I started following your channel because I am into commercial printing as well. You have become one the youtubers I follow not so much for the content of the video but for the person in front of the camera. You are such a chill and positive guy that if you ever decided to turn this channel into a cooking show, I would still be watching, and I never cook! I am really starting to think this channel is undersubscribed, may the youtube algorithm be ever in your favor!
Oh man, thank you for your kind words. I bet you are pretty chill as well! Thanks for watching! I could probably transition into a cooking show, I like eating!
I love your channel!!!!!! Watch every episode religiously! I’m also impressed at your video editing and choice of music, and great b-roll footage. You’re a master! I too can’t believe how much work you crank out by yourself. I did prepress/film for over 20 years for lots of printers around, and believe it or not I still run film for a few shops! Anyway, I got into digital printing about 15 years ago and never looked back. I now have 3 color Konica’s and 1 bw Konica. My old 6500 is still kicking great in my garage, where I run it when I get home sometimes! So just FYI, you can negotiate the service contract to charge only every other click when the ENV fuser is on. I use it every day! I ran 5000 envelopes just yesterday on my 2070. Still a slow process. At Tampa Bay Press we had 3 jets i would do film for, and the speed was amazing. Keep up the great work! I hope to be commenting more... thank you for all of the help you have given to thousands of DIYers like us. Konica deserves every click they can get, but to run a more profitable shop, you have to have off contract machines (and keep at least 1 on), that’s what I have. -Gerald
Thanks for commenting! You are a smart man. I agree with everyhting you said! Haha. Having off-contract machines is a must, its interesting how many people don't think that way though.
Thanks Dan for your channel. Its a favorite of mine. I own and operate a envelope printing business. I greatly appricated watching you "bang out" those envelopes. Thanks again for shring what you do.
That auto setup is such a game changer. I remember going from a manual back gauge to a auto. Saves so much time, but also so much stress off of your back and shoulders. Instead of picking up a stack 7 or 8 times, you only have to do it once. So much better for ergonomics.
I love watching your channel. It reminds me of a much earlier time in my life when I was a software developer for the Fiery RIP. We were constantly in touch with guys like yourself, fixing bugs, firguring out why different desktop publishing applications behaved differently, and getting a sense of how important deadlines are. I remember programs like Quark Express, PageMaker and all the Adobe products. Microsoft Word was nearly the death of me. I'm still a software developer (not for Fiery). I was a lot younger back then and I recall that period of my life as a really fun time, mainly because we were face to face with guys very much like youself. Can still smell the toner.
@@rafaelvalles9963 Of course, this was 20 years ago. Trouble was: most of us had studied only mathematics and/or computer science. That's great - except we knew nothing about printing. But, man, did we learn! The company sent us out to places like Dan's for weeks to learn to look at the finished product, as opposed to just how the software works. I literally printed jobs for real clients. I struggled to understand colour, saturation and the limitations of digital printing. I'd never even heard of Pantone colours - but I soon discovered we couldn't reproduce all of them. It's mathematically impossible. I really enjoyed my time there, and I loved working with real printers who taught me so much. I'm sure the Fiery is pretty good these days. There was another company in the mix: Colorbus - not sure what happened to them. Nonetheless, I also think the desktop publishing software also got better. Half the issues we had was the Quark Express/PageMaker/Illustrator sending incorrect instructions to the Fiery interpreter. It was a great time in my life.
Great video, awesome setup you have and the best thing I think, is that it's clear that you love your job and have great passion for it, as they say, if you love what you do, you never actually work a day in your life. Thanks for your videos, even though I have no plans to build my own shop, I find you very encouraging and inspirational, it's also very beneficial for anyone interested in this craft Thank you.
Good Golly, do you bring back memories? I retired in 2008 from the print industry after 38 yrs in the bindery. I remember everything was by hand mostly and then everything went digital. What I mean by hand is that all adjustments were done either with a chunk of tape or the turn of a knob and the deftness of the eye ball. As you've shown it can all be corrected with the touch of a button. I used to operate stitchers, folders and large cutters that could handle 9' x 5' sheets of any stock the presses could print on. Oh, the memories. I'll definitely going to follow.
I used to use an Epson ET-2550 th-cam.com/users/postUgkxciSwynMJ7PnUvvx11rewiu-yFBkZTl53 , an early model of the ink tank style. It worked well, but had one nuisance that drove me up the wall; if you didn't put it in high quality print mode you'd get a streak across the page. I'm happy to say I have yet to see this with this printer. The print quality has been fantastic so far, the set up was super easy. All in all I'm very happy with this printer.
I'm 6'3" and I have my Challenge 370 up on some 4x4 blocks.....it rocks ever so slightly but I've had it that way for 20 years and can't imagine not having them.
Hii love from india I am using polar eco66 Canon imagepress c850 and konica 6500,tachoplus perfect binder and many different color and b/w plotters Love watch your videos
Use Blocks or pads, our polar is up about 3.5” didn’t know what we were missing. Same with having a cutting with full air including the sides, so nice.
@Just A Printer: When on guillotine, to remember programmes I’ve always tried to do long edge first and then turn the stack 90 degrees for every cut. I could go back to old jobs months later and still remember the orientation. It’s relatively easy when you have 2-4-6-8 up jobs at standard sizes. Different story when it’s a pre-collated ticket strip set, 30 kinds with slip sheets at 300.5x24.5mm. We do a lot of work for cosmetic industry and their art workers place text and codes so tight to the cut line, sometimes every 0.25mm or 1/100 inch matters, that is before you factor print stretching and contraction or printing on synthetic papers/polyester. I love your channel man- it reminds me so much of myself back to basics!
