It has always amazed me the number of businesses and government agencies that just think about “NOW” when selecting replacement printer, copiers and fax machines. How do you purchase your company’s copier printers or laser printers?

“It’s a buyers beware – the manufacturers are going to get you!”

Have you notice a change? The US dollar is dropping in value. gold is skyrocketing and Lexmark, HP, Xerox and other equipment manufactures announced big price increases on their supplies.

Just when you are trying to cut costs, they raised your cost on supplies! But, did the copiers scanner or hp laser printers actual equipment go up in price?

NO.  Why?

Because they are out to get you!  It’s the old game of getting you with inexpensive laser printers, desktop copiers and all in one equipment and then socking it to you with higher supply costs.

Are you one of those people who fail to think about the future costs of operating the equipment when you buy copier printers or printer scanners all in one?  93% of the companies in America spend more money on supplies than they do on the actual laser printer, digital copier over the like of the equipment

5 Things You Should Know

Before You Buy

#1: What toner supplies do the laser printer or digital copier use? What the cost of each supply item? Toner cartridge? Drum?  Developer?

#2: What is the estimated number of pages you will get from each toner cartridge supply item? Now calculate your cost per page.

#3: FACT! The lower the cost of the copier printer, HP laser printer or fax the more it cost per page to operate!

#4: What is the DUTY cycle of the laser printer– NOT print speed?  The print speed has nothing to do with the durability. The duty cycle is the key. the higher the duty cycle the more durable is the laser printer or copier scanner all in one.

Now, take the duty cycle and multiply it by .20 (20%) and you should not average over this number of pages per month.

#5: Get a higher end slightly used copier or laser printer for the save or less than a low end used printer scanner. They will outlast and cost less to operate over the long run.

The catch here is getting a used one in good condition. We get calls every week from people buying used copiers and laser printers  cheap just to find out in a month that the equipment needs major work.

Consider Dealer Select fully warranted machines. If you are looking for quality used equipment call us. It does not cost you a single cent to ask.

If you have may questions please feel free to contact us.  See our website for additional information. Feel free to call us or request help through our blog or go ahead to our website or call us for a quick response.

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Part I

First, if you are looking to lease a new or used photocopier, digital printer copier or laser printer office equipment you need to know a few facts before you sign on the dotted line.

Important questions to ask leasing companies for laser printers and digital copiers beyond the monthly payment amount before you sign on the line:

1. Look to the future:  What is the buy-out amount?  What does the buy-out clause say on your copier lease maintenance agreement?  If you do not see a buy-out clause then do not sign on the dotted line!  The copier lease should say either $1 or FMV (fair market value).

If your lease agreement says FVM then have them write in an actual dollar AMOUNT.  If they say the can not because they do not know then they are full of it or trying to keep you in the dark to get you when the lease is over!

Printer and copier amortize the cost of the hardware over the lease period of the copier. It is not like a car lease where the car still has a high value.  They know the value at the end of the copier lease and it’s usually 10% or less than the original cost. If they refuse to put in a value then tell them you want a $1 buy-out copier printer lease instead of FMV office equipment lease. If you have a 3 or 5 year lease then monthly amount between FMV and $1 copier lease buyout is very small!

2. Are your copier printer leasing company and the maintenance company the same?  Be careful with this one it could cost you BIG time!  Recently, several new clients had this problem. They lease a copier printer from Ricoh Lanier copiers, Toshiba copier printers, Sharp Copiers or other big name company who actually are the service providers not the actual finance company.

This is not a big problem until one company is bought out and the new service company refuses to service the equipment but the client still has to keep paying the copier lease monthly amount. The equipment copier printer leasing finance company says talk to the copier or printer service company. The bought out copier printer service company says they are no longer obligated to service the equipment. So the client is stuck in the middle with a broken machine and still has to pay the copier leasing company money!

Make sure everything is under one company! You pay the copier lease monthly amount to one company and the contract says that the company you are paying is responsible for the service and the finance for the office copier printer.

Whoops: I need to get this post out so look for part II soon. I need to go to a meeting!  If you need to know faster how to prevent getting hooked into an expensive lease and ticks copier leasing companies play contact me now  through our blog or go ahead to our website for a quick response. I hope this article was helpful.

Sincerely,

Your Friends at Advanced Business Computers Inc.

http://www.abctechsolutions.com