I'm in an p4p account. Needs are for 20-30K per month for color, fiery, bookletmaker, max 80 page bookletmaker, 300gsm single sided, and duplex for 256gsm.
What Canon device would you propose and why?
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You're caught in between a rock and a hard place though because volumes are not high enough to invest into a production machine. The C5250 (50 ppm) is probably the most affordable model that can do everything you want, but you are going to be missing quality. Even the next model up, the C7260, is just a fast MFP. Canon production isnt very good IMO. The register is poor and parts are expensive, so it'll be difficult to maintain service profitability once parts need replacement. I have a customer using a used C5250 with a fiery on it. It's not the right fit, but still better than the Oki they would have bought if I didn't show something more aggressively priced. Better to look at Oce, Konica Minolta or Xerox. It's a tough sell, but I think p4p accounts are better off investing into high quality production equipment even if the volumes aren't there. They will be able to provide high quality, high variety and fast turn-around to their customers which ultimately will help grow their business.
The 5250 is not rated for that high a gsm. Buyer beware. I'm a canon dealer and I would never put that system in for the specs you listed. You may have better luck with the 7260 or the 9280. If the 20-30k is in color, the c700 might TCO out better than an imageRUNNER.
As configured, maybe 24k for the 7260 and 32-36k for the 9280
Good call Andrew, I should've double-checked the GSM. Max GSM is 256 on the C5250.