New press - 8 colors or 10 colors

[ericheartsu]

you'll be suprised how quickly you'll fill up 10 heads, especially when adding in rollers and flashes!

[Admiral]

We used only a 7 color up until 4 months ago.  We made everything work...printed right after the flash when we had to but we were clearly limited to 6 screens tops. 

Immediately after installing our 12 color we started using a couple flashes and printing 7-8 colors (with 2 flashes that requires 12 stations essentially).  Not only that but if that press wasn't installed then I don't know how we would have scheduled all the production we have been doing the past few months.  We had to reduce a couple jobs color counts to fit it on our new press...

Definitely go with more than you need if you can afford it, you will be able to use it / need it in the future most likely. If it's your biggest press I wouldn't consider less than 10 colors...



sidenote:
It seems like we need a 3rd auto within a year but there's no space for it!...

[Lizard]

Our first press was a 12, second press an 8.  If we had to do all over again we would do the exact same thing. We have never NOT been able to run a job.  So many times I have seen guys love their new press only to wish they had a little more a few months down the road. Oh, and when we started with only a manual our first drier was a mini sprint with 12 ft of heat. You should of seen the looks we would get with that setup. But we had a vision and never wanted to buy twice. Third press was another 12 and looks like a 10 will be a good fit in the near future.