Executive Summary
The Formax ColorMax series provides robust, short-run digital color printing solutions tailored for modern mailing and packaging demands. Powered by innovative Memjet and HP inkjet technologies, these systems produce dynamic data and graphics with zero-contact printing. Whether you need the reliable desktop performance of the ColorMax 7 or the high-volume, pigment-based durability of the ColorMax 9, this series accommodates everything from standard letterhead to stuffed envelopes and cardboard.
Key Advantages
High-Speed Output: Power through massive mailing campaigns with ease. Whether you need reliable daily desktop performance or high-volume industrial production, the ColorMax series scales seamlessly to meet your deadlines.
Exceptional Quality: Deliver stunning, professional-grade mailers and packaging. With full-bleed capabilities and up to 16.8 million colors, your dynamic graphics, logos, and variable data will always print crisp and vibrant.
Versatile Media Handling: A wide, flat paper path and digital thickness control allow you to print on a massive range of substrates—easily accommodating everything from standard letterhead to stuffed envelopes, padded mailers, and thick cardboard.
Intuitive Operation: Streamline your workflow with centralized, user-friendly controls. Easily monitor system status, preview images, and access massive libraries of stored print jobs directly from the machine's interface.
Advanced Ink Delivery: Maximize your uptime and drastically lower your cost-per-piece. Featuring high-capacity ink tanks and fully automated print head maintenance for continuous, zero-hassle operation.
ColorMax Ink In Stock: Genuine ColorMax ink and Memjet ink cartridges are stocked locally — no waiting on the OEM when a production run is due.
See the
Formax ColorMax 7, 8 & 9
in action
Technical Specifications
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the best inkjet envelope printer for a print shop or mail house?
It depends on volume. The Formax ColorMax 7 is a desktop unit at 7,500 #10 envelopes per hour; the ColorMax 8 adds a touchscreen, 60 GB job storage, and 3/8 inch media at 8,000 per hour; the ColorMax 9 is the production model with HP pigment ink, an 11.7 inch print width, and 10,000 per hour.
Can a color envelope printer print on stuffed or padded envelopes?
Yes. The ColorMax 8 handles media up to 3/8 inch thick and the ColorMax 9 up to 1/2 inch, with a flat paper path and no-contact printing so stuffed pieces do not smear.
Pigment or dye ink for envelope printing, which lasts longer?
Pigment. The ColorMax 9 uses HP pigment ink that resists fading, water, and scratching, which matters for mail that sits in weather or gets handled. The ColorMax 7 and 8 use Memjet dye ink, which is bright and cheaper to run for indoor, short-life pieces.
How many envelopes per hour can a digital envelope printer produce?
7,500 to 10,000 #10 envelopes per hour across the ColorMax line, at 1600 x 1600 dpi, including windowed and stuffed envelopes, without preprinted stock.
Is it cheaper to print envelopes in-house or buy preprinted envelopes?
Once a shop prints a few thousand envelopes a month, in-house wins: no preprinted inventory, no minimums, and every job can be personalized. Mailtech runs your artwork on your envelopes at a demo and models the per-piece cost so the math is yours, not a brochure's.
