I recently did some reassessing of our copy machine and realized we had a lot of bells and whistles that never get used. Here are a few things that I realized:
1. we hardly use color. When we do it's usually by accident (we average about 200 copies a month)
2. we never use the 'extras' on the machine. This includes stapling, folding, etc. At one point we thought we would bring program printing in house. This proved to take a lot of staff time babysitting the machine, so eventually we started outsourcing these jobs.
3. we were on contract for 5,000 prints a month when we only averaged about 4,000.
After talking with our rep. I found out that we still had 2.5 years on our current lease. I was able to work with them to get a basic B&W printer on a new lease. The rep also mentioned that a $400 fee that I had paid last year was optional and I realized that I never really used it.
All in all. This process saved me over $1,600 a year.
OK...scratch that. I just found out the leasing company wouldn't let me downgrade that far as the lease would be worth more than the machine.
ReplyDeleteSo I'll be saving about $1,100 a year...which is still a chunk of change.