Average selling price for offset press prints is 6-10 cents per page

- According to a study conducted by Kodak about the print for pay industry:

o Total print revenues grew from 2006 to 2007 by 1.7%

o Offset press revenue grew from 2006 to 2007 by 1.7%

o From 2007 to 2008, offset press shipments declined by 1.5%

o Total print shipments were down 13% in 2009, and 5% down in 2010

o Profit from digital print averages 20-40%
o Profit from offset press is 1-4%
o Average run length is less than 10,000 pieces per job
o Run lengths have decreased by 30% in last 5 years
o Average time to run a 1,000 piece job on offset press is 30 minutes for makeready plus 15 minutes for actual printing for a total average of 45 minutes
o Average selling price for offset press prints is 6-10 cents per page with profit of 1-4%
o Average cost per page for high speed digital is 10-14 cents per page
o Average cost per page for offset press job for 500-1000 run length is 35-45 cents per page

-=Greetingd from Sandy Hook=-

Yeah, I know it's been awhile, however I've been out selling in the Print4Pay market! Here's some pricing info I picked up on the new Ricoh PRO 1357EX.


- Ricoh released the MSRPs for its new b/w production print systems, the Pro 907EX, Pro 1107EX & 1357EX

- Pro 907EX mainframe = $40,000
- Pro 1107EX mainframe = $51,000
- Pro 1357EX mainframe = $62,000
- Letter size LCT = $3000
- Tabloid size LCT = $4850
- Bypass tray = $1400
- Cover inserter = $3500
- Multi folding unit = $9150
- Stacker unit = $15,750
- Stapling finisher = $5830
- Hole punch unit = $920
- Booklet finisher = $11,800
- Trimmer unit = $12,400
- Print controller = $3300
- PostScript print driver = $1900
- Ring binder unit = $24,825
- Perfect binder = $44,830
- GBC punch unit = $8995
- GBC die set = $475

Keep in mind if you're think about getting one of these and you are in the Print4Pay Industry, get it with the fiery and the impose option. It's the only way to go.


-=Good Selling=-

Print Production Weekend Notes 4/5/09

- Xerox announced a new high speed b/w production print system, called the Nuvera 200 EA featuring
- 200ppm top speed
- 4800x600dpi
- 156 lines per inch
- Uses Xerox Emulsion Aggregate toner (polymerized)
- Pricing not announced

- Oce’ won a “Best of Show” award for production color systems at the recent OnDemand show for showing an EFI MicroPress driving 4 CS665 Pro systems (relabeled Konica Minolta bizhub PRO C6501) at the same time and calling it the Oce’ DC260T Pro.

- Xerox placed one of its $640,000 iGen4 production color devices at MicroPRINT, a print shop in Waltham, Mass.

- EFI announced version 5.0 of its award-winning Command WorkStation interface for its print controllers. Features:
- Operator mistakes reduced up to 30%
- Works with Fiery print controllers which are running version 6.0 operating system
- Displays status of engine, jobs and consumables
- Gain access to info about resources
- Drag and drop features
- Customizable icon tool bar
- Improved job previews
- Fiery SeeQuence Suite option honors job ticket level decisions like complex imposition and make ready

- Xante’ of Alabama is now shipping its Ilumina 502. Details:
- advertised as a “Digital Production Press”
- is actually a relabeled desktop color LED printer from Okidata
- claims it can print on stocks up to 502gsm
- optional extended warranties do not include supplies, including the fusing section cartridge
- top speed of 36ppm full color

- Press maker gets rid of its leader. Albrecht Bolza-Schunemann, president and CEO of Koenig & Bauer (KMBA) of Germany, is out, and replaced by Helge Hansen, the CFO, amidst declining sales of offset presses.

- Latest statistics on the print for pay industry from PIA:
- printing shipments down 4.5%
- number of shops declined by 2,300 locations
- total employment was reduced by 73,800 jobs
- only 39% of printshops reported a sales increase
- 56% of shops reported sales decrease