Join the change...

For sometime now, businesses throughout the North East have finally been identifying that vast amounts of money are being spent on costly maintenance and consumables for desktop printing devices.

Let's face it, everyone has them, whether they are inkjet or laser they are slow and expensive, but no one knows exactly how much they consume. Direct Business Systems have been pioneering a radical change to current working practices within a number of organisations of late. With their background in the Multifunction Devices (photocopier) arena, they have now begun to provide the same level of service you expect with a MFD, but no printers!

A study was recently conducted for a local company who had 19 desktop network mono and colour laser printers around the office. DBS identified the average usage over a 2 week period, by using new USB technology (no software installation) and then were able to provide a solution that could not only provide faster more economic equipment, but reduce the quarterly costs by £1000!

The typical points that were identified, over the existing equipment was:

Pros of the Managed Print Strategy

• New equipment, without full capital outlay
• Duplex print, as standard
• No toner costs
• Fixed cost per page
• Unlimited toner coverage
• Equipment is fully serviced and maintained, with 4hr callouts, parts and labour
• Print speeds of up to 45ppm
• Environmentally friendly, our toner contains only 6 parts, all of which are recyclable

Cons of the Current Arrangement

• Full capital outlay from day one.
• Duplex print normally an expensive option.
• Always having to shop around your preferred suppliers to get the best toner price.
• Varying cost per page dependant on toner price
• Spiralling coverage costs, the more toner you use, the more it costs to print a page.
• Warranties are an extra cost and typically cover only 3yrs
• Equipment is very slow.
• A typical comparable toner has in excess of 50 parts, some of which are non-recyclable.

The next step... Call us on 0191 491 4558

Contact Direct Business Systems and ask them to do a print study, they will work put your usage over the period (one or two weeks, one month, the choice is yours). Direct Business Systems will then provide you with a full cost analysis of your current situation and then provide you with a proposal for alternative equipment and demonstrate how you can reduce your running costs.