If you
need a high speed, high resolution color label printer in-plant, you should
contact me; as I have a TrojanOne Color Label printer.
Now I
can send you print samples immediately as well as give you on-site demonstrations
as I completed three this week with Brian Jobmann, Chief Technology Officer of
Trojan Color Systems.
One of
our demonstrations was conducted in a company currently using Vivo Color Label
printers from Quick Label Systems (QLS):
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| Vivo Label Printer |
QLS, a division of Astro-Med, introduced this LED printer named the Vivo
in 2006: http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=120530&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=813026&highlight=. My
customer has been using these printers for the last two years to print labels
“somewhat” on-demand. I say somewhat as
they need to print and rewind labels in advance; to insure the labels are
available to apply during any of their 3 shifts. Once printed, they store printed labels in
racks on the plant floor.
During
our discussion, I learned from the customer that keeping these printers running
is a difficult task. It seems they
continuously need repair, especially with the media handling. In fact, my customer said “we had to get a
spare recently for a spare printer QLS had already provided to us. Can you imagine, a spare for a spare printer? Although QLS has supported us, the Vivo
printer has design problems that make it difficult to keep them running.”
During our
discussion, Brian and I covered three key aspects of the TrojanOne color
printer making it the perfect replacement for a Vivo LED label printer. First, the TrojanOne color label printer was
designed to make it easy to service and support. With the online secure server connectivity,
Trojan Color Systems connects to your printer to diagnose problems and provide
support, including editing the firmware.
According to Brian, 98+% of all issues are resolved with this type of
support. No other in-plant label printer
offers this type of remote support. I
covered this issue in detail in my earlier post: http://colorlabelsondemand.blogspot.com/2014/03/trojan-triumps.html. With
QLS, you need to contact them to get service or to send out a replacement
printer. This type of service costs money that you ultimately pay.
(Side Note:
After setting up my TrojanOne printer, I had an issue that I could not
fix. While driving in a car in TX, Brian
connected to my printer and fixed the issue immediately. It was an amazing example of the support
Trojan provides.)”
Second,
the TrojanOne printer is easy to operate.
With the capability of the Trojan Control Panel to store print jobs,
operators can reprint labels quickly and easily. In addition, operators can use the built-in
service capability to conduct routine maintenance easily.
Third
and most important, the TrojanOne can reduce ink costs on your in-plant prime
label production significantly. With
this customer, we estimated label costs would be reduce by 50% to 70% compared
to the Vivo. The TrojanOne label printer
would print their labels with more than 90% coverage for less than $0.02
each. According to our customer, “QLS
can’t tell us our estimated label costs.
All we know is that we spend more than $250,000 a year with them in ink
and labels.”
And it’s not just the ink. With a
list price of $14,995 ( http://www.quicklabel.com/products-services/label-printers/color/vivo-touch.html#price) even
the Vivo printer hardware is more expensive than the TrojanOne label
printer. In addition, the Vivo requires fuser,
transfer belt and image drum replacement parts making this printer expensive to
keep running.
In
addition to the service/support, ease to operate and lower costs benefits, the
TrojanOne offers other benefits relative to the Vivo Color Label printer;
including significantly faster speed (up to 12 ips versus 2-4 ips), higher
resolution (1,600 x 1,600 dpi versus 600 dpi) and much lower energy
requirements.
If you
have a Vivo printer, contact Color Label Solutions. We help you print higher quality, in-plant
prime labels at a savings of 50% to 70%.
Guy
Mikel
855-962-7670
#colorlabels
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