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June 17th, 2009 by docusenseadmin 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…)
Tags:administrative costs, Business Improvement, Cost Per Page, document management, managing devices, multifunction, office printing, service cost, supply cost, Xerox Printers.
April 13th, 2009 by docusenseadmin under Multifunction Printer MFP. 13 Comments.
Networking your New Device: 4 Answers you MUST Have
For most businesses the acquisition and supply/service price for a new multifunction printer is only a small part of the potential cost. If your new device won’t easily integrate into your existing network you’ll pay IT costs that far outweigh the differences in price between a good machine and the best one! Attend to features first, then price. Here are a few tips to help keep you focused before buying.
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Tags:DocuSense, multifunction, office printing, Printer Fleet Management.
March 5th, 2009 by docusenseadmin under Complexity Simplified. No Comments.
DocuSense announced today they’ve signed a 5-year agreement with the Philadelphia Inquirer to provide print managed services for all their locations.
Under the agreement, DocuSense will be updating all of The Philadelphia Inquirer’s office printer equipment and providing a simplified “cost-per-page” billing. “We are able to cut their office document printing costs and refresh their equipment with newer models at the same time” said Donna Melso, President of DocuSense. “We’re reducing the variety of devices the Inquirer uses from 20 different types of equipment to 5 basic models.”
DocuSense will provide a monthly report showing print/copy volume and cost. “The Inquirer wanted to get a handle on costs and spending for the equipment in all of their offices”, explained Melso. “Using cost-per-page, DocuSense will provide this data and, at the same time, shrink dozens of monthly purchase orders and invoices to just one. That’s Complexity Simplified.”
DocuSense (formerly Laser Supply), celebrating its 20th year, is a Hewlett Packard authorized vendor and Xerox Peak Elite authorized partner. DocuSense consults with clients to help them understand, manage and reduce their office printing, copying and faxing costs.
For more information, contact DocuSense at 610-719-8700 or visit their website at www.docusense.com
Tags:Add new tag, Cost Per Page, DocuSense, Hewlett Packard, HP, office printing, Xerox.
February 9th, 2009 by docusenseadmin 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.
Tags:Cost Per Page, DocuSense, MFD service, office printing.
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