PRINTING COSTS
Preventing 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 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 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)…
Read MoreManaged Print Invoicing
Managed Print Invoicing Invoicing can be a very integral part of managing your printer fleets. With proper invoicing practices, costs that are otherwise overlooked become very easy to see and take into the overall reports. We help companies manage their print fleet and are experts at finding costs that may be hidden to your company today.…
Read MoreWhen is the Best Time to Buy Printers?
If you have a fleet of laser printers, there is a lot of thinking in the marketplace about when is the best time to buy printers. Some manufacturers will say about every 3 to 4 years, the industry seems to say about every 5 years, but we would normally argue for even a bit longer product lifecycle.…
Read MoreThe Benefits of Cost Per Print
The Benefits of Cost Per Print There are a few different models when it comes to managed print for your print fleet. Which one is right for you? We provide fleet management for major companies and large hospitals, and understand that different programs work for different systems. We have over 10 years of experience in print fleet management.…
Read MoreHow to Effectively Measure Managed Print ROI and Costs
There are many reasons why a business would invest in managed print services, whether for convenience, compliance, security concerns, offloading work from a slammed department, or simply saving money. And when it comes to money, why would a business outsource a service without expecting some kind of ROI? Is your MPS provider really saving you…
Read MoreControlling Color Means Controlling Costs
When you begin the task of managing your print costs, there are many things to consider looking at. Some of these things include looking at printer utilization, number of printers, efficiency of printers, the repair record of your printer(s) and finally, an often forgotten area is to look at who can print in color. Managing…
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