MANAGED PRINT SERVICES
Why You Should Consider Print Auditing for Your Multi-Site Operations
Key Questions: Managing costs and optimizing operations are critical for success, especially for companies with multiple sites. One powerful tool for achieving these goals is print auditing. Print auditing offers valuable insights into your printing activities, helping you identify cost drivers, ensure compliance, and improve overall efficiency. In this blog, we will explore the benefits…
Read MorePreventing and Resolving Toner Leakage in Copiers
Key Questions Answered in This Article: Understanding the Causes of Toner Leakage Toner leakage in copiers can be a frustrating issue, leading to poor print quality, messes, and potential damage to your equipment. Understanding the common causes of toner leakage is the first step in preventing and resolving this problem. Common Causes of Toner Leakage…
Read MoreHow Managed Print Services Uncover Hidden Costs of Office Printers
Take this example. A hospital or a retail network has 150 devices in their print environment, eachaveraging 3,000 pages a month and one new cartridge every two months. Assume the cartridges are $80 each. A business in this situation buys 900 toners per year. Add to that the costs for extra parts and service calls.…
Read MoreAbout Managed Print: Pricing Models, Service Coverage and Supply Chain
Many organizations have turned to Managed Print Services to resolve the issue of ongoing printer care and oversight. Maybe you’ve already looked at some MPS proposals yourself to deal with this situation. But the question may linger, why do I even need managed print? If you’ve ever wondered, this article will help you better understand three key areas of this…
Read MoreWhat is the Purpose of Managed Print
Managed Print Services – Why Bother? The purpose of managed print services is to lower and track costs to make the business more efficient. As business models have changed over time, and businesses themselves have grown, they often end up with dispersed fleets across their offices being used in inefficient ways. What inefficiencies do you find? The…
Read MoreHow Do You Implement Managed Print Services for a Large Organization?
Before implementing managed print, ask these questions to see if it is appropriate: Is printing a significant cost? Is the cost increasing? How much are we spending?” These questions let you know whether you have a significant cost that is increasing, yet you don’t know how much it is costing you. We can…
Read MoreTransactional Supplies and Service, or Managed Print Solutions?
If I’m under your service, do I have toners on the shelf? What does that look like in terms of fulfillment of supplies? When we begin working with a client, typically, the organizations have back-up toner at each site or in every office. We tell them up front that going that route is wasteful, because…
Read MoreThe Purpose of a Managed Print Service Assessment
What is a Managed Print Service Assessment, and Is It Even Necessary? At the core, the problem that we are trying to solve is to help clients understand what they are spending. Currently, they are fixing printers over here with method A, and they are buying toners with method B. Switching that model over to a…
Read MoreFlat Rate and Managed Print
The Argument for a Flat Rate Program The biggest argument for a flat rate managed print program is simplicity. As the print management client, you know exact printing costs and you can even break it into even monthly payments. This gives you control over accounting as well as allowing you to cap a cost of printing…
Read MoreTop 5 Ways to Reduce Printing Costs
Tip 1 – Implementing a system to measure your fleet The first step is to implement a system to measure your existing fleet. At the very least, you should be able to easily view your inventory. This includes the location of your printers your monthly print volume the cost of your printing (service and supplies)…
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