I have been following your channel for some time now, I really like the way you explain how things are done. I was wondering if as a new bee to printing business where one should start and what would be the basics one should know and how much to invest as a starter recommended machines to use. Thanks
Hey there....at our shop, we had a run of 50,000 envelopes. By chance, I called an envelope printer in a large town 100 miles away. Their price to print 1/1 red ink on their #10/24 was less than our really good price just for the envelopes. They wanted 3 days to print/deliver. They used a jet perfector. Way cool options for us on envelopes, w/o having to have that much inventory on hand taking up room. Cool on how you ran envs. to bleed, never saw that since I started in 1981. PS: I''m glad you were not my competition!
Just found your channel, very good. I own a copy center in Cuba but nothing like that. We are 100 s of years behind. 😭 I'll start learning from you how it's done in big ligs anyway who knows we change someday. Saludos desde Cuba Lio
Glad you like my channel. You never know what the future holds, just keep doing a good job and time will tell what your shop will look like in the future.
looking at a KM C1060L myself in the next few days -- and would love to upgrade from my manual Triumph ideal soon ... all in good time, I just need to be patient, it's taken me 7 years at my little shop so far! Would like to be able to print envelopes without them crinkling at the top. Had the chance to buy an offset press last year but it was just too old/finicky & a learning curve to operate for me when I'm also so very used to toner/digital. Really appreciate your videos. Keep them coming! :)
For envelopes we run an M1 Colour printer with conveyor delivery (uses Memjet technology). Very simple low cost machine that would fit well into your 'I feel dirty only running one press' style. We set it running in the morning and load it up as we're passing whilst doing other jobs. It takes around 250 envelopes per stack. Easily get 10,000 done in a day without really noticing. Click rate is minuscule compared with the presses you have. Will do colour edge to edge, print C4, C5 and DL. Often we'll print indicia and address at the same time.
How I'm print the envelope in konika minolta c6500. Please tell me the setting of envelope. Envelope size is 10x4.5 and A4 envelope. When we are print the envelope problem is that machine are gives the creazing on envelope. So tell me what I do. Please air. Help me
I am about to buy AccurioPrint 2100. Do you recommend me buying it? My calculations tells me that I will start making profit after 2.8 years and I will sign a contract for 7 years for ppp. I will appreciate your comment, thanks!
How does the C3070 handle #10 envelopes? We have a new 7090 and techs are saying we need to print #10s with the flaps open, which is not ideal and time intensive.
I had to print 3k envelopes today and my xerox v180 does not have those little arms at the end that align the printed product. I kept thinking all day of some catch tray I could make and the box top bin that you made was exactly what I had in mind. Very ingenious.
the envelope run with laser in the Caribbean is a huge headache the glue strip tends to bond (active) when pass through the printer not sure if this is a manufacturer problem we have.
Helo man i was wondering if i can print envelope in my bizhub press C1060 i have envelope fuser unit and just 1-2-3 and bypass try for load and one finisher small try.. is it possible?
We used to run a KM C1070 and do a fair run of envelopes, with a separate fuser. We had no wrinkling issues when using a more premium weight (100gsm vs 80gsm). With direct mail (fully customized addrrssing) the tiny imperfections were fine though on the regular stocks. To be honest am glad though we are hands off nowadays (machine now updated and offsite).
Dan could you please post the complete list of your equipment with Model Numbers. This is a very interesting operation which you have going on. Cheers.
@@justaprinter Thank you for your reply. I watched a video of yours where you showed compatible toner from China. I'd like to know if there's a noticeable quality difference between the two. Moreover, do generic toners harm the drums and other parts of the printer?
I run envelopes on a Canon C910 but can only load 80-100 in the tray at a time. Not sure if I can run them in the large capacity tray. Need to research that.
I have a C710 as my backup press and I can only do the same capacity. I went to Canon's headquarters in Long Island and watched a C910 run envelopes in the same manner as the C710. I wish I could run them in my ImagePress 8000 VP :(
I run a Konica c1070 and Konica c6100 and i get creases on both machines. I have to run them open flap in order to avoid this. What can i do to dun them normal like you did in this video. I also get some ghosting on the c1070? thank you. The crease is right at the top of the envelope
I wonder if you could set up a small fan to blow over that camera strip without interfering with the paper transport. That would help with keeping dust off it.
What I’ve noticed is Konica doesn’t tell you every thing about the machines (in my experience) my 1060l I was told had no envelop fuser and I can’t print them on it, I dug around turns out I can with a 1060/1070 envelope fuser. Now I just need to figure out if I can put the 3 drawer paper cassette on it instead did the 1 drawer 2500 sheet unit I have.
As a guy who started with a halm super jet. My back and my hands ache to this day. We added a new pulley to the motor. Cranked the speed to almost 90k per hr. I was wondering Dan why you had a gutter trim between the forms? That added an extra cut to your form. You should be able to change your imposition to add all the trim to the outside.
@@justaprinter Anything we should ask about when going into a new purchase and service contract with KM? This will be our first press. :) I want to do small run quick turnaround items with all inline trimming.
First thing thankyou so much for sharing your experience man... My question is can we use the fuser roller of envelope fuser unit and put it on normal fuser unit? My problem is my normal fuser unit which is 12x18 in had as crash and it broke the fuser roller,heating rod/laser ,the fuser belt model is c 1060. I ordered the normal unit but got the envelope unit. Parts are not quite available in my country and its hard to find
great video, may i ask what’s the make and model of the paper cutter? what’s the make and model of the printer you use for soft-back books? i’m looking to print books of poetry
I'm a little late to watching this one.... An alternative to finding a stream feeder is using the other vacuum feed drawers in combination. There is a DIP switch that enables drawers 3 and 4 to also feed envelopes. If you give them all the same profile, the machine will automatically switch between drawers, allowing you to keep refilling while it's running. The service manual will give a warning that the feeding out of those drawers is not guaranteed to work as well as drawer 5 since they are not a straight path, but I know shops that have had success with it. You can also order the post screws and envelope attachments for the other drawers. Side note, those envelope attachments also work great if you ever need to run divider tabs. The small rubber feet on the bottom hold the outer tabs in place since the back guide in the drawer doesn't. Lastly, if you do decide to try moving the bypass over, keep in mind that you will need an FA-502 kit which is installed into the PF-707m to allow the paper to pass between drawers 4 and 5.
