The purpose of investing in an in-house copier is to save both time and money. Without in-house copiers, you’re forced to physically drive to a local print shop every time you need something printed. That’s crazy! While copiers for small businesses can’t do everything in the same way a big-house printing operation can do, today’s Konica B&W and color small business copiers can do a lot. One of these popular (and highly-sought-after) features offered on small business copiers is collating.
The collating feature on copiers has the ability for the copier to arrange, print, and present all the pages of your report, book, manual, or other multi-page project into their proper sequence. This feature saves an incredible amount of time. Your staff no longer has to spread out all the sheets on a table and get in an assembly line to put them all together. The copiers do that for you! Here’s what you need to know about collating your documents on one of Konica’s quality bizhub series:
You Can collate From Your Network
You don’t need to be standing right in front of your copier to collate. You can simply use the “Collage PDF Printer” feature to send your PDF or Microsoft WORD document directly to your connected printer or network to collate.
You Can Collate Multiple Documents
With many of today’s Konica copiers, you now have the option of collating batches; that is, you can process and collate multiple documents simultaneously. You can automatically remove pages from your PDF documents, or insert additional pages into your project. With the collate batch convert option, you can easily convert or merge multiple files.
You Can Collate and More
Your projects aren’t just collated with the bizhub C364, C284, and bizhub C224 series. These small business copiers with the optional DF-701 Dual Scan Document Feeder enable you to quickly scan and then collate your pages in a single pass, doubling your productivity. Faster, more organized output enables you to produce high-end prints as if you were sending them out to a printing vendor ~ but without the extra cost or hassle. Multi-page business reports, client presentations, innovative marketing materials in full color help you present your brand effectively and creatively. The bizhub C364/C284/C224 series also enable you to produce tab printing to complement your collating. These cool and convenient section dividers can easily be created to enhance your training, policy, and human resource binders.
Once Collated, Choose Your Finishing Options
Separating all your project’s pages is an awesome feature of your copier. You probably want to do more with that packet of organized printed sheets! No problem! There are many “finishers” from which to choose. Konica’s bizhub C364/C284/ C224 series enables you to opt for the compact FS-534 Staple Finisher. This allows for easy stapling of up to 50 sheets in various position choices. The add-on SD-511 SaddleStitch Unit can produce and stitch booklets with up to 80 pages each! Want your collated pages to have a hole punched in them for their binders? Then you’ll want to opt for the FS-534 that accepts an optional PK-520 2/3 Hole Punch Kit.
Choosing a quality copier that has the ability to collate your marketing materials, training manuals, and company policies, saves you tons of time and lots of money! While a small, desktop copy machine might be great for your back office, if you need to make a quick copy of a receipt or a bill for someone, it certainly cannot handle all the various printing projects you need to operate your business effectively. Contact us today to peruse our many options of copiers that collate.
