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Ah, that's an important clarification, indeed. I suspect there are
printers that could probably be located in house and probably handle
that kind of volume. But the investment might prove so hefty that
outsourcing would still be best unless you sustained that high volume on
a long and consistent basis.
Curiously enough, Microsoft Publisher, at least years ago, used to have
internal links that would take you to a spot on the MS web site, which
would in turn recommend local printing houses. These days, of course,
there are probably better and more comprehensive ways to get that
information.
I'll be curious to see what kind of advice you get from the rest of us.
Jim
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From: Jessica Weissman [mailto:Jessica -dot- Weissman -at- hillcrestlabs -dot- com]
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 11:38 AM
To: Pinkham, Jim; TECHWR-L Writing
Subject: RE: Recommended production printers?
Aha - I wasn't careful enough in my email.
I'm talking about printing houses, not physical in-house printers.
There would be a first run of about 3000 200-page books with cover.
Subsequent runs probably every six months. This is a SWAG, of course.
- Jessica
-----Original Message-----
From: Pinkham, Jim [mailto:Jim -dot- Pinkham -at- voith -dot- com]
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 12:08 PM
To: Jessica Weissman; TECHWR-L Writing
Subject: RE: Recommended production printers?
What kind of duty cycle do you need -- in other words, what would you
anticpate as normal and maximum pages-per-month outputs?
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[mailto:techwr-l-bounces+jim -dot- pinkham=voith -dot- com -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com] On
Behalf Of Jessica Weissman
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 10:00 AM
To: TECHWR-L Writing
Subject: Recommended production printers?
Good morning from soon-to-be-snowy Washington DC.
My company is looking for a good production printer to work with on a
custom self-published book. They may go POD or use Lulu, but if not...
I seem to remember a few printers recommended here, but searching the
archives produces either a lot of talk about printer drivers or about
Microsoft Publisher.
Can someone point me to that discussion if it exists? Or recommend such
a printer?
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