Office Document Strategies Blog

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Topics: document filing, document storage strategy, document management, Document, cost of printing, paper filing, Environment, Less paper office

A question one of my account representatives has been running into lately.  Why do I need to pay for a support plan with an mfp printer?

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Topics: Software, Multifunction Printer, Scanning, MFP, cost of printing

One of the areas of business that our company likes to support is charities and not for profit organizations.  As marketing and presentation delivery has become more important in these organizations they have found a need to consider the use of a colour printer or mfp in their offices.  The challenge they face is how to get the budget for these devices and for the operating costs of them as well.

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Topics: Colour printer, cost of colour, colour multifunction, colour multifunction printer, cost of printing

Samsung introduced the SCX-6545 letter/legal mfp as a second generation product to deal with installations requiring higher volumes of output and more speed.  Built on a similar chasis as the predecessor SCX-6345 the newer model offered better image quality, a stronger and larger document feeder and improved overall performance.

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Topics: Multifunction Printer, MFP, cost of printing, Samsung

I just worked through a fleet renewal with a client who has been running a number of monochrome MFP devices in their operating branches.  This financial institution Is finding that their approach to marketing and providing information to their members is changing and the needs for their print environment have changed with them.

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Topics: Multifunction Printer, MFP, Colour printer, cost of colour, colour multifunction, colour multifunction printer, cost of printing, Kyocera copier

In the past three years we have seen more clients who are expressing concern about their computer printer operating costs.  I had this change in focus confirmed when discussing a new product with a potential supplier from Israel. He indicated that their software has taken off for adoption since 2008 due to more emphasis being placed on the cost of printer operations.

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Topics: Software, Printer, cost of printing, Managed Print Services

Understanding your printer operating costs can seem like an impossible task if you don't fully understand how printer consumables and pricing works.  Here are the 5 simple steps that you need to consider to make an informed decision.

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Topics: Printer, cost of printing, Managed Print Services, MPS, TCO

Telling you not to buy your office printer and copier from the big box store is a pretty bold statement.  After all they have them on the shelf and you can pick them out from a selection of several products.  Also, their prices usually look pretty good.   They even have stock so you can take it home right away.  All good reasons to buy. 

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Topics: Printer, Copier, cost of printing

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

Office document strategies are constantly changing.  In our office we receive hundreds of pages of new material each week telling us about new and exciting ways that the world of documents is changing.  Some come from suppliers, some come from other blogs, some come from our experiences with clients and some come from electronic newsletters we consume.

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