What Copier Companies Hide and Do Not Want You to Know That Cost You Huge Increase in Costs

How many of you lease your copiers, fax machines orallocated to you? NO! They get a BIG pay increase
multi-function devices? Has your lease companybecause they spend less on the supplies and
approached you concerning your printers and faxmaintenance you need and you get a BIG cost
machines to reduce costs or offer a Printincrease over what you use to spend before you
Management solution?agreed to the lease.
Copier companies have been playing the per pageNow for the kicker:
centralized printing game for years. They charge a setLook at your lease again and check with your
fee per month for your copier usage for up to a setaccounts payable department. If you are like the
number of pages. They say it will save you money - inmajority of the companies leasing equipment in addition
a very few cases it does.to the monthly fee you are charged a quarterly
What were you quoted on your per page program?MAINTENANCE fee which makes your cost per page
Did you know that 87% of the companies recentlyeven higher.
surveyed on lease programs actually pay a muchTrue cost reduction and cost avoidance is what you
higher rate than quoted and they didn't even know it?want to achieve-correct? Before you agree to
The Copier & Facsimile lease game exposed . .another lease go through the steps to determine your
The simple way to see if you are Way, Way Overaverage print volume. Then use that figure with the
billed like 87% of all other companies with leasednew lease amounts to determine if your costs are
equipment:actually going down or up.
1. First look at your lease and write down your monthlyMany leasing companies love to put you on a
print allotment (the number of prints you are allowedcentralized approach to all your printing needs. They
BEFORE they charge you more money).state, "you will reduce your printing costs." However,
2. Now write down the monthly charges as stated onthey do not talk about the single biggest cost to your
the agreement.company: lost employee time and productivity. The
3. Divide the number of pages allotted into the monthlycentralized approach will cost you more staff time
charge to get a cost per page. Example: $750 perwhich results in decreased productivity. Plus, what do
month for 50,000 pages Cost per page $0.015 (1.5you do with your perfectly good equipment you
cents).own-stop using it?
4. Looks great-right? Nice and small amount per page!Call for a FREE evaluation before you sign your next
- This is where they get you! They quoted you a lowlease. We are not affiliated with any particular copier,
per page cost .printer or fax manufacture or have lease quotas to
5. Now go to your machine and get the ACTUALmeet. There are no obligations. Get unbiased advice
PAGE COUNT (if you can-manyleasing companies doand support to help you and your company.
not give out this number to hide it from you).If you have may questions please feel free to contact
6. What does it show? Divide that into the number ofus. See our website for additional information. Feel free
months you have been leasing the machine. Exampleto call us or request help through our blog or go ahead
625,000 pages printed in 18 months (half way throughto our website or call us for a quick response.
most lease agreements) which equals to 34,722I hope this article was helpful. If you have questions
pages per month on the average.please feel free to call us or visit us on the web.
7. Now get your TRUE COST PER PAGE by dividingHave a fantastic day:
your TRUE pages printed every month into your costSincerely,
per month. Example: 34,722 into $750 equals 0.216 perYou're Friends
page. 44% more than what they quoted!Advanced Business Computers, Inc.
Do you get roll over pages for pages not used? NO!All rights reserved Copyright Advanced Business
Do you get reimbursed for not using the pages theyComputers, Inc.