CHESS, Inc. Company Information

Used & Demo Printers - Now On Sale!
Qty	Make	Model	Speed	Condition	Price
DESKTOP IMPACT PRINTERS
1	CIE	5000	500 cps	Used	$450
1	Okidata	4410	900 cps	Used	$850
1	OTC	P100	1055 cps	Demo	$995
1	Printek	4503	450 cps	Used	$1200
1	Printek	4500	450 cps	Used	$950
1	Tally	2060	700 cps	Demo	$750
LINE PRINTERS
1	Tally	661	900 lpm	Used	$1995
1	Tally	691	1400 lpm	Used	$2495
1	Tally	6065	650 lpm	Used	$2200
1	Tally	6100	1000 lpm	Used	$3200
1	Tally	6180	1800 lpm	Used	$4500
1	Tally	6212	1200 lpm	Used	$3500
1	Printronix	P5005b	500 lpm	Demo	$1995
MONOCHROME LASER PRINTERS
1	Kyocera	3800N	25 ppm	Demo	$995
1	Kyocera	1010	15 ppm	Demo	$250
1	Ricoh	2100	21 ppm	Demo	$385
1	Ricoh	3200	32 ppm	Demo	$775
2	Ricoh	4500	45 ppm	Used	$1995
1	Okidata	18	18 ppm	New	$295
COLOR LASER PRINTERS
1	Ricoh	3800c	28/38 ppm	Demo	$3500
1	Kyocera	c5016	17 ppm	Demo	$1995

All equipment featured here comes with 90 day return to depot warranty. On-site warranty programs available at discount prices. All units available for rental.

Printronix Gold & Platinum Series
Remanufactured Printers

Is Your Budget A Little Tight?

Printronix can help you save money and still realize all the benefits of our industry leading print technologies: line matrix, laser, and thermal. To achieve your budget goals while upgrading your print operations, check out our remanufactured printers. The two versions – Gold and Platinum – are detailed below. Both are yours at discounted prices that are much more in tune with your budget.

What are Remanufactured Gold Series Printers?

These units are hand-picked as the best we can find from the field. They are normally three to five years old and in good working condition. Once returned to our factory, they undergo an extensive remanufacturing process to ensure the highest product quality. Remanufacturing includes:

· Thorough disassembly, cleaning and inspection
· Upgrade CMX controller to latest revision
· Refurbish shuttle, including new wear surfaces and fret tip cleaning/match-up
· Clean and test power supply; upgrade if needed
· New exterior paint
· Check motors and belts
· Replace ribbon hubs
· Install options and latest software
· Test and prepare for shipment

What are Remanufactured Platinum Series Printers?

Our Platinum Series printers are low usage, recently built models. Typically they are returns from demonstration sites or sales offices and are three to six months old. These "like new" units are fully reviewed and tested before shipment. Also, any available upgrades are performed. Often, these printers can have the same options installed as new printers.

Call Chess for pricing and availability.

While our inventory of remanufactured line printers is constantly changing, the P5000 models below are currently available. For Laser and Thermal printer availability please contact Chess.

Gold Model #	Platinum Model #
P5005	P5005
P5205	P5205
P5008	P5010
P5208	P5210
P5010	P5215
P5210	P5220
P5215

Eliminating Hidden Printing Costs

Companies are quickly discovering that there’s a “hidden cost center” that’s draining millions of dollars from their bottom lines.

That cost center is the cost of operating laser and ink printers. Companies are spending up to 3% of their annual revenues on office printing, according to Gartner.

The costs have been hidden because typically not one group is responsible for tracking all of the costs. The IT department handles printer service. Toner and paper are purchased through an office supplies account, or by the facilities group. Often, different operational groups within an organization are responsible for making the purchases when needs arise. As a result, there is no overall strategy guiding these decisions.

There is good news. Tools and methods have been developed to help organizations analyze the costs and then put together a strategy for reducing these costs without sacrificing the needs of their users.

READ MORE!

Perfect Bar Codes
every time.

Is it important to your organization that the bar code labels that you produce be accurately read every time? If so, Printronix has the answer with Online Data Validation.

This unique quality control option can inspect every bar code on every label printed on a Printronix T5000e. Specifically, ODV technology analyzes each bar code just after it is printed. This 100% analysis verifies that the print image falls well within each bar code’s published quality specifications to ensure the bar code will scan successfully. If any code on a label fails, the label is automatically cancelled and a replacement label is printed.

Evaluates every bar code on every label to provide total scanning assurance.
Automatically cancels and reprints any label
on which a bar code failed.
Eliminates the need for costly human intervention in the bar code validation process.

Affordable and Easy Color Printing: the Xerox Phaser 8400

If your organization is in need of bright, sharp workgroup color printing, but the expense and difficulty of use are stopping you, then Chess has an answer for you. The Phaser 8400 takes Xerox solid ink technology to a new level.

