fun!

[@edoakes4355]

I’m in the UK and bought my first production machine in 2007, a Xerox DC260, great little machine, continued with Xerox over the years with Xerox 700, J75 and now have 2 V180’s. We had a Ricoh C7100 for 6 years up to last week when we made our first purchase with KM, the new C14000 which is a beast of a machine, so far very impressed 👍🏻

[@justaprinter]

Very cool! Those c14000 look like they would run 24 7. Looking forward to updates on this machine as you run it. Let me know.

[@jimmym2405]

@@justaprinter they do run 24/7! I am a KM service tech. We have a company that purchased 4 c14000s about 8 months ago and they're pushing around 30 million clicks each now

[@justaprinter]

@@jimmym2405 Wow! Thats awesome!

[@shakerahmed50]

With how much you bought the c 14000?

[@myronwright886]

@@jimmym2405 just curious what do they pay per click for maintenance

[@mg8718]

If we could just get a bullet proof fuser!

[@justaprinter]

I've been pretty happy with Konica fusers.

[@Ben_306]

I think Konica owes you a commission by this point. We're seriously thinking of switching from a Riso comcolor to a KM c258, with the better support & reliability being key selling points. And the comment section on this video seems to be a glowing recommendation too. Turns out we print so little on regular paper that the lower speed is not an issue, and the use of coated stock is going to be nice too. Most of the stuff we do is photo printing, but this is going to be a nice addition.

[@justaprinter]

Yes it was interesting to see the amount of Konica fans here. :)

[@mikolajczyzewski67]

Hi, what do you do your photo printing on now?

[@muhangig]

Started with Xerox 7435, then Xerox 7765, now running both Xerox 550 and KM c6501. Konica seem to be more stable printer with fewer paper jams. Though it throws many codes, not sure if its about the maintenance. Thank you Dan for this forum.

[@justaprinter]

You are welcome!

[@suofficialbd]

How much investment need in this printing business ?

[@stephenbrown8898]

Hi Dan, what is your opinion of the Xante EnPress.

[@richmonddarko9547]

I started with hp laser jet 5500 and added Canon copier c4580i. The hp was good but could not handle thicker stock. The Canon was a workhorse but issues with colour inconsistencies. I later traded the hp and Canon and move to Konica Minolta and that's where I belong. My first KM machine was the Bizhub c550. Added a couple of these copiers (c451, c452 and c652DS). All work like pro. Minimum jams but consumable life are too short. We now have 4 production presses in our shop. These are MGI dp60 pro, KM C6000L pro, KM C8000, KM 1250p. They are all working great. I personally like the KM C6000L pro. I have used Xerox Dc250 before but the downtime is too much. I will on any day recommend Konica Minolta presses. Cost of running these machines are low compared to others.

[@justaprinter]

Agreed. 100%

[@bockiHB]

Interesting video, thank you! But at least as important as the printer is the question of print finishing. I am running a small printshop, specializing in sheet music print with small circulations from 1 copy. We quickly found suitable printers. But if you want to offer special binding types for very short runs, it becomes really difficult.I'm talking about high-quality perfect binding, thread sewn stitching or saddle stitching of very thick booklets with spine pressing. Dan, maybe you could give us a tour of your finishing machines? "It's the finishing, stupid" :-D

[@ryananthony4840]

Look through his videos, I think he's pretty much covered everything.... I remember one long video that was a complete tour of his shop

[@justaprinter]

There was a shop tour but I should do some more detailed video on each finsiheing process. Thread sewn is an option that I want to get as soon as I can find what I'm looking for. Sewn is the best!

[@Chetanmj2411]

Hello Sir, I am a graphic designer from India. Now i am thinking to buy production printing machine. so i am confused with Konica Minolta Accurio Press C4080 and Ricoh Pro C5310s. Which one is good for color accuracy and good quality production printing machine?

[@genixbearcub]

I've used Canon, Oce and Xerox machines while working in print shops over the years. Canon and Oce always had much better uptime than Xerox did. And the Oce VarioPrints were beasts as long as the maintenance was done properly. One night alone I did 20k clicks of NCR and the only error was being out of paper. We always had problems with finishing our our Xerox machines, the finisher get bumped a hair out of alignment and it was over. Love the IH and A/C signs hanging on the wall.

