Office Document Strategies Blog

Office Printer Page Coverage and Toner Yields Are Confusing

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Wed, Jun 1, 2011 @ 07:06 AM

There is lots of confusion about the relative cost of operating various office printers and related multifunction printers (MFP).  This confusion extends to home use as well.  Calculating page coverage and toner yields is something that most end users never come to understand and that is often confused by vendors when they describe how their device works.

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Topics: Multifunction Printer, Printer, toner, cost of printing

My Service Rate For My Colour MFP is Too High!

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Wed, May 25, 2011 @ 08:05 AM

Recently I had this discussion with one of our clients who was complaining that their colour MFP service rate was too high.  Of course rates are not set arbitrarily, they are based upon the real operating costs of the device being used. 

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Topics: Software, Document, Colour printer, cost of colour, toner, Copier, colour multifunction, colour multifunction printer

MFP Toner Pirates Are Still Around

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Wed, Mar 9, 2011 @ 11:03 AM

For a long time many offices were plagued by MFP toner pirates.  These are the companies that telemarket to get unsuspecting people to order toner for their copiers, mfp's and printers without really knowing who they are dealing with.

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Topics: Multifunction Printer, MFP, Printer, toner, Copier

SP 4120N MICR Network Laser Printer Helps Secure Printing

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Tue, Nov 2, 2010 @ 12:11 PM

A new network laser printer designed to print MICR encoded cheques has just been launched.  Many of the features are designed for secure printing of cheques and other encoded documents.  This 37 ppm network ready unit has all of the features that you need for printing quality cheques.  The SP 4210N MICR is specifically designed to meet the cheques writing needs of business but can also be used with conventional toner for regular printing if required.

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Topics: Printer, toner

Environmental Impact of Office Document Strategies

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Wed, Sep 29, 2010 @ 14:09 PM

Most organizations have become much more "Green" in their thinking in the past few years.  Everyone is looking at ways to reduce their footprint and to build cost savings into their operations.

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Topics: BioPrint, document filing, MFP, toner, office document strategy, Environment

Going Green In Office Document Strategies

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Tue, Jun 29, 2010 @ 12:06 PM

The Green revolution is getting well entrenched in many offices. How many times have you seen the e-mail footer that says, "Save some trees.  Please don't print this e-mail unless absolutely necessary."

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Topics: Multifunction Printer, document management, MFP, Document, Printer, toner, office document strategy, Office

Does Brand Matter for IT Network Printing?

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Wed, Jun 23, 2010 @ 11:06 AM

When you decide to add a printer to your IT network does the brand matter to you?

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Topics: Printer, toner, cost of printing, IT network

Is Your Colour Printer Eating Your Pocketbook?

Posted by Lee Kirkby on Wed, Apr 21, 2010 @ 11:04 AM

One of the questions I frequently get from clients when we talk about their colour printing needs is, "How much is this going to cost to run?"  They have heard the horror stories about over spending when they introduce in house colour print capabilities, or they have experienced them in the past.

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Topics: Printer, Colour printer, cost of colour, toner, colour multifunction