Crazy Static, Canon Varioprint vs. Konica Minolta, Hard Cover Book Production 

Once aging I always wait for your content and appreciate your love of the business.

Nice to see the progress in book printing and binding. We also started with perfect binding and then added hardcover binding as well. For small runs we use machines from the German manufacture Schmedt which help a lot making high quality hardcovers. And we are on Konica as well on the b&w side.

Hello,am a graphic designer from Kenya and I am inspired when I watch your videos

Great comparison, thanks for the video. Enable "Use CIE Color" feature under Printing Preferences > "Imaging" tab will make a better grayscale gradation on Konica Minolta BW press.

I need a paper cutter in Santo Domingo and none of those appear here, I like your videos, I have been enjoying them for a while and they have helped me a lot in my business, thanks.

I had two Varioprint 130 at my last print shop and they outran pretty much any machine I've used since the original Docutech 135. Fantastic quality, gradients and consistency. Two things I noticed: It curled heavier cover stock pretty aggressively I occasionally got dirty spots of extra toner in a run. The machine usually notices and cleans the drum but you have to locate those sheets and pull them out (or over run). KM was my preferred color machine since they also lay down a more offset (flat) looking image and, when kept up on service, made some fantastic quality prints.

I have been following your channel for a long time and it has helped me a lot to make decisions about digital printing. Currently we need to decide between a Konica and a Canon production printer; At the local expo we have seen both and this video has helped us a lot to understand both options. I will be very aware of your new videos about the Canon equipment. Your channel is of great help in an area where it is difficult to find information beyond the technical subject. Thank you!

IMHO the KM has some kind of adjustment problem. It should be able to hold grayscale down to 3-4%. Check the driver settings under print quality. If I had to guess, its defaulted to Presentation (which increases contrast). Switching to Photographic should optimize grayscale. FWIW

Nice to see that the Canon form-factor stays the same. That Varioprint looks almost the same as the C1 I used to work with 8 years ago ;)

I have sold both devices and continue to stay alert to market trends. Your description of the image quality is spot on with what I see everyday. As both machines age the KM becomes harder to keep its quality and the Canon stays the same. I have seen Canon's using this process with well over 500,000,000 pages with same results.

We used dryer sheets (Bounce, etc...) in addition to antistatic tensile on bad days before...

Hello Dan. I watch your videos all the time and it inspires me more and more. Thanks to your videos, I want more and more to finish what I'm doing now and work for a printing house, because the business has long sunk into my soul. Is it possible to come to you and get to know you and your production better? good luck and wish you inexhaustible energy

I'm a Ricoh technician and I find your videos quite interesting because it gives me insite on high volume machines that I don't get to work on. It will be interesting to which performs better in terms of costs, downtime, availability of spares, speed

It‘s good to see you have a nas. I have a cluster of three nases, and files are managed by crm

You will be fine on the 115. No waste toner to worry about. Take note on the pick up roller and separator. And also to wipe the internal with a wet cloth to ensure no excessive paper dust in paper path way. Not so good in running letter head or pre printed paper as the residue might stick on the drum belt. Every 40k of constant pre printed paper run need to switch to white paper sometimes to clean the belt.

The new konica minolta 6136/6120 has a much better halftone than the old 1200 series. Use whatever machine is easiest Service and easy to get parts and toner for.

What is the thickest paper the konica minolta bizhub c224 printer can handle? Wondering if it would work for 14pt cardstock.

So I service Konica machines. I do recommend on any image unit/drum and dev unit replacement to do stabilize and gradation. Also depends if your use OEM toner or generic toner. Also on the paper, I’ve seen paper dust get behind the mag roller on developer. You also could play with fuser temp depending on paper type. Oddly even grain of paper too.

my god i love your videos and businnes i got me magicolr5570 for 420eur in 2009 tdy its back at 1200 and i got my 12k color toners for 98eur 4x12k pages set =) its my first evening since 2009 with having revived my beloved good as new magicolor5570

A la impresión en negro en la canon si le pones un 15 al 20% de Cían se vera un negro mas fuerte, eso asía cuando trababa en la Solna 125 espero y sirva. Bendiciones!