[@justaprinter]

Thanks! I have my grandfathers Allis Chalmers B in the shed. :)

[@aftershockstudio6516]

Where do you buy parts for your Konica Minolta? We are struggling to get parts

[@justaprinter]

arcservicesco.com in California

[@jessalvarez3344]

If you start now, so many printers are good in all factors. But the most important is the sustainability, efficiency and productivity. If you want a superb quality print, go for the Ricoh Pro c7210sx or xerox Iridesse Then if you want a newly good go for accuriopress 4080 and if you want an overall the best go for the inkjet printer like accuriopress km1e, fujifilm Jpress 750s or HP Indigo series

[@justaprinter]

I would love a KM1, thats a solid machine.

[@horrorhaunted1105]

Do you have any typing related work?

[@HenriqueJose-vt3ew]

Sou do Brasil e tenho conhecimentos na área sera que compensa eu trabalhar ai

[@GebSlat]

Dont outsource let me help you bring it inhouse.

[@MariusAndreiana]

Thanks Dan for your awesome videos! What would you recommend for a new small book printing business (width up to 3cm; only cover needs to be color), that gets similar results to your video "Book Production From Start To Finish, Digital Printing and Binding Perfect Bound Books", but with a ~$15k budget? Is there a KM machine that could do Perfect Bound (paperback)?

[@justaprinter]

Konica does have an inline perfect binder. I have not seen the quality of that though. You might be able to find some used equipment for that price but you will likely need to spend more.

[@studioindustria]

I started watching Just A Printer because I leased the same color KM production machine KMBS C3070. I tool a gradual path for printers, office machines, used production machine and the KM C3070 was my first new machine. I had through demos on Ricoh, Canon, Xerox and KM. I chose the KM because they are the only manufacturer with a modular system, meaning the front end (paper feed) and back end (finishing, binding etc) work on all their print engines. Such a simple system that I'm sure is cost effective for KM and a win for the user like me. I needed a high end precise paper feed that I could get on my entry print engine. the other manufacturers offer entry level front end and back end for entry level machines. Also the cost and clicks for KM was much lower than the competition. The print quality is the same on all machines. As Dan mentioned my clients would never notice the difference of a print from a KM vs Xerox but they would notice the cost I charge and the speed at which we can deliver.

[@justaprinter]

100% agreed, thanks for commenting!

[@CaleSchibler]

I've been watching your videos nonstop for the last few days. I've stumbled across your channel because I want to move up. Printing music is a very niche market, and when done right is so rewarding. Started with an old HP that could do 12x18 colour. Moved to an OCE and now a Bizhub C652. Now that my newest machine died, I'm looking at a used press, the C7000 with the SD-506! I had to outsource a job to another printer that had an AccurioPress, and I love the quality! I'm Konica for life! Wish I could afford such a beautiful new machine! Thank you for all your videos, I"m learning so much!

[@mrz1342]

Hi I am following your useful Chanel. Recently I made decision to buy new Konica Minolta AccurioPrint C4065 3600x2400dpi for high end printing art book and PhotoBook that is better than old one AccurioPrint C3070L 1200x1200 dpi I guess. Please let me know based on your well experience, is this decision is correct? Thank you

[@MrMorisoh]

Hello, congratulations for your video very informative, i call it a tutorial. I am majory concerned with one very important issue or factor or may be its not very important as i think. The issue of DPI. What is the basic acceptable dpi for a graphics press. I see most. Office copiers like konica c220 is 600x600, c454 is 1200x1200, a big press like konica c7000 is also 1200x1200, konica 1030 is 1200x1200 too. But konica 3070 is 1200x3600 dpi, xerox c252 is 2400x2400. Between the konica 3070 and xerox c252, which is better in terms of resolution and color cosistency?

[@charleswilliams1270]

We just had a Konica Minolta 4070 installed last week. First machine. The printing adventure begins.

[@justaprinter]

Don't have to much fun!

[@joezdihar]

Approximately 14 years ago, I had the opportunity to work with a Fuji Xerox machine for 2-3 years. Following my departure from that position, I pursued a career as a freelance designer. Now, I find myself contemplating a return to the digital printing industry as an entrepreneur. Recently, I've been enticed by testimonials from acquaintances who enthusiastically endorse the Toshiba brand. Do you think opting for Toshiba e-studio printers is a wise decision?