The Phaser 8400 comes in several configurations starting at $999
Solid ink printer, network connectivity optional
Maximum paper size is legal (8.5 x 14 inches)
24 pages per minute in fast color / 24 ppm in black
500 MHz PowerPC processor
2400 FinePoint, 600x600 dpi
First Page Out Time is 6 seconds
Up to 512 MB of memory, hard disk has 20GB storage
True Adobe Postscript 3™
(137 fonts), PCL5c (81 fonts)

Thermal Printing 101

Thermal printers are excellent for printing all types of labels, including regular paper labels, weatherproof synthetics, and card stock. These printers can quickly deliver a single label with no waste, or print large batches of labels at high production rates.

How do DIRECT THERMAL labels work?

Direct Thermal labels are made from chemically sensitized paper or synthetics that turn black when heated. A roller advances the labels and squeezes them against the printhead, which contains a row of miniature solid-state heating elements. The printer's internal microprocessor turns the elements on and off to form the image. Depending on the resolution of the printer, there can be from 150 to 600 elements per inch.

The printing process is simple so the printers can be compact, fairly low in cost, and easy to load. A disadvantage is that direct thermal labels tend to fade over time (6 months to a year), and this process can be accelerated by heat, humidity, and exposure to sunlight. The surface of most direct thermal labels tend to be slightly abrasive, causing printheads to wear more rapidly than thermal transfer.

Excellent for point of sale or shipment labeling applications where labels are needed in random quantites at irregular intervals and where the labels have a limited life expectancy.

How do THERMAL TRANSFER labels work?

A Thermal Transfer printer uses a thin plastic ribbon with a thin coating of wax or resin based pigment. The ribbon and labels feed from separate rolls and are squeezed together by a roller as they pass under the thermal printhead . The heating elements in the printhead melt the coating which transfers to the label to form the image.

Produces a durable, high-quality image, and can be used with many types of label stocks (paper and synthetics). Printers are durable and offer relatively fast printing speeds; some models approach 12 inches per second. As speed, dot per inch resolution, and maximum print width go up, printer cost can climb rapidly. Cost of printing a single color (usually black) is reasonable, but multi-color printing can be expensive in terms of printer cost and consumption of ribbons.

Excellent for producing product and packaging labels either on demand or in batches. The ability to print on synthetic stocks (eg. gloss coated polyester) makes it possible to produce UL/CSA equipment rating plates and serial number labels.

The CHESS Story

Since 1977, CHESS, Inc. has formed a solid infrastructure of sales and support experience in all printer, copier and fax technology and is poised for growth. Dave Barnum, CHESS’ Service Manager for 10 years, attributes this success to our ability to custom design sales and support programs that fit the customers unique needs.

“We can mix and match our service programs to give priority for select printers, we maintain network devices and can even handle cabling for a full solution,” he said. “The main strength is our strong infrastructure and the investment we’ve made in our technicians.”

As an authorized Sales and Support Center for almost every printer manufacturer you can imagine and has positioned itself in a unique position to serve as an all-in-one provider. Dave points out that CHESS supports every device he can think of that uses paper.
On-site services include 4-hour response time, parts and labor, no travel charges, preventative maintenance, loaner equipment and 24/7 service options. Depot Repair programs are available for carry-in, pickup and delivery, mail-in, advance exchange replacement and nationwide availability.

Cost Per Print programs simplify and streamline the output environment to improve productivity and cost effectiveness for small and medium business to large corporate needs.
Our goal is to manage business information to make a smooth transition between paper and digital documents while identifying the best resources to offer support in the work environment.
CHESS has the right program to fit your unique business needs.

The Retainer Plus Program, designed for companies with large quantities of laser printers, allows your business to maintain your equipment while maintaining your budget. The Premier Service Account simplifies your budgeting with a detailed report of support spending.

CHESS is successful because we increase the return on your IT infrastructure by optimizing the information flow at the point where people interact with the output devices. We help companies enhance the flow of information by looking at digital storage and retrieval systems, digital sending, intelligent printing and scanning.

We have parts and consumables readily available for virtually any brand name of equipment. Everything from ribbons and labels to OEM and compatible toner and ink cartridges for all makes and models are a phone call away. The CHESS representative in your area will work to provide your business with the best quality supplies at the lowest price.

CHESS has remained a leader in the digital, laser, thermal, impact and color arena and has offices in Denver, Colorado Springs and Greeley to handle all of Colorado and the surrounding areas. We also offer nationwide service and will serve as the Regional Account Manager to retain full responsibility of your account.

Thank you for your continued business and look forward to handling all your printer, copier and fax support and supply needs.