Hey Boss. You could do with a knock up/jogger block... can make yourself. With the air it can sneakily move some sheets out. Worth knocking in every time after back gauge pushes out. Also with your double cuts on gutters I always have the offcut side to the outside. You will cheat more life out of your blade as the fluffies are on outer side. Sharpest finish on the inside of blade. Hope that makes sense. Enjoy your channel.
So fascinating. Love watching your videos. So full of interesting information. Would love to know how a simpleton like myself can tell good quality paper, without going by price. What is the thing you tend to look for? Would be great to hear about that. Thanks.( im not a printer, just curious and interested to learn.)
Hi! I was wondering if this konica model can print on mylar bags / pouches ? Or is it limited to only envelopes I'm asking this as oki pro model can print it with a envelop fuser Just wanted to know this insight Thanks !
Hi! Been watching you for a few months now. Im looking into buying a 4070 but most of my jobs are labels. How do you find 3070 or any other KM machine handle labels? I have a MFP but when I print labels, adhesive residue starts to build up on the transfer belt
Another excellent video. Tell me, how are you able to get away with just single cuts on your guilllotine without producing a a fluffy edge on the outside stack? I'm always having to place double cut between each imposition. Do you think it's because my blade is dull is needs sharpening?
Thanks man! It depends on the paper for me. When I do 120lb uncoated cover I get a messy outside edge and I need to put a gutter in between cards. You could be correct with the dull blade or a clamp pressure that is too low.
what settings do you use for the 3070 to run envelopes, here at the college we sent them out, want to do them in house.. is there a special adjustment you need to do? do you need to change fusers? what paper settings do you use? thanks love the channel. Saw you using the bottom tray which l have. but l cant close the tray side guides all the way to fit the #10's. they are thinking about getting a Xante Envelope press but if we can do it here would be great. hope to hear from you. thanks
You need to get an envelope fuser and swap the fuser. I think I cover it in an earlier video. I also sometimes will lower fuser pressure in the expert adjustments. They ran surprisingly well for me.
Did you fix you spot problem yet with IQ? There's a bulletin on this. Dust can get in the unit. Just needs to removed. Cleaned. And apply the bulletin seals and your good to go forever. I've done dozens.
Hi Dan! Love your channel! I have a question when running envelopes, how do you get the envelopes to feed out to the stacker tray like you have it. Mine always feeds out the top but I want to feed out the bottom so it jogs the env. Please help thank you!
Hey Dan. Great videos. I need to find a printer that will print on A-7 FLAPS efficiently. (I have tried many). DO you know if your 3070 will print flaps up on 7.25x5.25? One of the issues also printing laser on flaps is on some machines you get a slight background overtoning which is evident when you pop the flap after printing.
Great video as always, I don't use the weights OR the clips and so far (one month-ish since I got the fuser) #10R & W's, 10 x 13's and 6 3/4's all run perfectly on my 3070.
A quick way to make envelope-printing more profitable is by printing names and addresses on them in the same run. One of the advantages of an digital printer is, that it does care how many different files there is on a job. So let the customer pay a little bit extra per envelope - and print the name, address and zip code on it. The customer just deliver a csv-file with the data, and then you can easily do a data-merge through InDesign f.ex. 🙂
I'd put a bin for the cut-offs right in front of the cutter so you can just slide them off right there rather than having to lift them over the stack of uncut sheets, this will make it even faster and will prevent some strain on your back in the long run, especially since you seem to be quite tall and have to crouch to it :-)
@@justaprinter I'd say get a bin just tall enough so you can slide it partially under the cutter table to get it easily out of the way if you need to, big just enough so it's not too heavy to carry when completely full. If it's too low there's more chance you'll miss. Making a routine out of this will improve your speed quite a bit without exerting much more effort .-)
Hi Dan Wish you healthy, I have already found your creative channel. my c6500 konica have a problem, when i send job, its not processing and Printing, just waiting for printing. Also it does not print controller test pages. Did you ever faced this problem or do you have solution for this Thanks in advance
Isn't that IQ 501 the best thing ever?!! The spot issue I've had before on my C6085, it came down to dust getting inside the IQ glass where you can't clean with the wand. My service tech had to take it apart and put in an updated part to prevent it from recurring and my humidifier was putting mineral dust in the air, not helpful.
Look into a RISO GD injet. they use a thmpson feeder and they run great even out of a high capacity feeder and the ink is cheap. just a thought if you can find one used. I have had one for 3 years now and the only issues i have is teh finisher that is a rebranded xerox finisher.. Always fun to watch another guy working alone. as for teh cutting i would rotate 1 way. the clock wise clock wise clock wise 180 move bothered me. :)
I know this is an older video but I have a question about the cutter programming. If you impose a 4 up, 4/4 postcard and then have to image shift in command workstation doesn’t that make the programmed settings on the cutter useless? Also the Xante is a great printer for envelopes! Love your channel man!
Just reprogram the cutter in a couple of minutes, I have had the same cutter for the past 30 years, it's no problem. And no need to erase the program that's already in the cutter, or to save the 'adjusted' re-program. Hope that helps.
With my cutter you can manually adjust the backgauge as the program is running. I do this sometimes with business cards and after I make the cut it just continues as normal.