[@richardlowe4751]

I bought a used KM1060c 5 years ago in the uk when it was 4 years old with warranty and maintenance contract. I still have it on a maintenance contract and wouldn't do it any other way. I pay around 4.5p (5.7cents) per SRA3.

[@mohamed-nirvana19]

I'm looking for a job I am 48 years old from Morocco. 20 years of experience in a copy center

[@justaprinter]

Sorry I’m not hiring.

[@milahu]

yeah... i would love to buy a Konica Minolta bizhub C558 (55 pages per minute, planned end of life: 12/2027, 120kg/printer, duty cycle: Max.: 200,000 pages/month, toner: 55eur/28K pages, drum: 45eur/145K pages, developer: 480eur/600K pages), with FS-534 staple finisher and RU-513 return unit (3,300 sheets max. output), which are sold around 2000 eur on ebay, in used condition. i only do monochrome printing, but color printers like C558 have better support (later end of life). problem is, this is out of my budget. so currently, i have 6x Brother HL-L5100DN (250eur new, 100eur used, 40 pages per minute simplex, 20 ppm duplex, 11kg/printer, toner: 15eur/8K pages, drum: 20eur/50K pages, fuser unit: 150eur/100K pages, laser unit: 150eur/100K pages, duty cycle: Rec. 3,500 pages/month; Max. 50,000 pages/month) for about 600 eur in total. problem is, with my duty cycle (about 20,000 pages/month per printer), the first thing that breaks is the duplex: duplex printing creates vertical creases and toner is not fixated/developed on the backside inside the crease. the creases are created, because the sheet is pulled too deep into the duplex path. so currently, i do manual duplex, until Brother support pull their head out of their ass and fix this stupid bug, or until i build a homemade output-to-input conveyor belt, to connect two printers to one double-engine duplex printer.

[@justaprinter]

I don’t know too much about those printers.

[@ttms]

I started with trade printers. Then the HP Latex and a year later the Konica c3080 (demo unit)

[@justaprinter]

And thats just the beginning for you! Looking forward to see you fill that new space with running machines.

[@aytactokatli4279]

Dan, currently which machines are you using for flyer printing?

[@justaprinter]

All of them. c3070, c1070 and 1200

[@bobbyrobins4218]

If u were an indie author and wanted to print your own books instead of using offset or POD, but actually start your own publishing company that essentially prints your own books…but also try and keep it as lean as possible, what equipment would you need and recommend? Let’s say the goal was printing 5000 books off the hop but wanting it scalable to be able to print hundreds of thousands to millions…basically I’m wondering what it would look like to print and ship my own books for an upcoming release…what would I need?? And could I get the job done in a small office or room… -printer -paper cutter -binding machine -laminator -anything else I’d need and would love to hear your recommendations! Thanks bobby

[@bbiancini]

This video is 2+ years old and still super valuable

[@martinhosilvadesouza9193]

Still new

[@UgochukwuAsonye]

I quite appreciate the insights you offered. The comments are also quite an interesting guide. Please I'm planning to invest in DI printing. I started with large format printing. Please I would appreciate if you share a cost calculator template for profit/loss tracking. Thank you.

[@ROBERTMARSHALL-i8r]

where can you buy the transfers

[@shiverrmetimberss]

Hello, I purchase about 100K direct mail pieces a month and am trying to figure out if it's worth buying a printer? What printer would you recommend for printing cardstock and EDDM?

[@jc3jc3]

What size postcards are you usually buying and how much are you paying per card?

[@shiverrmetimberss]

@@jc3jc3 6X9 about $1800 per 15K

[@SergioCoutinho-q5l]

Can someone give me a advise on which of the following printers is better? Xerox Primelink X9065 - KM Accurioprint C4065 - RICOH CS300sl. What matters to me is the the machine assistance service and the print quality: manage to print backgrounds and registry closest to offset printing on all kinds of paper. Speed doesn't matter at all. I know the Accurio as that fiery feature, but I'm used to make all the work in coreldraw suite. The idea is to make all the prepress work in the pc and send it to the printer.

[@1982mako224]

I would go with either the KM or the Ricoh and the deciding factor would be my impressions of the local dealer who will be servicing the unit. Visit their local facility and get references. Both machines are excellent but any machine can be a nightmare if the servicing dealer is incompetent or doesn't show up for three days when you have a problem.

[@SergioCoutinho-q5l]

Didn't even thought about the servicing factor. Thank you very much for the help.@@1982mako224

[@xierxu]

I like you work space.