Hi Dan! Great work, dude! I have a C4080 and a 1052 both with PB-503. Generally this combination makes fun, but I have one big problem and I dont know what to do: Printing on e.g. 90gsm or 100gsm uncoated paper, the prints become after 20 minutes or so extreme wavy on the edges. It looks horrible! I already did lower the fusing temperature and fusing pressure - still no difference. My technician has no idea either. Do you have an idea to avoid this? I used to run a Xerox C60, there I never had the problem.

Hi Dan, I am an offset printer from 1m years ago. I watch your channel and think I would love to get back into the game but, for me, I would struggle with the pre-press origination and the transfer and set-up of the machines themselves. I don't follow the "click count" concept and why that is so important, or how that impacts the cost of production. I have so many more questions I would like to ask machinist to machinist, but Pennsylvania is a long way from Western Australia. Anyhow great following along and seeing the new age of printing which is so radically different from how I got started in printing in the dinosaur age of 1967. Great work and good luck with your expansion into case binding. I shall keep watching with interest.

Hello Dan, I'm just curious by asking this question - Do you use a filter especially for toner or an exhaust fan. I heard that toner dust is not good for health. A printer friend of mine uses several production printers and mentioned this issue and he's using a commercial filtration unit for toner dust.

Hi Dan, how do you do the end papers for the books?

Curious what your electric kWh add up to on an avg month? I do some things in house but utilize trade printers for the majority of larger and multi-step jobs.

Hi Dan , I'm Audrey I'm Brazilian , congratulations for the channel We have a C1070p and in Brazil we are out of toner for this equipment would you have a tip to use toner from another machine , maybe the 71hc one without damaging the machine , sorry for the english I'm using the Google translator

Hope you have a backup as well. Also during that time rebuilding the array, if any other drive had failed you would have lost data too.

Dan, just curious. I am almost ready to swap my fleet. What are your feeling on Konica. Looking at a couple 14000's plus some black and whites. Have Canon's right now and have had them in the past and not in love with them. Had Xerox for a 12 year span in the past as well. Ricoh and Konica are want to fly me out to their headquarters to play around with gear.. What are your thoughts on both?

3:17 What jobs of 10.000 sheets single image black only are still around? Would love to run more of those 1-page bulk jobs.

Yep the Varioprints with the newer controller requires you to have what they call a SAM key to get into service mode. The ones with the older controller/firmware just required a pin/code to get into service mode

You are the most laid back printer I have ever seen. My Konica Minolta 6000 is great but it always prints TOO RED. Can you suggest a simple way to resolve this in Command Workstation? Or can you recommend a website that will help? Thanks.

I want to start a digital printing business !!! Which printer do you recommend??? For B/W and color ?

Good day Sir, I have been following you for a while now. What's the model of your newly installed Canon? Can it be good for printing on non tearable synthetic photobook substrate? I presently use Xerox C75.

That's some nice bookbinding equipment, are they available near you, we in South Africa and have to import everything.lol

Hi, your videos are very informative and enjoyable to watch. In a previous video you said that your KM presses are able to print carbonless all day, is this a joke or have you really had the opportunity to print a lot of carbonless in a row? I have a KM 2060 under contract and the technician who service it has strongly advised me against printing carbonless on a regular basis or in quantities of more than several thousand sheets because, according to him, it cause a build up of chemical on the rollers of the machine that should be avoided. I bought a second hand Riso Comcolor to print carbonless, but I have problems with the paper passage whereas on my Konica press I never have any jam or double! I was also wondering if you collate the carbonless sheets with your Horizon collator and if it works well or if you have collating problems? Thanks and I look forward to watching your videos!

As a konica tech, I can say that the 1200 is a older generation machine and half tones were not that great but the solids are great. The new generation 6136 series addresses that problem. N another note, there is a lot of aftermarket "H" toners that are out there that are causing quality issues with all of the machines. There is a fix that requires a firmware update and software dip switches to be activated.

