| It is no secret that one of the easiest ways to | | | | Excellence (ACE) as Environmental Company of |
| save your business money is to run more | | | | the Year in 2008. |
| efficiently. This applies to all aspects of your | | | | It isn’t only about reduced waste; it is also |
| business, but the printer and copier fleet is | | | | about reduced downtime. Nothing costs a |
| commonly overlooked. Many companies simply | | | | company more money than downtime. When it |
| track the cost of toner, and that can yield a large | | | | comes to reliability, not all brands are created |
| amount of savings on its own. But the savings | | | | equal. For instance, the Kyocera KM-8030 printed |
| can go much beyond toner alone. Managed Print | | | | 2 million pages with no unscheduled service |
| Services (MPS) paired with eco-friendly; super | | | | required. In fact, it only got a paper jam once |
| efficient printers, can save money on paper, | | | | every 166 thousand pages. Brands like Kyocera |
| energy, toner, reduced downtime, increased | | | | are more reliable and have reduced cost per |
| productivity and more. | | | | prints which is why H&R Block has 10’s |
| MPS, like the name implies; basically means you | | | | of thousands of them nationwide. |
| rely on a specialized IT company to help plan, | | | | Finally, if you really want to increase your savings |
| implement and service your printer fleet. The | | | | and decrease your impact on the environment, |
| advantage of having your printing network | | | | implement a document management system. |
| planned and managed by one vendor is that it | | | | Even the simplest document management |
| saves a substantial amount of time fixing IT | | | | systems will reduce paper and toner consumption |
| problems, ordering toner and implementing new | | | | and increase productivity. Document management |
| document management systems. Imagine never | | | | will reduce the time spent on filing and retrieving |
| having to order toner and the time saved by only | | | | documents and make documents more accessible |
| having one invoice to deal with every month; now | | | | – no matter where you and your employees |
| this is being efficient. | | | | are. |
| Another way of being more efficient is choosing | | | | The opportunity to save money and help the |
| an eco-friendly printer fleet. Eco-friendly printers, | | | | environment is obtainable. Even if your |
| such as Kyocera, can save up to 40% on energy | | | | business’ printers are new and you believe |
| costs when compared to other market leaders. | | | | you have an efficient printer fleet having an |
| They can also save you money on consumables. | | | | outside MPS vendor may help you see the base |
| Using less toner and drum units reduces money | | | | of the iceberg more clearly. Many times a MPS |
| and waste while helping the environment. The | | | | provider will analyze your network and printer |
| reduced waste is one reason Kyocera won the | | | | fleet for free resulting in little to no risk of saving |
| prestigious, MicroScope Award for Channel | | | | your business money. |