[@printingcostarica]

I had a Konica 6500, for me I was dealing with many issue, now I got a Konica 1070 is heaven, way better quality like printing in offset, the toner yield is amazing. The cliente are happy

[@justaprinter]

Interesting, lots of people have c6500 machines in their past.

[@khia555]

Picking a printer makes me wanna tear my hair out. I have a massive range of things I print (art work to note paper) and things I print on (52gsm to 350) that no one printer is good enough... I’ve currently got 6, each doing a different type of printing, and I hate it :(

[@crystal9989]

Hold on. 1 x light substrate machine. 1 x std bulk print. 1 x special effects. 1 x long sheet. 1 x photo quality??? Sounds like a technical nightmare. You mind elaborating a bit on what machines you are running for what?

[@khia555]

@@crystal9989 Sure! I have one for light to standard gsm prints, one for art prints and heavy materials, one for sublimation, one for white toner application, one for foiling, labels and invoices, and finally, one for solvent based printing to print waterproof vinyl. And yes, it's a mess. It works... but it's a mess. There are some that I could consolidate together one day, once I reach the volume that would warrant either outsourcing my printing or buying a larger format printer, but for now, the volumes are low enough that in house printing on smaller machines is really my best option.

[@crystal9989]

@@khia555 LOL...OK, gonna take a stab at this. 1. Std gsm printer = probably a KM. 2. Heavy Material = OKI. 3. Sublimation = Epson. 4. Foiling/labels & Invoices = toner machine (too many to guess accurately) KM? 5. Solvent = Epson again or maybe Roland?

[@justaprinter]

Oh man, that is a predicament. Sounds like you are managing it as best you can. Maybe some day there will be a printer to do it all!

[@myronwright886]

hasnt dan made a video whewre he talks about motivating customers to not run certain jobs so he doesnt have to stock tons of differerent paper? sounds like you may find that video to streamline your equipment

[@ayyoubdaraoui7102]

Hello thanks for this precious session My question is we will start our printing business like printing flyers business cards enveloppes small books posters we have the choice between KM C4065 OR C 450 I or a xerox wc7845 thanks 😊

[@loveshkumawat1134]

Hi please can you tell me which printer model you are using for book printing and book cover printing, I have a publishing business I was outsourcing the printing work till now, but now I want to setup for printing own books so can you please tell me which printer model will be best for starting book printing For book pages printing and for book cover printing or a single machine that can do both.

[@theprakashhouse2875]

Hello Sir ji.... I see every videos. I'm also work on book printing in India. Can you send machinery details by mail. whose printing related machine are used right now. Thanks you sir ji...

[@justaprinter]

Its going to depend what is available where you are.

[@theprakashhouse2875]

@@justaprinter if you don't mind I want to know how many company and models name printer are you used.

[@STPATEL]

Good morning sir I run coaching class and monthly print duty cycle is 3 to 5 lakh copies . please suggest me which printer is best for me canon vario or konica 6120?

[@Samsungphone2]

Hi, where do you buy your A4 printer paper from and how did you find them? I'm looking to start a small A4 paper wholesale company but need ideas on how to make the business grow apart from distasteful cold calling.

[@abdulhasim5596]

Job vecancy

[@miketheprintman]

Started with a Canon c7000 in 2008. Moved to a Ricoh c901, then a c7110. Now we have: Ricoh c9200 HP Latex 335 Print & Cut Printware iJetColor Konica Minolta AL230 Label Press

[@sajeeshps100]

Ricoh 9200 👍👍👍 master printer

[@miketheprintman]

@@sajeeshps100 It's a pretty robust machine. Love it.

[@justaprinter]

Thanks Mike. I need to get around to hanging your gift! :) The Ricoh c9200 intrigues me, looking forward to learning more about that machine.

[@miketheprintman]

@@justaprinter I have to get off my butt and start making some videos. I feel a little weird because I don't own the business myself, but my boss has given me free range to do whatever I want pretty much. I'll see if I can start a little something, some time soon. I'm anxious to see where you put the graphic and how it turns out.

[@miketheprintman]

@@justaprinter For sure Dan. Looking forward to see how it turns out on the wall. I need to get with it and start making some videos showing the c9200. It's a really great machine.

