In recent months Canon India has achieved success with its entry-level press from the imagePRESS series in the Mumbai suburb of Andheri and the adjoining district of Jogeshwari. Two fast-growing digital print shops, one in Andheri East and the other in Jogeshwari East, have opted for the imagePRESS C650 production printers in order to deal with the growing digital print volumes.
Canon imagePRESS series consists of ImagePRESS C650, ImagePRESS C750 and ImagePRESS C850 production printers. In terms of speeds, the C650, C750 and C850 can print 65,75 and 85 pages per minute respectively with resolutions of 2400 x 2400 dpi.
Mahavir Digital, based in the Chakala area of Andheri East, a few months ago bought the imagePRESS C650 to add to the multiple digital presses it already has. The print shop deals with mostly corporate clients and prints items such as booklets, brochures, visiting cards, stickers, catalogs and flyers, among others. “We have used solutions from Konica Minolta, Xerox as well as Canon. We found the experience of working with Canon very satisfying. As for the technical aspects of the imagePRESS C650, the best part is that the press can run long prints in duplex mode which saves a lot of time when dealing with large volumes. Also, we are doing a lot of jobs on 300 gsm paper,” says Chirag Gada, one of the proprietors of Mahavir Digital. The print shop prints around 30,000 impressions every month on the new Canon press.
Chirag Gada of Mahavir DigitalNeed for better printers to cater the rising demand
Talking about plans for further expansion, Gada says that Mahavir Digital is looking to add a new monochrome printer in the coming few months but space is turning about to be a big constraint. “Our print volumes are rising, and we need to add more black and white printers. But in a place like Mumbai it is very hard to find space. We currently have three small monochrome printers and we feel we will have to get rid of some of these smaller printers to make way for the new one,” he says.
About twenty minutes auto ride northwards from Mahavir Digital is Mangalam Xerox, located in Jogeswhari East. Apart from running a digital print shop, Mangalam Xerox also stocks stationery items. The Canon imagePRESS C650 is the first production printer that the print shop has bought.
“We were witnessing a gradual increase in our print volumes and the smaller digital printers that we had were not enough to cater to the rising demand. That is when I decided that we need a production level printer. I had heard good feedback about Canon and so I opted for the imagePRESS C650,” says Kapil Gada, proprietor of Mangalam Xerox.
Since the commissioning of the press a few months ago, Mangalam Xerox is printing approximately 25,000 impressions every month on the new printer. “At the moment I am happy with this press and expect volumes to increase further going forward,” Kapil Gada says.
