I'm teaching myself bookbinding as a retirement project and after using various inkjets found the ink costs prohibitive. Switched to a OKI C511dn A4 colour laser (no longer available) and am really happy with it. As you said in the video the cost/page of laser versus inkjet is vast and being able to do automatic duplex printing at a much higher speed it's always going to be laser for me from now on.
@@alfredomadrid873 Hi Alfredo. I don't really know as shortly after posting my comment I broke my printer - I tried feeding some stuff in that wasn't really suitable (I can't resist experimenting). I will be getting it fixed but it is expensive and money has been tight. Also the printing I had been doing was fairly heavy on high res colour graphics which is going to skew the figures. I do know that the toner does work out a lot cheaper than inkjet cartridges.
Hy, thanks for sharing. I love your videos so much. I saw your print quality on 16:43 and I think the Laser Printer’s Drum need to be cleaned. Last month I print 100 pcs of Photobook using Xerox Iridesse, and the results are good. Of course with few color calibration.
The Iridesse is more suited for photos with better colour management and higher resolution. It's not really an option for home printing haha. Wish I had one.
@@PhotoBookGuru 100% true. Lucky me found a local printshop that has Iridesse and I can get cheaper price. My last advise for a beginner like me: find local print shop that has production series printer. 🙂
Thanks. Can you suggest the best monochrome printer for photos? By best I mean duplex, best gray scale, high resolution, and handles heavier papers. I don't need it to do anything but print b&w images.
Thanks Stefan for another informative video. With regards to the Canon PIXMA iX6850, when printing borderless prints does it require special paper? I read an owner's review on Amazon which stated this.
Hi, are you able to get in contact with photobook uk in regards to if they still use the canon dreamlabo machines or if they don’t use them anymore. I have reached out to them and they only said that the canon hd paper option is no longer available.
Stefano, mate, you just killed it! We are setting up a really small photo book manufacturer business with my girlfriend and your videos would help us a lot.
Hello, I've seen a few video of yours regarding the books. How much in costs would you think a case binding book would cost $$ wise? I have a good printer (Canon Pixma Pro 100) and my photo paper is good quality and actually cheap (i got 500 Archival Satin from Canon for like 50 dollars so about 10 cents for A3+ paper... If i have lets says 80 pages (cost of 4 dollars in paper + ink) how much in additional costs would the binding be if I make it DIY? Is it worth it doing it yourself vs a book publisher like blurb that charges 130 dollars for this same book?