I once ran 487,000 #9s on a Halm Jet Press (with a feed helper) in an 8 hour shift. Probably made my employer over $8000 !! Now if I can just speed up the Chandler & Price !!
I used to have one. I was considering a CommColor for envelopes and other low ink coverage printing. A Riso would be nice for some jobs. I'm running out of space though. :)
I started following your channel because I am into commercial printing as well.
You have become one the youtubers I follow not so much for the content of the video but for the person in front of the camera. You are such a chill and positive guy that if you ever decided to turn this channel into a cooking show, I would still be watching, and I never cook!
I am really starting to think this channel is undersubscribed, may the youtube algorithm be ever in your favor!
Oh man, thank you for your kind words. I bet you are pretty chill as well! Thanks for watching! I could probably transition into a cooking show, I like eating!
@@justaprinter which machine use in half sticker cutting
@@justaprinter i am the pro origami maker :D
I love your channel!!!!!! Watch every episode religiously! I’m also impressed at your video editing and choice of music, and great b-roll footage. You’re a master! I too can’t believe how much work you crank out by yourself.
I did prepress/film for over 20 years for lots of printers around, and believe it or not I still run film for a few shops! Anyway, I got into digital printing about 15 years ago and never looked back. I now have 3 color Konica’s and 1 bw Konica. My old 6500 is still kicking great in my garage, where I run it when I get home sometimes!
So just FYI, you can negotiate the service contract to charge only every other click when the ENV fuser is on. I use it every day! I ran 5000 envelopes just yesterday on my 2070. Still a slow process. At Tampa Bay Press we had 3 jets i would do film for, and the speed was amazing. Keep up the great work! I hope to be commenting more... thank you for all of the help you have given to thousands of DIYers like us. Konica deserves every click they can get, but to run a more profitable shop, you have to have off contract machines (and keep at least 1 on), that’s what I have.
-Gerald
Thanks for commenting! You are a smart man. I agree with everyhting you said! Haha. Having off-contract machines is a must, its interesting how many people don't think that way though.
Thanks Dan for your channel. Its a favorite of mine. I own and operate a envelope printing business. I greatly appricated watching you "bang out" those envelopes. Thanks again for shring what you do.
You bet, glad you like the channel!
I like your Channel so much! Greetings from a Bookbinder from Switzerland 🇨🇭
Switzerland! What a beautiful place. Thanks for watching!
Hello Thomas.. I am kedar from india..
I m from commercial printing field..
We have konica minolta c6070
I had a printing business in the 80's. How technology has changed.! congrats!
It has! Thanks!
I also worked in printing press but now closed.
That auto setup is such a game changer. I remember going from a manual back gauge to a auto. Saves so much time, but also so much stress off of your back and shoulders. Instead of picking up a stack 7 or 8 times, you only have to do it once. So much better for ergonomics.
My eyes are beginning to open to that. Its glorious! Haha!
I started to love your channel.
Your work style motivates me.
Keep going .. Keep youtubing.
Wishing you all the best.
Thank you very much!
I love watching your channel. It reminds me of a much earlier time in my life when I was a software developer for the Fiery RIP. We were constantly in touch with guys like yourself, fixing bugs, firguring out why different desktop publishing applications behaved differently, and getting a sense of how important deadlines are. I remember programs like Quark Express, PageMaker and all the Adobe products. Microsoft Word was nearly the death of me.
I'm still a software developer (not for Fiery). I was a lot younger back then and I recall that period of my life as a really fun time, mainly because we were face to face with guys very much like youself. Can still smell the toner.
Haha, glad I could rekindle memories for you! It is a fun time for me.
Now days Fiery software is really good, but im sure most of the people working there never step a foot in a real Print Shop.
@@rafaelvalles9963 Of course, this was 20 years ago. Trouble was: most of us had studied only mathematics and/or computer science. That's great - except we knew nothing about printing. But, man, did we learn! The company sent us out to places like Dan's for weeks to learn to look at the finished product, as opposed to just how the software works. I literally printed jobs for real clients. I struggled to understand colour, saturation and the limitations of digital printing. I'd never even heard of Pantone colours - but I soon discovered we couldn't reproduce all of them. It's mathematically impossible. I really enjoyed my time there, and I loved working with real printers who taught me so much. I'm sure the Fiery is pretty good these days. There was another company in the mix: Colorbus - not sure what happened to them. Nonetheless, I also think the desktop publishing software also got better. Half the issues we had was the Quark Express/PageMaker/Illustrator sending incorrect instructions to the Fiery interpreter. It was a great time in my life.
Great video, awesome setup you have and the best thing I think, is that it's clear that you love your job and have great passion for it, as they say, if you love what you do, you never actually work a day in your life. Thanks for your videos, even though I have no plans to build my own shop, I find you very encouraging and inspirational, it's also very beneficial for anyone interested in this craft Thank you.
I do tend to enjoy myself. :) Thanks for the kind comment!
Good Golly, do you bring back memories? I retired in 2008 from the print industry after 38 yrs in the bindery. I remember everything was by hand mostly and then everything went digital. What I mean by hand is that all adjustments were done either with a chunk of tape or the turn of a knob and the deftness of the eye ball. As you've shown it can all be corrected with the touch of a button. I used to operate stitchers, folders and large cutters that could handle 9' x 5' sheets of any stock the presses could print on. Oh, the memories. I'll definitely going to follow.
Cool! I bet you have some stories. Hopefully I'll have 38 years in printing some day!
I used to use an Epson ET-2550 th-cam.com/users/postUgkxciSwynMJ7PnUvvx11rewiu-yFBkZTl53 , an early model of the ink tank style. It worked well, but had one nuisance that drove me up the wall; if you didn't put it in high quality print mode you'd get a streak across the page. I'm happy to say I have yet to see this with this printer. The print quality has been fantastic so far, the set up was super easy. All in all I'm very happy with this printer.
