Printing supplies make up a major portion of the cost of owning a printer/copier.
Items like toner cartridges, ink cartridges and paper are regularly purchased and used daily in the traditional workplace.
But how much do these supplies cost? Are you currently overpaying for supplies when you don’t need to?
As a company that sells office printing equipment, we know as well as anyone how much printing supplies can cost you.
What stores come to your mind when thinking about buying a new printer?
A few stores might pop into your mind. But if it’s based on retail sales from last year, then Office Depot was likely the first one you thought of.
According to the National Retail Federation, Office Depot was ranked 75th out of the top 100 (and the first office supplier) in 2021 U.S. retail sales, just behind Petco and just ahead of Victoria’s Secret.
There are not many things more important to owning a printer/copier than having a solution for printer service.
Why? Because obtaining service for your printer when you desperately need it can be costly and hard to come by.
Believe it or not, printers are not so different from the car you drive every day. They are complex machines, especially at the advanced level, that require proper care and maintenance.
If you use your printer frequently, service issues—especially as your machine ages--- will occur. That’s why it’s crucial to have a solution for service in place before an issue arises.
Page coverage, which is the amount of toner or ink on a page, is one of the most important things you can learn about your printer/copier.
It is a huge determinator of how much you will spend on printer cartridges throughout the lifespan of your machine.
But, in all honesty, it’s a confusing concept for most to understand. However, the importance of page coverage cannot be overstated.
That’s why we want to use our expertise to tackle the topic of page coverage in a simple and easily digestible way.
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?
No matter what the product is, you always want to get the best price possible for it. When it comes to printers/copiers, the same logic applies.
It’s actually hard to believe how expensive even a simple office printer can cost nowadays. At the basic level, printers can cost around $1,000; at the advanced level, they can cost as much as $30,000 or more.
As a printer/copier company for almost 40 years, we’ve learned that cost is the most concerning factor for customers in the market for a new machine. And we always want to find ways to make it less of a concern for consumers.
Leasing a copier or printer can be a daunting endeavor.
It can feel a bit intimidating any time you enter into a legally binding agreement that may involve a significant amount of money.
There are a lot of factors to consider before leasing a copier, and we aim to give you a mini guide of sorts to use as you look to decide how you’re going to pay for your next office machine.
As a print vendor for almost four decades, we’ve learned that leasing is by far the most popular way to pay for a machine. But customers typically don’t understand all that they need to know before entering a lease.
Did you know that some printers/copiers can range from $1,000-$100,000?
That makes it all the more significant that you get the right office machine in place for your company the first time around. Because wasting money on an insufficient machine can be significantly costly and frustrating.
The number one thing you can do to make sure you get the right printer in place for your company is to educate yourself on all you need to consider before purchasing a new machine.
We’ve accumulated a vast amount of knowledge during our almost 40 years in the printer/copier industry, and thus, have become intimately familiar with all that goes into finding the perfect printer.
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?”
