{"id":5607,"date":"2013-08-07T08:47:29","date_gmt":"2013-08-07T12:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theweekinimaging.com\/?p=5607"},"modified":"2013-08-07T09:18:29","modified_gmt":"2013-08-07T13:18:29","slug":"10-things-you-might-not-know-about-digital-duplicators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/the-week-in-imaging-twii\/sales-and-service\/2013\/08\/10-things-you-might-not-know-about-digital-duplicators\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Things You Might Not Know About Digital Duplicators"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Riso-2.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5624\" alt=\"Riso 2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Riso-2-300x265.gif\" width=\"300\" height=\"265\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>What\u00a0does Priport mean or\u00a0what possessed Ricoh to choose the name Priport?\u00a0 If I had to choose a\u00a0name for a high-speed duplicator I\u00a0would have chosen something like DocuPress, Image Print or DupliPress\u00a0many years ago.<\/p>\n<p>In the last few months I&#8217;ve been able to learn more about the Riso Duplicators, and while my heart is still with the Ricoh Priport there are some awesome features with some of the Riso duplicators.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The first true digital duplicator was developed and introduced by <a title=\"Riso Kagaku Corporation\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Riso_Kagaku_Corporation\">Riso Kagaku Corporation<\/a> in August 1986.<\/li>\n<li>Digital Duplicators can print up to 10,800 11&#215;17 pages per hour.<\/li>\n<li>When printing 2 up on 11&#215;17 media, you can run 21,600 images per hour.<\/li>\n<li>Digital Duplicators do not use any heat when printing and image, thus the reliability of the duplicator is better than most Production Print Systems.<\/li>\n<li>Digital Duplicators are now capable of printing two sides in one pass (letter size only).<\/li>\n<li>If you get a tear in your plate\/master you can place a piece of tape on the tear and continue with the print job (as long as the tear is not in the image area).<\/li>\n<li>Digital Duplicators (some models)\u00a0can run two colors in a single pass.<\/li>\n<li>Digital Duplicators can&#8217;t print on to Gloss stock.<\/li>\n<li>When figuring cost per page, Digital Duplicators yields are based on an 11&#215;17 image. Because the Digital Duplicator will wrap an 11&#215;17 plate\/master around the image cylinder.<\/li>\n<li>Digital Duplicators can be used to create raised print with a post print process. <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thermographic_printing\" target=\"_blank\">Thermography<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Digital duplicators are also ideal for printing envelopes, NCR and thick stock.\u00a0Since there is no heat used in the process of printing and image there are virtually no consumables except for plates\/master and ink.\u00a0You can expect duplicators to run hundreds of thousands of prints without any service calls.<\/p>\n<p>There are three players left in the Digital duplicator Industry now, Ricoh, Riso and Duplo.\u00a0Years ago I would have bet the ranch that one of these manufacturers would have developed a four-color, single-pass duplicator.\u00a0Who wouldn&#8217;t have been interested in a producing full color prints at 10,800 pages and hour, especially for a cost of about penny?\u00a0 Of course that was my thinking.<\/p>\n<p>With the continued advancement of liquid ink technology it seems that digital duplicators may become extinct in the next few years.<\/p>\n<p>Related Threads: <a href=\"http:\/\/mfpsolutions.blogspot.com\/2007\/09\/can-seriprinters-revitalize-digital.html\" target=\"_blank\">Can SeriPrinters Revitalize Digital Duplicators?<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mfpsolutions.blogspot.com\/2008\/09\/duplexing-duplicators-rise-of-green.html\" target=\"_blank\">Duplexing Duplicators, Rise of the \u201cGreen\u201d RICOH DX 4640PD Duplicator<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/mfpsolutions.blogspot.com\/2010\/09\/ricoh-hq-duplicator-on-steroids.html\" target=\"_blank\">Ricoh HQ Duplicator on Steroids w\/Envelope Feeder<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mfpsolutions.blogspot.com\/2011\/05\/selling-copiers-ask-art-digital.html\" target=\"_blank\">Selling Copiers &#8220;Ask Art&#8221; Digital Duplicators Not Dead Yet!<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/mfpsolutions.blogspot.com\/2011\/04\/8-duplicating-duplicator-tips-for-ricoh.html\" target=\"_blank\">8 Duplicating Duplicator Tips for Ricoh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Good selling!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What\u00a0does Priport mean or\u00a0what possessed Ricoh to choose the name Priport?\u00a0 If I had to choose a\u00a0name for a high-speed duplicator I\u00a0would have chosen something like DocuPress, Image Print or DupliPress\u00a0many years ago. In the last few months I&#8217;ve been able to learn more about the Riso Duplicators, and while my heart is still with the Ricoh Priport there are some awesome features with some of the Riso duplicators. The first true digital duplicator was developed and introduced by Riso Kagaku Corporation in August 1986. Digital Duplicators can print up to 10,800 11&#215;17 pages per hour. When printing 2 up on 11&#215;17 media, you can run 21,600 images per hour. Digital Duplicators do not use any heat when printing and image, thus the reliability of the duplicator is better than most Production Print Systems. Digital Duplicators are now capable of printing two sides in one pass (letter size only). If you get a tear in your plate\/master you can place a piece of tape on the tear and continue with the print job (as long as the tear is not in the image area). Digital Duplicators (some models)\u00a0can run two colors in a single pass. Digital Duplicators can&#8217;t print on to Gloss stock. When figuring cost per page, Digital Duplicators yields are based on an 11&#215;17 image. Because the Digital Duplicator will wrap an 11&#215;17 plate\/master around the image cylinder. Digital Duplicators can be used to create raised print with a post print process. Thermography Digital duplicators are also ideal for printing envelopes, NCR and thick stock.\u00a0Since there is no heat used in the process of printing and image there are virtually no consumables except for plates\/master and ink.\u00a0You can expect duplicators to run hundreds of thousands of prints without any service calls. There are three players left in the Digital duplicator Industry now, Ricoh, Riso and Duplo.\u00a0Years ago I would have bet the ranch that one of these manufacturers would have developed a four-color, single-pass duplicator.\u00a0Who wouldn&#8217;t have been interested in a producing full color prints at 10,800 pages and hour, especially for a cost of about penny?\u00a0 Of course that was my thinking. With the continued advancement of liquid ink technology it seems that digital duplicators may become extinct in the next few years. Related Threads: Can SeriPrinters Revitalize Digital Duplicators?Duplexing Duplicators, Rise of the \u201cGreen\u201d RICOH DX 4640PD Duplicator. Ricoh HQ Duplicator on Steroids w\/Envelope FeederSelling Copiers &#8220;Ask Art&#8221; Digital Duplicators Not Dead Yet!8 Duplicating Duplicator Tips for Ricoh Good selling! &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":5624,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[87],"tags":[106,164,312,713],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5607"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5607"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5625,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5607\/revisions\/5625"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}