RE: Which printer for a newsletter?

["Artistic Photography" <zone6@golden.net>]

What about a color laser printer??  

Michael and Mary Messner
Artistic Photography
www.artistic-photo.com



-----Original Message-----
From: owner-epson-inkjet@leben.com [mailto:owner-epson-inkjet@leben.com]
On Behalf Of Craig Andreiko
Sent: April 13, 2002 10:52 AM
To: epson-inkjet@leben.com
Subject: Re: Which printer for a newsletter?


Hi,
	 At 600 double sided pages you should at least consider having 
them printed commercially.
Craig Andreiko
On Saturday, April 13, 2002, at 05:29 AM, Ed Shotwell wrote:

> I've got a newsletter that I need to output monthly in full color.
> It is about 600 pcs of 8 1/2 x 11" printed in full color on 2 
> sides.  It is produced on a Mac using PageMaker 6.5.
> I was going to use my old Epson 1200 with a CFS system, but the 
> speed is very, very slow even in 360dpi/High Speed mode.  What can I 
> do to increase the output speed?
> The printer seems much faster on Photoshop documents, but really 
> bogs down in Pagemaker.  It makes a few passes then pauses to think 
> for a few seconds.  It's taking about
> 2 minutes per side.  That's 600 x 2 minutes x 2 sides for a whopping 
> 40 hours!  Way, way too much time. Do I need to switch to a 
> different printer?  I haven't installed
> the CFS system yet as I am not satisfied with the speed and will 
> return the CFS if I need to go to a different printer.
>
> I've also got an Epson C80 and it is much faster, but the cartridge
> cost is prohibitive.
>
> Ideas would be very welcome.
>
> Ed Shotwell
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