Here's the scenario....Customer has a CL3000. The specs say the output capacity is 250 sheets, or 500 duplexed sheets. The customer needs 700-1000 capacity. Their monthly volume is 8000 or about 350 per day, and one day per month is where the 700-1000 comes in. They will set the printer up to print at 12:05am, and by the time this guy gets into his office at 7:00am, the 1000 print job has stopped because of the output tray being full, so they lose about 4 hours of print time because of the low capacity on the output tray.
The CL4000 has an output of 500 sheets as well as the CL7200. I know if going with the CL4000, I will get the 1000 duplex output, but if down the road, volume increases, this customer will be in the same spot they are now. If I go with the CL7200, I can add a finisher for greater output, but can I justify the expense of $1995 for the SR960 to get additional paper output?
Are there any other options I am not thinking of? What would you do if this was your deal?
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