with a physical inventory of all printers and copiers, taking a look at pur=
chase prices, lease contracts, and ink costs. We then installed the free ve=
rsion of PaperCut Print Logger (www.papercut.com), and have been running th=
at for almost 15 months now. For our networked printers, we have data that =
can be used to determine cost per printed page, which devices receive the m=
ost usage, and which users are the most prolific printers. We also recently=
hooked up our copiers that are capable to the network to turn them into pr=
inters. Looking at the costs, our copiers print at significantly reduced pr=
ices compared to any of our printers. Yes the MFP devices cost much more, b=
ut the duty cycle on pages is much higher, and maintenance ends up being ch=
eaper over the life of the printer. Our biggest problem has turned out to b=
e color printers that do not print a lot of color, but end up printing high=
volumes. A page with a few lines of color ends up costing us a lot in term=
s of ink costs, which drives printing costs very high. We are looking into =
the Xerox solid ink line which allows for three price points on printing, B=
&W, low color, and high color. Depending on your actual devices, your analy=
sis may be different, but I would encourage you to do the actual analysis. =
When I showed the data to my advisory committee, many of the objections to =
removing printers and changing our printing patterns went away.
Alex J Podchaski
Director of Technology
Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child
44 Blackburn Road
Summit, NJ 07901
908-522-8159
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Subject: printers v. copiers
Hi - One of our librarians asked a question about the economics of using a =
printer vs. a copier. Thinking about it a bit, it seems to me there are a =
few variables at work for most schools. Is the printer an ink-jet or laser=
printer? How does the fact that most of our copiers are b/w and most of o=
ur printers color capable affect the equation? And for a question like thi=
s, I would define the word "economics" broadly enough to include environmen=
tal repercussions. A fairly open-ended inquiry, but I'm wondering if anyone=
has pertinent information. Thanks.
Michael Chimes
Director of Academic Technology
College Counselor
Gill St. Bernard's School
Gladstone, NJ 07934
(908) 234- 1611 x204 (phone)
(908) 234-2496 (fax)
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