The CP3400 with integrated finishing is one configuration in the CP3000 range.

Intec Printing Solutions claims its new A3 colour digital printer – the CP3000 – leads its class in cost per copy. The toner-based system, which is aimed at digital print companies, marketing departments and advertising agencies where imaging cost is of paramount importance, has been developed specifically to produce cost-effective quality digital print.

The company said it has calculated a cost per copy of 1.56 pence per sheets with 5% toner coverage, and says this compares favourably with all other A3 laser printers on the market. It is available from 1 November 2013, and from 1 December will also be paired with a Fiery RIP. A range of configurations include integrated finishing functions such as folding, hole punching (up to four holes), saddle stitching, collating, and stapling on media from A6 up to SRA3 and banner lengths up to 1.2 metres long.

While Intec is known for its heavy stock printers such as the XP2020, which has a straight paper path and can handle substrates up to 600 gsm, the CP3000 has been developed specifically with cost per copy in mind. Even so, it can still print onto 400 gsm papers. The company said that the CP3000 will cost ‘well under £10,000’ and will be paid for through a toner fee that includes all maintenance and support, rather than a click charge. 

‘Not everyone needs to print on 600 gsm, they just want good cost per copy,’ director of business development Mark Baker-Homes told Digital Printer. ‘Our goal was to deliver something that would really set itself apart in the A3 market space. We compared more than 10 different A3 laser printers used in a selection of different print environments and this system came out head and shoulders above the rest in terms of print quality and is unbeatable in imaging costs.

‘We are offering the CP3000 as a toner-based solution; customers will get low cost per copy and won’t get penalised for every copy they produce.’

The CP3000 prints at speeds of up to 50 pages per minute (black) and 45 pages per minute (colour). Toner cartridges yield up to 32,000 pages (black) and 22,000 (colour).