THE NEWS IN PRINT

Dell Corporation, leading PC manufacturer has claimed that many firms are wasting money on their procured printers. Many firms overestimate their printing needs and hence spend on high end printers that end up being underused; A3 printers in particular which is extremely expensive.

Dell says that, on average, 60% of the documents that are printed in businesses are A4 mono, 20% A4 colour, 17% photocopies and just 3% are A3.It gleaned the results from its printer management software. “Most customers believe they are printing significantly greater amounts of A3 documents and photocopies,” says Dion Smith, imaging sales manager at Dell.

Smith claims that firms buy printers on a department basis which means that most organizations have 60 different types of printers and 115 different types of printers. This will deem to be expensive as ink cartridges and toners go waste if not used on a regular basis. Smith suggests that firms should centralize the printing procurement process or have a list of printers which could be used throughout the company.

The firm that I work for is bent towards cost reduction program (CRP) which has seen many printers taken off the floor and yet our printing needs have been met with centralized printers. According to me, most companies can do with mono A4 sized printers.

via PC Pro

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