Converging Practices for Managed IT Services and Print?

On the face of it these two practices should work hand in hand, a printer is essentially just another end point on a network. Why then is managed print, typically the realm of the printer manufacturers or dedicated managed print providers only relatively recently being offered as part of a Managed IT Service? Let’s go […]

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The Truth Behind Print Management

Many Managed Print projects are concentrated on initial cost savings around cost per page and capital cost or lease, however leading edge MPS programs will also focus on ongoing efficiencies throughout the life of the contract. Remember the definition (according to the MPSA) of MPS is “Managed Print Services is the active management and optimization […]

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The Battle Between… HARD Cost & SOFT Cost

As Practice Director at PrintLogix I am fortunate to be in the position of presenting our Managed Print proposals to potential new customers. In almost every instance this proposal is the result of an extensive current state assessment which after flowing through a team of analysts and future state architects we get to recommend usually […]

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Are the Days of Cost Per Page (CPP) Agreements for MPS… Numbered?

It’s a distant memory but I can just about remember the first time I heard of an all-inclusive cost per page agreement, it must have been around 1985 and a rep from one of the major leasing companies was in our sales office pitching this new type of contract. From a sales perspective it sounded […]

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7 Pitfalls of Managed Print, the Danger Signs and What to Avoid!

Managed Print has been the choice of the Enterprise user for probably 15 years now, in its former guise of Print Facilities Management (which mainly focused on print room services) probably nearer 25 years. So even though many enterprise companies are in perhaps their 3rd generation of MPS why do we still see some very […]

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