I wish polar can make the cutters for us tall people lol. Using mine kill my back. Keep the good work congratulations
I'm 6'3" and I have my Challenge 370 up on some 4x4 blocks.....it rocks ever so slightly but I've had it that way for 20 years and can't imagine not having them.
I'm 5'4" and I reckon I'd need a block to stand on to use that cutter haha
I was tempted to buy a Polar. I guess not matter what height. Either short people or tall people will be unhappy. LOL.
Hii love from india
I am using polar eco66
Canon imagepress c850 and konica 6500,tachoplus perfect binder and many different color and b/w plotters
Love watch your videos
Use Blocks or pads, our polar is up about 3.5” didn’t know what we were missing. Same with having a cutting with full air including the sides, so nice.
@Just A Printer:
When on guillotine, to remember programmes I’ve always tried to do long edge first and then turn the stack 90 degrees for every cut.
I could go back to old jobs months later and still remember the orientation.
It’s relatively easy when you have 2-4-6-8 up jobs at standard sizes.
Different story when it’s a pre-collated ticket strip set, 30 kinds with slip sheets at 300.5x24.5mm. We do a lot of work for cosmetic industry and their art workers place text and codes so tight to the cut line, sometimes every 0.25mm or 1/100 inch matters, that is before you factor print stretching and contraction or printing on synthetic papers/polyester.
I love your channel man- it reminds me so much of myself back to basics!
Great tip. I'll start saving programs that way. Thanks for watching!
Congrats on the new cutter that thing is sweet definitely gonna save you time.
Yes it will, thanks!
I have been following your channel for some time now, I really like the way you explain how things are done. I was wondering if as a new bee to printing business where one should start and what would be the basics one should know and how much to invest as a starter recommended machines to use.
Thanks
Thank you so much for teaching us. Your great. Keep it up!
Thanks, will do!
I HAVE A C4080 WITH A PFP707, FS532 FINISHER, WHEN I SLECT ENVELOPE FILE ERROS OUT, WHEN I USE PLAIN IT STARTS TO PRINT BUT STOPS 32 JAM. HELP PLEASE
I never knew that you needed special window envelopes to run toner. Makes perfect sense, but just never thought about it.
Me too, until I got an envelope fuser!
Hey there....at our shop, we had a run of 50,000 envelopes. By chance, I called an envelope printer in a large town 100 miles away. Their price to print 1/1 red ink on their #10/24 was less than our really good price just for the envelopes. They wanted 3 days to print/deliver. They used a jet perfector. Way cool options for us on envelopes, w/o having to have that much inventory on hand taking up room. Cool on how you ran envs. to bleed, never saw that since I started in 1981. PS: I''m glad you were not my competition!
LOL, there is plenty of printing for all of us. Yes, I typically to outsource envelopes, but was curious about doing a larger job in house.
Oh, and i made a "copy" from your order receipt and it was working really well for me, thx!
Great to hear! Awesome!
Running window envelopes with the envelope fuser and the window melts a little. Any suggestions. KM6120
Keep it up with your videos man, i will enjoy to watch, greetings from Brasil
Appreciate it!
What is the process to print envelopes in pfu
Just found your channel, very good. I own a copy center in Cuba but nothing like that. We are 100 s of years behind. 😭 I'll start learning from you how it's done in big ligs anyway who knows we change someday.
Saludos desde Cuba
Lio
Glad you like my channel. You never know what the future holds, just keep doing a good job and time will tell what your shop will look like in the future.
I use a Konica 1085 to print 120gsm pre-glued envelopes and often have paper jams, can you help me fix it?
looking at a KM C1060L myself in the next few days -- and would love to upgrade from my manual Triumph ideal soon ... all in good time, I just need to be patient, it's taken me 7 years at my little shop so far! Would like to be able to print envelopes without them crinkling at the top. Had the chance to buy an offset press last year but it was just too old/finicky & a learning curve to operate for me when I'm also so very used to toner/digital. Really appreciate your videos. Keep them coming! :)
Thanks for watching. Have fun!
For envelopes we run an M1 Colour printer with conveyor delivery (uses Memjet technology). Very simple low cost machine that would fit well into your 'I feel dirty only running one press' style. We set it running in the morning and load it up as we're passing whilst doing other jobs. It takes around 250 envelopes per stack. Easily get 10,000 done in a day without really noticing. Click rate is minuscule compared with the presses you have. Will do colour edge to edge, print C4, C5 and DL. Often we'll print indicia and address at the same time.
Yes, those inkjet machines are the way to go for envelopes. I should pick one up. I never really liked the idea of fusers and envelopes.
How I'm print the envelope in konika minolta c6500. Please tell me the setting of envelope. Envelope size is 10x4.5 and A4 envelope. When we are print the envelope problem is that machine are gives the creazing on envelope. So tell me what I do. Please air. Help me
You need a special fuser just for envelopes. Not sure if they are available for the c6500
I am about to buy AccurioPrint 2100. Do you recommend me buying it? My calculations tells me that I will start making profit after 2.8 years and I will sign a contract for 7 years for ppp. I will appreciate your comment, thanks!
How does the C3070 handle #10 envelopes? We have a new 7090 and techs are saying we need to print #10s with the flaps open, which is not ideal and time intensive.
I had to print 3k envelopes today and my xerox v180 does not have those little arms at the end that align the printed product. I kept thinking all day of some catch tray I could make and the box top bin that you made was exactly what I had in mind. Very ingenious.
I'm in the same boat! I too was thinking that when I was watching that...
Its amazing what you can do with cardboard, and tape! Haha! You work with what you have.
