Digital BW, The Print

Hi all -

I'm about to kick my art publishing business into a higher gear.  I 
am currently printing 2,000 cards per month using my 4 Epson 890s.  I 
anticipate doing 20,000 cards per month when I go from my current 80 
retailers to over 600 retail locations.  Cards are A7 size folded so 
the card stock is 10"x7" (cut grain short), 80# cover stock.  I print 
at 720 dpi, Black Only, using a CIS.  It takes about 2.5 minutes per 
card.  The anticipated volume would just reduce these little desktop 
machines into dust in no time.  So I don't think scaling up the 
operation by adding 890s (if they were even available) is the right 
way to go.

So, does anyone have suggestions for the type of press or equipment 
manufacturer I should look at?  I'm assuming such a digital press 
would take full size sheets of 80# cover, so I'd also have to get 
paper cutting/slitting equipment.  That's okay - the place I get the 
stock cut now just doesn't care (as much as I do) about the quality 
of their work.  A B&W or DuoTone press would be okay to start, but 
eventually I'll want to do color also if my sales staff adds other 
artists to the talent mix.

Thanks for any suggestions.

Richard Orban
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www.AAubreyBodine.com