Thanks for sharing your analysis...
I've been looking at the ColorQube with its solid ink technology as well...
We have a number of Phaser 8560's in our environment and have been, for the
most part, very satisfied with their performance. However, we discovered
that laminating outputs from the solid ink devices does not quite work.
That's the main drawback for our teachers. I'm highly considering the
BizHubs...
A.
On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 8:43 AM, Podchaski, Alex <
alex.podchaski@oakknoll.org> wrote:
> We have been examining our printing/copying performance all year. We began
> with a physical inventory of all printers and copiers, taking a look at
> purchase prices, lease contracts, and ink costs. We then installed the free
> version of PaperCut Print Logger (www.papercut.com), and have been running
> that 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
> most 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
> printers. Looking at the costs, our copiers print at significantly reduced
> prices compared to any of our printers. Yes the MFP devices cost much more,
> but the duty cycle on pages is much higher, and maintenance ends up being
> cheaper over the life of the printer. Our biggest problem has turned out to
> be 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 terms
> 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 analysis
> 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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> To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> 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 our
> printers color capable affect the equation? And for a question like this, I
> would define the word "economics" broadly enough to include environmental
> repercussions. A fairly open-ended inquiry, but I'm wondering if anyone has
> pertinent information. Thanks.
>
>
>
> Michael Chimes
>
> Director of Academic Technology
>
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>
> Gill St. Bernard's School
>
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>
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