Ricoh C751EX Duplex 300gsm

You need to address the applications the customer wants. I can see this guy wants to do two-sided business cards and you will NOT get a second side registration and then cut them in bulk. When people want 300gsm you gotta dig into the applications they want to do (heavy fills, tight registrations etc.). I've retired from day to day sales but still lurk on the fringes - got that toner in my blood - and I don't know the 751.

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Originally posted by Art Post:
Anyone out there got a C751 duplexing 300GSM?

The C751 is only spec'd to auto-duplex 256gsm. In my experience, the 300gsm will NOT auto-duplex.

Interestingly, I've run heavier weights (up to 350gsm) will few issues, but forget about trying to auto-duplex anything heavier than 256, at all, doesn't work, even a little.

The C751 actually WILL do second-side registration, because unlike non-production machines (even those Ricoh has called production in the past), it has a separate registration unit to make sure the paper registers. This unit functions with auto-duplex as well as manual duplex.

Glad to hear tighter second side registrations has been addressed. That being said, do you think short runs of MANUAL duplex of 300gsm could be done? Thinking specifically of two-sided business cards and covers for books.

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Originally posted by Chuck:
do you think short runs of MANUAL duplex of 300gsm could be done?

Doesn't even need to be "short" runs, can easily do manual duplex of 300gsm. It's in spec and even better... it actually works!

I was on the phone with one of the product guys for this device and Ricoh has a few media's that they tested that are over 256gsm and he claims they are approved. Does anyone have an approved media list they could send me?

Just to clarify Art, The machine is spec'd to run 300gsm, the 256gsm limitation only comes into play with auto-duplexing.

Jason:

Got it and thanx.

Art