Canon 9000?

[ppn87]

I own an invitation business and am looking to upgrade to a professional inkjet printer. I am considering the Canon Pro 9000 but am curious about its ability to print text. Text quality is very important and I cannot seem to find a store that has this model out and ready to print. Does anyone have it? Or other suggestions for someone in my position? Thank you

[turntablist]

have you ever considered out-sourcing your work to a printer in another state. a lot of cheap ones are in florida and have free shipping

[PrintDriver]

He didn't say cheap. He said quality. :D
And invitations don't strike me as the type of item that would print in the larger quantities needed for a substantial discount.

I don't know the Canon 9000. Why would you want an inkjet printer for invitations rather than a mid-high production capable laser? Actually why would you want either for custom invites? Both can crack when folded.

[ppn87]

I currently use a much smaller canon inkjet and it works beautifully on all of my cardstocks. It does not crack or bend the paper - I believe that laserjets will do this as a result of the way they feed the paper in, and laserjets do not allow enough drying time in between prints. I am looking for a larger format photo printer capable of printing clean text.

Thanks for your help - I will continue to search. Outsourcing is not an option. I want to be in control of my business - not sending it out to someone else.

[PrintDriver]

I use a Photo quality Epson 1400 at work. Nice prints.
Not sure it qualifies as a business workhorse though. Slow on High Quality with small ink cartridges.

[mojoprime]

after consulting a few experts (*tip of the chapeau to PD*) i got an epson r1800. great prints. wouldn't qualify it as a workhorse either. better for much smaller quantities. it's relatively fast, but like PD says, on high quality these things slow down.

i've heard that the 3800 pro is pretty nifty, and you can get it with a fiery rip, but that was a little more printer than i needed for what i do.

just out of curiosity how many prints are you making on your inkjet for these invitations?

[MikeHun]

The canon is the wrong way to go. Digital offset / CMYK offset is the proper output for invitations I assume that the number of print pieces you require is over 20? You'll have to laminate for longevity at any rate. The application for the canon would be for posters / seating arraignments one to ten copies at most.

[emucru]

I can relate to the OP wanted control printing control over the invitations. My wife does invitations as well. Fortunately we work with a printing company that we used to work for that prints them on their high end lasers. However we would also like to find a printer to use from home.

I don't think outsourcing is the route they want to go. I am curious why they would need lamination. I have yet to see a laminated invite.

[MikeHun]

I do think he was referring to an Ink jet canon printer.
If it's that true and you need the print to travel or be mailed or
handled then laminating is required. Ink jet has minimal resistance to scuffing and is very fragile, it won't last long on it's own.
Recently I was asked to designed a simple economical invite with directions , velum insert and RSVP, Spec'ed two PMS colors 80lb card weight with a thermo-graphic offset ink. After printing it's heated and the ink has an embosed raised texture. Very nice and elegant. Ink jet is for limited runs of 50 or under. If you plan on doing Invitations commercially a little desktop printer just won't do.