Varioprint will run forever. Need to get yourself the large capacity feed deck. The Direct Press fuser in the DP will produce stunning grayscale, but can scuff very easily. My book customers prefer the text output of the VP over traditional fuser tech. Yes you should of held onto the offset press. Easy to find another one though.

6:28 I never use internal paper tray, I use external vacuum tray instead

Texture paper printing settings for Konica c1060. Printing quality is rough, how to adjust it for texture papers.

Do you use compatible toners or original?

Your Bizhub require gradation adjustments. You can do it yourself see em. Did you mention Canon model you got?

8:13 varioprint employs direct imaging technology so image quality can hardly be affected by any factors

You have to see the new color machines from KM. C7090/C7100 Have you had your hands on such a machine?

It's nice to have an offset duplicator laying around for u never know........

Great channel have been following for some time. We are a print shop based in Ibiza, and looking to purchase a canon v1000, we currently work with a xerox versant 180 but not happy with the quality. Anybody has experience with the v1000?

I have noticed that the hardcover bound books I bought in recent years are actually perfect bound books glued into hardcover cases. To me this indicates that perfect bind glues are sufficiently advanced to do the job. Is there really any value anymore to sew bindings?

8:49 varioprint image quality never degrades Yeah!！！

Oh and I‘m just getting my KM 6136 … after a year we are happy with our 14000, too … but it took time! Best KM ever was the 1085 until now … it worked 10 m Clicks without any Problems our 1052e 20 m clicks

Sir I am big fan and follower of you 🙏. Iam from Kolkata, India. Sir I just want to know what companies you recommend me for thermal automatic Lamination or you use for your self.

konica minolta c4070 controller unconnected problem

hi, I like Canon Varioprint machin 👌👍

you need to make a video on how you open paper by just banging it on the table

Dear Sir I want to brought Riso Comcolor FT1430 Please suggest my decision is correct or not?

Where can I find you on eBay? How many links?

Hello, I'm watching you from Ethiopia, i am looking for CMYK color based; any paper type duplicator machine for my printing and advert business. which machine is do you prefer to me? please advise me!

hello Dan, thank you for the informative videos. Please i bought a preowned Canon imagepress C910 series. the byepass tray isn't working, so i need to replace it. i have been in search for the bypass for over 4 months now. i can't work *crying* . The authorized distributor of canon in my region doesn't have. i really need to get a seller that has pls. i'm based in Lagos Nigeria. Thanks

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First view from kanpur uttar pradesh india pls take my name in your next vedio lists of love 💕

I am going to buy a refurbished Konica Minolta 1100 What is your opinion? €0.03/click

Hello Dan, i want help, iam planing new print shop but i confused, which machine is best low cost copy machine, so plz help me, & i have present only B&w print customers, monthly quantity just 150000, A4 sheets required, so plz suggest me low cost maintenance & copy price & machine price & tell me ( iam in INDIAN, stay in Hyderabad ). Plz help me sir

look into the plastic papers! my god

Why not buy an Indigo ?

dear Dan... I am having konica 70 hc. I am getting an error C-E009 I have loaded firmware but the error not going. cleaned all sockets of PRCB AND PR IPB AND MEMERORY BOARD. I HAVE ALSO CHANGED THE CONNECTING CABLE BETWEEN PRCB AND PRIPB,BUT NO USE. please give a solution

varioprint is only capable of running copy paper, offset paper is highly likely to contaminate the ttf belt

That's too funny . It's like a Ford guy and Chevy guy P.s. I'm Canon guy 😀

Qualitywise, i think canon is superior but economicwise Konica is superior

What are you asking for the model 20 cutter. Email me back

you are getting close to jump to the indigo side.

Nice Press house Can I come with you?

You should always have 2+ drive redundancy. What if one of the other drivers dies while it’s rebuilding? You’re screwed…

why dont buy xerox

10:24 service password 675756

Cannons are Cadillac's and konica's are chevys. I'm a certified Xerox, Konica, and HP tech. My customers who went from Cannon to Konica in Mid range regretted it. =/

get your self a konica minolta km1

brazililan paper :v