Copier buying tips
A Lesson in Transparency, What We Use in Our Office, and Why
As a vendor of 9 different printer and copier manufacturers, what do we use in our office and why?
Read MoreDocument Management for Dummies, or People who Don’t Want a Complicated System
So, you are ready to buy that copier and the rep asks you about what you plan on doing with your document scans… Have you planned out how that is going to work? You thought that since the copier has a scanner, you really shouldn’t have to spend more money so that it can be…
Read MoreThe Most Important Question When Purchasing a Copier
So, you’re ready to buy a copier and started your researching here in Denver? You are getting ready for this process with as much excitement as a root canal? Well, we are here to help. The most important thing you can do BEFORE you start the buying process is to determine your priorities first. Without…
Read MoreGive Yourself the Gift that Lasts – Lower Color Printing Costs
It seems with the economy in a stall and people worrying about their jobs now more than ever… there are some interesting trends happening in the industry. One thing a lot of people seem to be doing is bringing printshop outsourcing in house. Sure, it's more labor, but for the savings… it seems well worth…
Read MoreWhy the “Old Way” of Purchasing a Copier is Dying
There is a process which has become more and more extinct. I have heard the “old time copier sales guys” talking about when they used to drag a copier into an account and leave it there to be tested before they even qualified the account. They’d load up a truck and start going door to…
Read MoreIf you have read through these posts at all, you will see a consistent theme where I have warned against the problem of “overbuying” for your needs… with some budgets shrinking, now people are facing the opposite problem more often. I will have customers here in Denver tell me they are doing 4,000 to…
Read MoreDon’t Spend too Much on Black and White Copiers…
This post is being written for the Black and White Copier buyer, not for the color copier buyer. Because color is so variable, it’s not going to be addressed in this post… I was just at a customer’s location, and I shouldn’t be surprised by this, but I always am. They had a copier there…
Read MoreThere is a new buzz in the printer and copier world in regards to color toner. It is called “organic” toner by some “emulsion aggregate” toner by others. What is this and why does it matter to you, the copier buyer here in the Denver area? EA toner is essentially chemically grown toner. It…
Read MoreHow Small Color Copiers Can Make You Miserable
Often when dealing with customers here in the Denver area, I get this question… “What color device do you have that is less than $1,000 and works really well?” Unfortunately, with these types of devices, you are not shooting for what works well, but just for what works…at all… The problem is now you are…
Read MoreI have watched the purchasing decision for many of the copiers that are going out today change hands from Facilities to IT. Often this is a tough battle of politics within a company where one person (the Facilities person) has one preferred vendor and the other (the IT specialist) has another vendor they like. Both…
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