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Date: Thu, 7 May 87 10:45:45 edt
From: seismo!mirror.TMC.COM!rs (Rich Salz)

I would not buy photocopy equipment, because it does seem like you'll
eventually want/need to go to offset.  I would find myself a good,
large-sized copy house.  Sit down with them and explain your plans.  A
smart rep -- not some bozo behind the counter who sticks pages in the
feeder -- can help you analyze and balance the trade-offs.  Large
copy-houses also provide offset (part of my definition of large :-)
printing, collating, etc.

In general, I think offset wins when
		    # copies >> # pages
or if # copies is fairly large -- a couple of hundred.  It seems to
need that kind of balance to average out the high set-up effort
needed for each offset "signature" (clump of four pages).  [Okay,
it's not really a signature; I just don't remember the right term.]

On the other hand, if you're willing to hand-insert special sheets,
you can get full-color copies with photostat.  Also, I've seen pretty
reasonable results from both the Kodak and Xerox "thesis-quality"
copiers by just placing a half-tone screen on the glass with your
contone or photograph.
	/rich $alz

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