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  • stekovic
    Junior Member
    • Jun 2022
    • 3
    #1

    C654e - IC-414 question

    Hello everyone,
    Before I pull the trigger and buy IC-414 for my KM C654e, is there any quality difference between printing with IC-414 and regular windows driver?
    Thank you for your answer.
    Tags: c654e, difference, ic-414, printing, quality
    • Synthohol
      Certified Konica Expert
      Site Contributor
      5,000+ Posts
      • Mar 2016
      • 5249
      #2
      Re: C654e - IC-414 question

      color matching, pantones, macintosh computers and job control are great selling points for a fiery system.
      We know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two.
      The medication helps though...

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        • stekovic
          Junior Member
          • Jun 2022
          • 3
          #3
          Re: C654e - IC-414 question

          Originally posted by Synthohol
          color matching, pantones, macintosh computers and job control are great selling points for a fiery system.
          I do use Fiery on other machines (Xerox/Ricoh).
          I'm more interested in boosting font quality/sharpness (and be able to manage colors better) on this particular model.
          Currently edges of smaller font are not smooth and I wonder if Fiery would improve that.
          Would Fiery help here?
          Machine is in excellent condition but print's are darker than I would like to, and fonts are little bit fuzzy.

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            • copyman
              Owner / Technician
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              2,500+ Posts
              • Sep 2005
              • 4004
              #4
              Re: C654e - IC-414 question

              Depends on what type of prints your are going to be running? And other thing is what you are paying for it. If more then $300-400 then pass on it. I see them on ebay and have sold them for that price. Even though the IC-414 sold new for $3-4K it is now around 8 years old!
              Last edited by copyman; 06-09-2022, 11:50 PM.

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                • stekovic
                  Junior Member
                  • Jun 2022
                  • 3
                  #5
                  Re: C654e - IC-414 question

                  I know that this is office machine... question is would quality (fonts) improve?
                  They currently look fuzzy coming from internal rip/drivers.

                  I do have Fiery on other machines (Xerox/Ricoh).
                  Also, I did found one for $200 with everything so if I can improve that, I would jump on it (I'm in USA).

                  Thanks!

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                    • copyman
                      Owner / Technician
                      Site Contributor
                      2,500+ Posts
                      • Sep 2005
                      • 4004
                      #6
                      Re: C654e - IC-414 question

                      Originally posted by stekovic
                      I know that this is office machine... question is would quality (fonts) improve?
                      They currently look fuzzy coming from internal rip/drivers.

                      I do have Fiery on other machines (Xerox/Ricoh).
                      Also, I did found one for $200 with everything so if I can improve that, I would jump on it (I'm in USA).

                      Thanks!
                      I think you should correct the quality issue. That model makes very good quality prints with embedded controller. Print the internal font test pages and post a sample here. Once we see that the techs here should be able to help. You might not even need a fiery.

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                        • emujo2
                          Service Manager
                          1,000+ Posts
                          • Mar 2017
                          • 1580
                          #7
                          Re: C654e - IC-414 question

                          Fiery does not change the MFP gamut..IMHO Office Fierys are 99% useless as very few users understand what it can do, and many Fiery features seen on production equipment are not available for Office equipment..Just adds more headache to get a freaking PDF printed. E

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