Beautiful cutter!
Thank you!
do you print window envelope on your Konica? how about printing bleed on #10 reg-envelopes
Yes to both. I have a video posted about full bleed envelopes.
Hey man. I got this printer HP cp5225dn. After picking 2papers it stop and start malfunctioning. Is it fixable..
It probably is fixable. Most things arw
the envelope run with laser in the Caribbean is a huge headache the glue strip tends to bond (active) when pass through the printer not sure if this is a manufacturer problem we have.
Oh bummer. That sounds like a manufacturer problem. Heat should not activate the adhesive. Or possibly there is too much humidity in the air.
Whenever I print envelopes on konica 6501 wrinkles are made on each envelope but same doesn't happen on canon 850
You need a special envelope fuser for the Konica Presses.
@@justaprinter what is special in that fuser ??
Helo man i was wondering if i can print envelope in my bizhub press C1060 i have envelope fuser unit and just 1-2-3 and bypass try for load and one finisher small try.. is it possible?
I think it should be possible.
We used to run a KM C1070 and do a fair run of envelopes, with a separate fuser. We had no wrinkling issues when using a more premium weight (100gsm vs 80gsm). With direct mail (fully customized addrrssing) the tiny imperfections were fine though on the regular stocks. To be honest am glad though we are hands off nowadays (machine now updated and offsite).
Yes, I won't always be doing these in-house. I was curious this time. I like to only print less than 2,500 in house
Dan could you please post the complete list of your equipment with Model Numbers. This is a very interesting operation which you have going on. Cheers.
Search for my shop tour. They are all listed.
What digital printer is good for paper up to 300gsm for book covers and flashcards?
Konica, Ricoh and Xerox all make good machines for this.
@@justaprinter Thank you for your reply. I watched a video of yours where you showed compatible toner from China. I'd like to know if there's a noticeable quality difference between the two. Moreover, do generic toners harm the drums and other parts of the printer?
I run envelopes on a Canon C910 but can only load 80-100 in the tray at a time. Not sure if I can run them in the large capacity tray. Need to research that.
Interesting. Yes that would get old loading that few. I thought 250 was bad.
I have a C710 as my backup press and I can only do the same capacity. I went to Canon's headquarters in Long Island and watched a C910 run envelopes in the same manner as the C710. I wish I could run them in my ImagePress 8000 VP :(
I run a Konica c1070 and Konica c6100 and i get creases on both machines. I have to run them open flap in order to avoid this. What can i do to dun them normal like you did in this video. I also get some ghosting on the c1070? thank you. The crease is right at the top of the envelope
Maybe lower fuser pressure or rotate envelopes 180 degrees? I did have ghosting on my 1070 at some point. I think I did cpm down to fix that.
Where do you get your big boxes of envelops from?
TRYING TO PRINT ENVELOPE ON MY KONICA 4065 BUT IAM FACING A JAMING ISSUE CAN YOU HELP ME WITH PRINT SETTINGS
Depends where it is jamming. Mine runs fine. See where the envelopes are stopping.
I wonder if you could set up a small fan to blow over that camera strip without interfering with the paper transport. That would help with keeping dust off it.
Thats a good point. I did find that Konica recommends that you tape off one of the air ducts. I need to try that.
Do you have a website where people can go to inquire about services?
It needs to be updated, it is www.masthof.com
What I’ve noticed is Konica doesn’t tell you every thing about the machines (in my experience) my 1060l I was told had no envelop fuser and I can’t print them on it, I dug around turns out I can with a 1060/1070 envelope fuser. Now I just need to figure out if I can put the 3 drawer paper cassette on it instead did the 1 drawer 2500 sheet unit I have.
Interesting. Yes I think sometimes we are lied to.
Where did you get the clip to keep the flap from catching? Is that a konica part?
They came with the machine. Its a Konica part. You can just use tape for the same effect.
Where did you get the clip that catches the envelope from feeding
It came with the machine. Just using a piece of tape would probably achieve the same result.
@@justaprinter you see my other comments about your IQ?
As a guy who started with a halm super jet. My back and my hands ache to this day. We added a new pulley to the motor. Cranked the speed to almost 90k per hr.
I was wondering Dan why you had a gutter trim between the forms? That added an extra cut to your form. You should be able to change your imposition to add all the trim to the outside.
Holy 90k per hour! Wow. the gutter was for bleed. Cards were white on top and blue on the bottom.
Couldn’t see the bleed.
Can you tell me where you got that clip that goes in the tray for envelopes? The one that keeps the flap from catching.
It came with the machine. You can achieve the same effect buy just putting tape over the same area of the feeder.
Hi there. where did you get the little metal piece that you added to tray 5 for envelope printing?
It came with the machine. You could just put a piece of tape over the air opening and achieve the same effect.
Is there a specific place on the machine where they put it? Or maybe we didn't get one with ours 🤔
Have you seen the new trimmer unit TU-510 for inline trimming? It looks very cool!
YES! They do look very cool and handy. Could save me a ton of time.
We very close to making a purchase of a C4070 with the trimmer!
@@adamkazanagh7461 Post videos about it if you do!
@@justaprinter Anything we should ask about when going into a new purchase and service contract with KM? This will be our first press. :) I want to do small run quick turnaround items with all inline trimming.
First thing thankyou so much for sharing your experience man... My question is can we use the fuser roller of envelope fuser unit and put it on normal fuser unit? My problem is my normal fuser unit which is 12x18 in had as crash and it broke the fuser roller,heating rod/laser ,the fuser belt model is c 1060. I ordered the normal unit but got the envelope unit. Parts are not quite available in my country and its hard to find
I have been wondering that. I wouldn't know why not, even if the hardness of the roller is different it still would probably work.
