Let's call LEDs %100 efficient in turning electrical energy into light energy. (they aren't, 40-50% is reality)

Let's call MH %25 efficient in turning electrical energy into light energy. (they aren't, they're actually pretty close to LEDs)

At best the Saati 450 watt unit is pumping 450 watts of energy into a screen.
At worst our Olec 8K watt unit is pumping 2000 watts of energy into a screen. (or 3 at a time in our case)

There is of course the inverse-square of distance from light source to screen, but all else being equal you can pry
my MH from my cold dead hands.

Or we could talk about how Next Level thought folding in 6's was a good idea.  Because nothing beats double the carting time on print jobs.

These are all answers to questions that were never asked.

Gotta be honest, with only 10 fingers I prefer half dozens.

Or we could talk about how Next Level thought folding in 6's was a good idea.  Because nothing beats double the carting time on print jobs.

These are all answers to questions that were never asked.

It will be very interesting to see where this goes. This may be the tip of the iceberg for automation in the industry, or a big nothing burger.

SanMar also confirmed, it's only the Virginia warehouse. 

This is the dumbest idea, they must have done no market research with us printers to see how we'd react.  The labor time they are saving by using these boxes is transferred to us.  Our check-in labor time will increase, as will our costs if we're now forced to re-box every order from SanMar.  If we do reuse the boxes, now we're adding seconds to each box that is a struggle to open at the end of the dryer, and then passing these boxes to our clients - am I supposed to send this video to our customers when they're confused?  Massive fail all around.

Obviously a genius idea by the bean counters that only see numbers and the tech nerds that don't know can != should.
If I had to guess, the upfront cost for the machinery to perform this is extravagant so probably won't be quietly swept away,
but at least with the complaints won't likely spread to other locations either.