Archives for June 2012

LOWER THE COST OF YOUR MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT

There are ways to lower the cost of your maintenance agreement; especially on color which is always priced at a higher rate than the black pages.  I am going to discuss one of the ways to do this in the following paragraphs.  Many people don't take advantage of the copy control features available on copiers.  Most of the newer copiers have features such as User Codes.  Unless a user puts in their code they can't get copies or prints.  That makes everyone accountable since the owner or manager can monitor usage any time they access the control panel or web browser.  This cuts out unauthorized copying and printing big time. … [Read more...]

FIGHT THE RECESSION WITH A GOOD USED COPIER

A great way to protect yourself from this flaky economy is get a good used copier with a low meter.  This especially true with color MFPs where the original price was quite high.  A reputable dealer will recondition the copier properly and give you the same service and toner rates that was used when the copier was new. A good used color copier is usually bout 25% of it's original MSRP.  That's about the same discount for the black only MFP/Copiers as well.  Most refurbished copiers are put on a 39 month lease with 0 Down and a $1 purchase option which basically means you own it at the end. … [Read more...]