Re: Non-standard Manual Sizes

[Elna Tymes <etymes -at- LTS -dot- COM>]

Heli Roosild wrote:
>
> We've been using Docutech for several years, and it is every bit as good
> as Amy says.

Let me second what Heli says.  Docutech has been the workhorse of the
quickprint industry for short-run manuals for years, and Xerox has made
incremental improvements over the years.  Unless you're after
high-quality printing, or you have a large (>1000 copies) run, Docutech
can compare favorably with the bids by off-shore printers.

> Just recently, our print vendor introduced a digital color
> printer (I don't know if it is a Docutech or not).  This allows us the
> luxury of 4-color manual covers for LESS than the price of traditional
> 2-color.  As a rule, we order 100 copies of our manuals at a time.  The
> extra cost for the color cover is only $1 per book, and worth every penny
> in customer--and Sales team--satisfaction.

It's a Xerox processor, and I agree that the color covers are a nice
touch.  I'm looking at a 4-color brochure done at a local Kinko's by
their 4-color Xerox, and it looks nice.  The print overlays aren't as
precise as I suspect I'd get from a regular color printing house, but it
would take a magnifying glass to determine that.

Elna Tymes

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