[@GMonae]

Thanks

[@jmfloyd23]

I'm running a Konica Minolta C7090 and a Konica Minolta C1085

[@270370AJ]

Anything you don't want send It to me lol..

[@justaprinter]

I'm becoming a printer hoarder...

[@tonerduckpin]

I have seen print shops start out with konica mid volume machines. You can put a FIERY on most models. When buying used machines be sure to know the "end of life" or obsolete dates. Finding support on old FIERY devices that run windows xp can be challenging. Microsoft may also not support drivers on older machines.

[@LatitudeSky]

There's also click end of life. My shop had a Xerox i700 full color printer. It turned pumpkin at 10 million impressions and had to be dragged away. This was the hardware lifespan set by Xerox. You get 10 million. And then you replace the whole machine. To be fair, once you put 10 mil on a press like that, it's done. But something like a Nuvera can do 10 million a month, and more, for years. Totally different class of hardware of course.

[@justaprinter]

Good point, but I never know who to believe. I was told 6-7 years ago that my c6500 was obsolete and I put another 4 million clicks on it.

[@justaprinter]

LOL, turned into a pumpkin at 10 million.

[@gbj6581]

Thanks for the content! Do you have any suggestions of a good trade print partner for someone looking to dip their toes in the digital printing business.

[@mapede1]

Start a Printing Business in 2022, Do you think is Profitable? Talking about Books Printing, Is Everyone Buying Digital Books Instead? I just Want to know, I got a lot of Experience in Xerox Machine as a Technician and Color Specialist but i don't know anything about make money in printing business.

[@justaprinter]

Many books are being printed via offset, inkjet and toner. Just depends on how many books you want printed, binding style, book size. I have seen an increased demand for books.

[@m_tron99]

Could I print a small town newspaper on a Konica Minolta?

[@alessandroselvaggio2469]

i've bought in 2 weeks a 24" Canon plotter for 110€, a 45cm wide manual cutter for 80€, an A4 HP pagewide office printer for 20€ and i want to buy the digital press but i'm so undecided for what to buy because: a seller wants to sell a Canon C600i accessoried for 400€ but i don't know at the moment information about this machine such like counters, and also it is serviced until 2025 and i want to close the service contract or: buy a Konica C353 copier, that it has less quality and little fewer sheet size but it costs me 100€ and i just need to change a power switch. any suggest? i really want the C600i but i'm little scared

[@justaprinter]

I don,t have any experience with that printer. Sorry!

[@andreaatthesassyplannerco5952]

Hi I’m in the U.K. I have xerox c560, it’s my second one, the first one died a death unrepairable! This current one is okay (touch wood) but no where near perfect I’m now looking at something else but no idea what - I just print my own product multiple versions of the same doc - I also have an odd size of my finished product (oversized a5) so I can’t 2up it’s a4 sheets only which I have delivered Pre cut. I do double sided and print a lot! Any recommendations? I’m lost now in the world of printers I’ve not idea where to go next for my upgrade. Both my printers were paid for cash no service contract but I have a service guy who I can pay by the hr when needed. Many thanks for the vids I only found you last night! I’ve binge watched nearly everything now haha

[@LarrySteiner]

Andrea we had a 560 biriefly (hated it) and went back to an older 700. Later we went to a Versant 80 and now have gone to a Versant 4100. The entry level Versant was very good (kept it 5 years) and we only upgraded to get more capacity. It looks like your business might be similar to ours - journals, notebooks, notepads, cards. The Versant's are good.

[@justaprinter]

If you like your current service guy I would ask him. Hopefully he knows of equipment you could buy with cash and run just like you are doing. Or you could consider getting a second c560 and then you would have double the capacity and you already are familiar with the machine. I like redundancy as you can see. :)

[@andreaatthesassyplannerco5952]

@@justaprinter thank you :) I also just got the alpha doc mk3 I love it!!

[@andreaatthesassyplannerco5952]

@@justaprinter my service guy suggested as you did, buy the same printer again so that’s the plan! Thanks for the vids and advice 👌🏻

[@aminabudahab]

Hi Dan, this is Amin from Jordan :) I have a 3070 and I was wondering how do consumable prices here compare to the US, for example: Black toner TN-620K: $66 ex-tax Black drum DU-105K: $565 ex-tax Black developer DV-614K: $310 ex-tax Would love to hear your thoughts :)

[@justaprinter]

Black toner here is $36, Drums are $360 black dev is $130

[@aminabudahab]

@@justaprinter 😱 My jaw dropped! Can you tell us whether you buy them direct from KM USA or online?