@@justaprinter Can I try to replace the laser roller of the envelope unit to fuser unit? do you have a video of laser and heating rod replace?
thanks
I love your videos nice equipment great job.
Thank you very much!
great video, may i ask what’s the make and model of the paper cutter? what’s the make and model of the printer you use for soft-back books? i’m looking to print books of poetry
I have a Challenge 305 paper cutter and Konica 3070 for color printing and Canon Varioprint for monochrome.
Do you recomment printing envelope
I'm a little late to watching this one.... An alternative to finding a stream feeder is using the other vacuum feed drawers in combination. There is a DIP switch that enables drawers 3 and 4 to also feed envelopes. If you give them all the same profile, the machine will automatically switch between drawers, allowing you to keep refilling while it's running. The service manual will give a warning that the feeding out of those drawers is not guaranteed to work as well as drawer 5 since they are not a straight path, but I know shops that have had success with it. You can also order the post screws and envelope attachments for the other drawers. Side note, those envelope attachments also work great if you ever need to run divider tabs. The small rubber feet on the bottom hold the outer tabs in place since the back guide in the drawer doesn't. Lastly, if you do decide to try moving the bypass over, keep in mind that you will need an FA-502 kit which is installed into the PF-707m to allow the paper to pass between drawers 4 and 5.
Yes! I need to try that on my next envelope job. Thanks for the tips!
Hey Boss. You could do with a knock up/jogger block... can make yourself. With the air it can sneakily move some sheets out. Worth knocking in every time after back gauge pushes out. Also with your double cuts on gutters I always have the offcut side to the outside. You will cheat more life out of your blade as the fluffies are on outer side. Sharpest finish on the inside of blade. Hope that makes sense. Enjoy your channel.
Yes, that makes sense. Thanks!!
So fascinating.
Love watching your videos.
So full of interesting information.
Would love to know how a simpleton like myself can tell good quality paper, without going by price.
What is the thing you tend to look for?
Would be great to hear about that.
Thanks.( im not a printer, just curious and interested to learn.)
Consistency, feeling the paper, opacity. It really depends on each person though.
Where can I get the magnet belt in cutting
Search magnetic clamp pad online.
Have you considered a Duplo creaser, slitter, cutter with perfing?
I have thought about it, maybe some day.
@@justaprinter I have a 616Pro..... Lifesaver!!!!
Hi! I was wondering if this konica model can print on mylar bags / pouches ?
Or is it limited to only envelopes I'm asking this as oki pro model can print it with a envelop fuser
Just wanted to know this insight
Thanks !
Sorry, I don't know. I never have before. I kind of doubt that it will work.
@@justaprinter no problem thanks😄
Hi there, are you able to print #9 envelopes on your C3070 with the flap closed or does it need to be open?
Yes, I can, flap is closed.
How much does a printer like the Konica Minolta Digital Press cost?
Between $10,000 and $50,000
Thank you, I'm a small greeting card company and would love something like this.
Hi! Been watching you for a few months now. Im looking into buying a 4070 but most of my jobs are labels. How do you find 3070 or any other KM machine handle labels? I have a MFP but when I print labels, adhesive residue starts to build up on the transfer belt
Where did you get the clip for the envelope?
It came with the machine. A piece of tape would achieve the same result.
Another excellent video. Tell me, how are you able to get away with just single cuts on your guilllotine without producing a a fluffy edge on the outside stack? I'm always having to place double cut between each imposition. Do you think it's because my blade is dull is needs sharpening?
Thanks man! It depends on the paper for me. When I do 120lb uncoated cover I get a messy outside edge and I need to put a gutter in between cards. You could be correct with the dull blade or a clamp pressure that is too low.
Any cuts on the side of the bevel will produce a fuzzy edge. Doesn't matter how sharp the blade is.
One reason why I try to avoid dead cuts between finished pieces.
Guess that's what is called crazy normal. Nice vid.
Thanks!
what settings do you use for the 3070 to run envelopes, here at the college we sent them out, want to do them in house.. is there a special adjustment you need to do? do you need to change fusers? what paper settings do you use? thanks love the channel. Saw you using the bottom tray which l have. but l cant close the tray side guides all the way to fit the #10's. they are thinking about getting a Xante Envelope press but if we can do it here would be great. hope to hear from you. thanks
You need to get an envelope fuser and swap the fuser. I think I cover it in an earlier video. I also sometimes will lower fuser pressure in the expert adjustments. They ran surprisingly well for me.
Hi i saw your video it's pretty good digital press keep doing videos i like it
Thank you, I will
Did you fix you spot problem yet with IQ? There's a bulletin on this. Dust can get in the unit. Just needs to removed. Cleaned. And apply the bulletin seals and your good to go forever. I've done dozens.
Not yet, I'll make the change and post a video about it. I'm excited!
@@justaprinter I can email you thr bulletin if you like
請問機器是美國買的嗎?可以賣到台灣嗎?謝謝
是的，我在美國買的。我相信你可以將它們運往世界各地。
Would the stacker help with envelope output in this case?
Good question.
Hi Dan! Love your channel! I have a question when running envelopes, how do you get the envelopes to feed out to the stacker tray like you have it. Mine always feeds out the top but I want to feed out the bottom so it jogs the env. Please help thank you!
Change the output tray in the Fiery settings before you send the job to print. It is under finishing.
@@justaprinter Thank you for the reply! I have tried doing that but for some reason I get the message saying my settings conflict with selecting it!
Hey Dan. Great videos. I need to find a printer that will print on A-7 FLAPS efficiently. (I have tried many). DO you know if your 3070 will print flaps up on 7.25x5.25? One of the issues also printing laser on flaps is on some machines you get a slight background overtoning which is evident when you pop the flap after printing.
are you being charged by per impression or pay to replace the toner?
