Buying a printer can be overwhelming. 

Let’s consider a real-life scenario: you’ve started a small business and need a good printer for you and your other office workers to use. 

You walk into your local office supply store looking for a printer, and you feel excited to get the ball rolling. This is the last step you have to complete. As soon as your office equipment is setup, your company will be ready to officially open for business.

All you know is that you need a good printer for a small office that is compatible with Mac computers and can print in color. This should be easy enough to find, right?

You have a presentation scheduled in 30 minutes, and you’ve created some fabulous handouts for your team members so they can follow along.

Your printer can spit out documents in only a few seconds, so you should have plenty of time to print everything you need. You use AirPrint to send your documents from your MacBook to your printer automatically, and then you wait.

When you don’t hear the familiar whirring sound that tells you the printer is working, you decide to check and make sure everything’s going as planned. You walk over to your ominously silent printer…and your heart sinks. 

The network icon is not lit up. Your printer has somehow lost Wi-Fi connection, and you only have 15 minutes to solve the problem and print your documents for the presentation.

Unfortunately, we’ve all been here before.

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 One of the most frustrating things about copier printers is managing supplies.

With your busy schedule, you probably don't have time to worry about how much toner your laser printer has, or how many pages of printer paper you're storing on-site at your office.

Unfortunately, not knowing these things can sometimes leave you and your team members in a bind. What if your office suddenly runs out of laser printer toner or printer paper? What happens if you need a new printer toner cartridge and don't have one on hand? 

The Covid-19 pandemic significantly impacted lead times around the world, and according to a recent survey, 57% of companies reported that the pandemic caused serious disruptions to their supply chains. 

As the pandemic ends and life returns to normal, global supply chains continue to reflect many of the shipping and stock issues that began at the height of the pandemic in 2020. 

Although supply chains continue to show improvement, deliveries still may be slow to arrive post pandemic. This can be a major issue for companies and small businesses that need to keep print production fast paced to turn a profit.

We want to make sure you have all the information you need to understand supply chain management and lead time so that you can take the right steps to receive important orders at the right time.

You want to get your money's worth out of expensive office equipment, but when does hanging onto an old machine start to cost more than it’s worth? 

As your copier printer ages, it will naturally start encountering more problems, and when these problems start to occur, you’re likely spending more time and money on maintenance than the machine is worth. Trading in your current machine will likely save you money and increase productivity. 

Our printer experts at STPT have been in the business for almost 40 years, and we want to use our know-how to help you maintain your copier printer for as long as possible.