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3 Ways Your Document Creation Generates Cost

January 2nd, 2011 by under Print & Copy Best Practices. 1 Comment.

  1. Hard Costs – Every one knows this one; the old tried and true pennies per page.
  2. Energy Costs – Look carefully at energy management this year as provider costs are on the rise.
  3. Technical Costs – The hidden monster. Most companies don’t calculate this though its by far the largest. (more…)
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The Zen of Document Generation

October 26th, 2009 by under Print & Copy Best Practices. No Comments.

What Is The Largest Contributor to Hardcopy Costs?

October 26th, 2009 by admin under Print & Copy Best Practices. No Comments.

Office Zen

Zen is perhaps the most annoyingly overused term in modern conversation, but it does have its place. In this case it’s the value of simplicity. In our modern business world technology has become ubiquitous, and usually it has been purchased in a reactionary manner rather than a carefully executed plan. This has left many companies with purpose specific devices from many different manufacturers and IT departments mumbling something about new models in a corner. Enter the teachings of Zen. By working with a well informed technology provider and perhaps more importantly your IT department, it is possible to not only drastically simplify your device infrastructure, but drastically improve productivity at the same time.

Point Proven

According to Photizo Group, a leading industry research firm, perhaps the largest driver of hardcopy costs in most organizations is having too many printing devices. While one device for six workers is considered optimum for most office environments, a recent study of 105 North American firms found an average of one device for every two knowledge workers. In their white paper titled “Hidden Assets” they detail this and other inefficiencies that contribute to overspending and high document output costs. View this document

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What is a Print Cost Assessment and why would I need one?

September 21st, 2009 by under Print & Copy Best Practices. No Comments.

Background

IDC research estimates that over 90% of companies have little or no information on the costs of printing and copying in their offices. Further, according to IDC, copy/print costs can equal 3% of your company’s total revenue! If your organization runs 10 or more print/copy devices, you might be a good candidate for a cost assessment.

What Exactly Is It?

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The Six Tenets of the Copier Company (and how you can get a better deal)

June 17th, 2009 by under Print & Copy Best Practices. 7 Comments.

Purchasing the right multifunction office equipment can be very tricky.  Make the wrong decision for even one copier/printer device in a workgroup setting and  you can easily overspend on acquisition, service and supplies by thousands of dollars.   Sounds expensive?  Don’t worry; it gets much worse.  ”Soft” costs such as lost capabilities, user frustration, down-time and office inefficiency will multiply the expense tenfold. (more…)

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How to do a cost per page calculation

February 9th, 2009 by under Print & Copy Best Practices. 3 Comments.

Usage Costs

  • Know the cost of each supply and its anticipated yield.
  • The anticipated yield of supplies is usually based on 5% print coverage (5% print coverage is equal to about one page with 20 sentences in 12 point type).
  • If you typically print more than 5% coverage, your yield for each toner will be less and your supplies cost per page will be higher.
  • Want to find out how much coverage one of your own documents has? Go to Free Coverage Calculator to download a 30-day trial version of software that will show you the % coverage for any of your documents. You can also go to Page Coverage for more information on determining page yields.
  • Don’t forget to add maintenance kits, fusers etc.., divided by their yields.
  • Generally, the lower the aquisition cost for the device, the higher the cost per page for supplies.
  • For service, take the cost of a service contract and divide it by the number of anticipated prints/copies for the period of coverage. Total all of the supplies and service costs per page and you’ll have a total estimated service/supply cost per page.

Acquisition Costs

  • Take the purchase price divided by the number of months of estimated service divided by the estimated pages you will copy/print per month.
  • Add the acquisition and usage cost per page to get total cost per page for the device. Or, call DocuSense and we’ll help you do the calculation.

DocuSense can help with all your questions. 1-800-422-0080 we supply MFD service and solutions.

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