I service most of the machine myself and have no click charge.
1 and 2 color envelopes I print on my offset press. Full color I’ll print on my oki data envelope printer. Have a nice weekend 🙏🏽
I miss my offset presses! You have a god weekend as well.
Great video as always, I don't use the weights OR the clips and so far (one month-ish since I got the fuser) #10R & W's, 10 x 13's and 6 3/4's all run perfectly on my 3070.
Glad to hear you had luck running 6 3/4 on there. I had issues on my 1070 but now look forward to trying on my 3070.
A quick way to make envelope-printing more profitable is by printing names and addresses on them in the same run. One of the advantages of an digital printer is, that it does care how many different files there is on a job.
So let the customer pay a little bit extra per envelope - and print the name, address and zip code on it. The customer just deliver a csv-file with the data, and then you can easily do a data-merge through InDesign f.ex. 🙂
Absolutely, I do that for many jobs.
I'd put a bin for the cut-offs right in front of the cutter so you can just slide them off right there rather than having to lift them over the stack of uncut sheets, this will make it even faster and will prevent some strain on your back in the long run, especially since you seem to be quite tall and have to crouch to it :-)
Good point. I'll have to consider that. I do keep a small bin in front for business card trimmings, which are very small.
@@justaprinter I'd say get a bin just tall enough so you can slide it partially under the cutter table to get it easily out of the way if you need to, big just enough so it's not too heavy to carry when completely full. If it's too low there's more chance you'll miss. Making a routine out of this will improve your speed quite a bit without exerting much more effort .-)
How do you accept orders? Do you do that in the morning then work on printing or is there another team getting you the orders?
Mostly through email. Yes, I do prepress in the morning and then go to production.
Unfortunately ypu can only load envelopes in the bottom tray...
There is a dipsw setting to change that. I talked about that on one of my videos. It allows you so feed from tray 4 as well.
@@justaprinter I seen that!! Amazing but I imagine it's not guaranteed? Have you tested it?
Hi Dan
Wish you healthy, I have already found your creative channel. my c6500 konica have a problem, when i send job, its not processing and Printing, just waiting for printing. Also it does not print controller test pages. Did you ever faced this problem or do you have solution for this
Thanks in advance
Sometimes it is always warming up when a fuser lamp is blown and never comes up to temp.
@@justaprinter its warming up, printer is ready for receiving print, but does not receive print.
Isn't that IQ 501 the best thing ever?!! The spot issue I've had before on my C6085, it came down to dust getting inside the IQ glass where you can't clean with the wand. My service tech had to take it apart and put in an updated part to prevent it from recurring and my humidifier was putting mineral dust in the air, not helpful.
Hmm, I should look into fixing my IQ, I do miss using it.
@@justaprinter I refuse to go back to before times (as I call them). That IQ has made me 100x more efficient.
Hi, Dan, good work, I didn’t find a paper jogger in your shop, a chanllenge air jogger is better for digital job abd even brand new is cheap
I do have one, but I find that I can jog paper pretty quick without it. Maybe I should give it a try again.
Look into a RISO GD injet. they use a thmpson feeder and they run great even out of a high capacity feeder and the ink is cheap. just a thought if you can find one used. I have had one for 3 years now and the only issues i have is teh finisher that is a rebranded xerox finisher.. Always fun to watch another guy working alone. as for teh cutting i would rotate 1 way. the clock wise clock wise clock wise 180 move bothered me. :)
Agree! I have looked into the RISO inkjet and would like to have one on my floor for certain projects.
about how much are you making profit wise? just curious thanks
Just depends on the job.
I know this is an older video but I have a question about the cutter programming. If you impose a 4 up, 4/4 postcard and then have to image shift in command workstation doesn’t that make the programmed settings on the cutter useless? Also the Xante is a great printer for envelopes! Love your channel man!
Just reprogram the cutter in a couple of minutes, I have had the same cutter for the past 30 years, it's no problem. And no need to erase the program that's already in the cutter, or to save the 'adjusted' re-program. Hope that helps.
With my cutter you can manually adjust the backgauge as the program is running. I do this sometimes with business cards and after I make the cut it just continues as normal.
dan happy new year
the fact that you do your own maintenance is insane to me. we have techs three times a week in our shop doing all the stuff you do.
Sometimes I think I'm insane for doing my own maintenance. Haha!
printing envelopes was easy enough way back when we had a 451. the pain in the butt even with a 6085 is printing full bleed colour envelops.
Oh man, full bleed envelopes. I bet they look good though!
Xerox and konik wch th best pls
Depends who you ask, they will both work. I like Koncia.
Konica is far better built than Xerox
Nice video 😘
Thanks!
Good Job! By the way, what brand and model of envelopes did you run in this video? Was there any wrinkling?
They were Lindenmyer Munro envelopes. No wrinkling at all.
I once ran 487,000 #9s on a Halm Jet Press (with a feed helper) in an 8 hour shift. Probably made my employer over $8000 !! Now if I can just speed up the Chandler & Price !!
Holy cats! Thats production. Awesome! Good luck on the speeding the chandler! LOL.
good work :)
Imagine, new guy on my workshop has clean the cutting blade with tissue.
And, guess it Dan 😊
Seriously!? I would be scared to clean the blade.
@@justaprinter just a new employee and dont ask anyone if he is dont know.
you can print a normal non digital venster just put a post-it over the venster then print it, if you just need a few or to get the customer happy
Interesting, someone else mentioned that, or maybe it was you? Thanks!
Bro you got to get a riso duplicater for envelopes
I used to have one. I was considering a CommColor for envelopes and other low ink coverage printing. A Riso would be nice for some jobs. I'm running out of space though. :)