[@justaprinter]

@@aminabudahab Thats just online. I didn't realize USA prices were so good.

[@aminabudahab]

​@@justaprinter There are probably other places where you can get it cheaper-maybe Mexico? but it's just easier from the US. If you can share your website, I'd love to give them a try. I looked at Amazon and it was in the $40's.

[@elizabethcasim9678]

Helo Sir I always wath your video because I want this business, actually I 've started to photo copy and my machine is Taskalfa 3510 Kyocera. Now i want to have a soft binding machine so please help me what kind of machine that I used or buy, I'm a small business only and not expert that's why I'm watching your video. Most of all I want to thank you for those video. God Bless

[@justaprinter]

A tape binding machine would be the cheapest way to start. There are also tabletop perfect binders that you can start with.

[@Wolves_Wanderer]

Started with a KM c6500 now running KM c1085 with inline booklet SD513 saddle stitcher. Great machine, prints on virtually anything.

[@justaprinter]

So many people have started with the good old c6500. I have heard good things about the 1085.

[@alexm277]

Hello, I'd like to start a printing bussiness, my startting funds will be around 30,000 euro( i'm taking the money from the bank) and want to be sure that i won't buy something that won't help me get the money back) , what domain would you recommend me to go for? I think about a large format printer ( Epson SC40610) for publicity and maybe canvas. I'd be very gratefull If you could recommend me something. Appreciate your videos, thanks!

[@justaprinter]

I only know Konica Minolta machines. Do your research and you will find something that will meet your needs. Have fun!

[@sunnysingh-se6zd]

Respected sir,u saying u r not a perfect engr.but u know best.

[@wilbertkendal2524]

I've got the Konica Minolta Magicolor 2450 laser printer connected to my laptop via USB that I normally use for my home office and it worked perfectly. But the other day when I turned the printer on it wouldn't work and there was a message on the display panel saying 'Service call 14'. What does this mean?. Any help or suggestions please!!

[@justaprinter]

Sorry, I don't know anything about those printers. I Googles your issue and several solution came up.

[@ureshnilanga598]

I started with xerox C60 but this machine is to much repairs click are 1.4 k . Then I moved to KM3080.

[@justaprinter]

There are a bunch that went from Xerox to Konica.

[@garyrapp1602]

I owned a shipping store franchise and our corporate office strongly encouraged the franchisees to offer digital print services. I started out by outsourcing my printing to local print shops. Once I got to a run rate of $5k in gross monthly revenue I purchased a Konica production printer. I took sample files to the local dealers (Xerox, Ricoh, and Konica) and had them do sample printing. I provided the paper (sub straight) because I wanted to compare apples to apples. I decided to go with Konica because of their service level agreement. The service techs vary by market. I spoke to a few Konica customers in my market and they were ok with Konica's responsiveness when they had a maintenance issue with their press.

[@МайклАртурович]

I started on Xerox 550 and now I still use this machine, but he has one problem - you cannot use the duplex on 300 gsm paper...

[@justaprinter]

That is a bummer, I had the same issue on my Xerox 3535.

[@sheikhnoorulquadir6596]

Hi ....right now here in India I am using xerox versant180with external firey, and its really good... Now planning to move canada ( Edmonton)would I get this type machine there? Can you please guide me.

[@justaprinter]

I don't know whats available in Canada. I would think they are.

[@DavidSanchez-ib4ft]

I work for KMBS and can tell you most people don't know what our company is involved in. We're in the medical field and planetarium buiz. Our optics are used in much more than just copiers.

[@justaprinter]

Yes, I knew Konica was in multiple industries. Very cool!

[@mistersandy]

My small therapy company would like to buy a dedicated printer to print our own color story booklets/comics 8.5"x 5.5, approximately 40 pages with self cover @ quantities of 250 each run or more as inventory adjusts. We will have dozens of different booklets to start and grow as we add more stories. Any suggestions?

[@justaprinter]

A Konica Minolta c3070 like I have would do the trick. It might be overkill though. Just depends on how much you are printing, might make more sense to have an online printer do them.

[@Wolf_Feeder]

Hi, Valdemar from Portugal 1-Xerox 550 2-konica 6000pro Best regards

[@justaprinter]

Thanks for sharing!