Pricing & Leasing

What Is Printer Pooling? (Pros, Cons, Cost)

Submitted by Keith Metzler on

Printer pooling is when multiple printers are linked to share the number of print impressions included in your service contract.

Pooling printers can be beneficial if your company uses many printers because it allows you to consolidate the number of prints included for a billing period into one amount. 

If you own a Xerox printer, then pooling is a valuable option offered that can help prevent overage charges. As a Xerox Platinum Solutions Partner, our goal at STPT is to help you take advantage of billing options like pooling. 

Pooling makes printing easier so that users don’t have to worry about where they can print important documents, and it can significantly decrease the amount of billing paperwork for your company.  

How To Calculate Your Monthly Print Volume 

Submitted by Karla Metzler on

What is the most important thing to consider when buying a new printer/copier? 

It actually has nothing to do with the look of the machine, the feel of it or how fast it prints. The answer lies in how much it can safely print per month, or its recommended monthly print volume.  

The recommended monthly print volume of a machine is the essential indicator you need to pay close attention to before buying a new office machine. 

But the question becomes: How do you figure out your current, or estimated, monthly print volume so that you can buy a machine that can rightly accommodate it? 

Everything You Need to Know About Cooperative Purchasing for Printers/Copiers 

Submitted by Mary Shamburger on

If you were offered a free membership to a service that would give you a discount on your next printer/copier, would you take it? 

I’m guessing 99.9% of you said “Of course!” to that question. However, since seemingly nothing in life is free, you’re probably wondering: “What’s the catch?” 

While you might believe it’s too good to be true, there is actually a membership offered free of charge (most of the time) that can give you special pricing on your next office machine, as well as other relevant supplies or services to your industry. It’s called cooperative purchasing, and many people don’t know about its benefits. 

10 Hidden Costs of Owning or Leasing a Printer/Copier

Submitted by Mary Shamburger on

Owning a printer or copier can be more expensive than you might think. For example, the cost of leasing a printer typically starts at about $115 per month per machine, not including toner or ink. 

The truth is that the true cost of owning or leasing a printer can involve more than just the initial price or the supplies it takes to run it efficiently.

Buried beneath the surface are obscure, seemingly minuscule, costs that may catch you off guard if you’re not aware of them. 

8 Questions Answered About Impressions Included in a Print Contract   

Submitted by Keith Metzler on

If you’ve decided to lease a printer from a vendor and are formulating your contract, you will likely hear some iteration of this question at some point: “Would you like to have impressions included, and if so, how many?”  

It’s probable, if you’re like most customers, that you are unfamiliar with what impressions included mean in a contract or lease agreement and how important they are.    

This is precisely the reason we want to use our experience as a long-time local print vendor to help you understand what impressions included mean and why it’s critical to include the right amount in your contract.    

How To Set Up and Maintain Color Tracking on Your Printer  

Submitted by Joel Metzler on

On average, color prints cost between $0.07-$0.30 per print, a seemingly minuscule price that any business could bear.  

But what happens when you consistently print in color, and the costs add up faster than you realized?  

You’re left with a high printing bill and a puzzled look because you didn’t recognize how much color printing costs could run up your monthly print invoice.   

As a print vendor with noted experience finding and dissecting customers’ print problems, we know how common it is for color overages to contribute to higher-than-normal print expenses.    

3 Common Printer Invoice Questions Answered

Submitted by Nolan Fowler on

There is a lot that comes with owning a printer/copier.  

Managing your volume, tracking your costs, and making sure your supplies are stocked up….it can be a lot to deal with, especially if you don’t have the time to address it all.    

One of the elements of owning a printer is that statement at the end of the month that expands on all your monthly printing costs, which most companies call a monthly invoice.    

Here’s What You Need to Know About Renting a Printer   

Submitted by Mary Shamburger on

When it comes to options for acquiring a printer for your business or personal workplace, there are three primary choices: buying, leasing or renting.   

The latter is the least frequent option and is the topic we’ll be going over today.   

Why would you want to rent a printer?   

Although it’s the least used option out of the three listed above, there are certain scenarios where renting a printer would be the best option for you. 

How Supply Chain Issues Have Affected Your Printer's Delivery Time

Submitted by Karla Metzler on

If you’re reading this, you’re most likely wondering why the printer/copier you ordered three months ago has yet to be delivered.   

It’s more than likely that the delay you’re experiencing with your printer has caused you more stress than you ever thought imaginable when buying office equipment.   

There’s a reason you ordered a new printer. Maybe you were long overdue for an upgrade. Maybe your work team increased. Or worst of all, maybe your old printer broke beyond repair, and you ordered a new one out of enraged necessity.    

What is e-Valet?

Submitted by Joel Barriga on
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Managed Print Services is one of the key benefits you receive when you partner with an experienced print vendor. Tracking printing costs, auto-shipping toner, and keeping invoices organized are just some of the factors that can come with a Managed Print Services agreement, but here at STPT, we go one step further, with our comprehensive solution known as eValet.  

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