{"id":193,"date":"2013-06-04T15:15:37","date_gmt":"2013-06-04T15:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cartridgegreen.ie\/cms\/?p=193"},"modified":"2014-03-14T15:16:46","modified_gmt":"2014-03-14T15:16:46","slug":"the-benefits-of-managed-print-services-vs-a-traditional-printer-fleet-model","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cartridgegreen.ie\/cms\/the-benefits-of-managed-print-services-vs-a-traditional-printer-fleet-model\/","title":{"rendered":"The Benefits Of Managed Print Services V\u2019s A Traditional Printer Fleet Model"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cartridgegreen.ie\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/z1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-148\" alt=\"z1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cartridgegreen.ie\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/z1.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cartridgegreen.ie\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/z1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.cartridgegreen.ie\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/z1-300x82.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cartridgegreen.ie\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/z1-100x27.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.cartridgegreen.ie\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/z1-150x41.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.cartridgegreen.ie\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/z1-200x55.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.cartridgegreen.ie\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/z1-450x123.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.cartridgegreen.ie\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/z1-600x165.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>You already have printers that are working well so why would you choose a Managed Print Service over the traditional printer fleet model? Well, the benefits are wide and varied and whilst cost savings is always a key factor and one you can expect to feature highly as a reason to consider this option, it is only one of many.\u00a0The benefits will vary depending on your current printing practices but you can expect to see any multiple of the following:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cost savings and control<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0According to independent market research companies who implement a full Managed Print Service can save up to 30% against traditional printing methods<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0You can budget and plan your printing costs far more effectively, hence giving you far more control over your spend<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0By consolidating various vendors associated with the support of your fleet you can reduce your back office time and costs associated with managing your printer network<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0The requirement and associated costs with holding a spare set of cartridges are eliminated<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0The majority of Managed Print Services packages come with finance arrangements so you can roll out the solution without any capital expenditure. In the majority of cases the cost savings are such that there is still a huge saving even after the finance is paid<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cartridgegreen.ie\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/f1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-135\" alt=\"f1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cartridgegreen.ie\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/f1.jpg\" width=\"220\" height=\"142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cartridgegreen.ie\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/f1.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.cartridgegreen.ie\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/f1-100x64.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.cartridgegreen.ie\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/f1-150x96.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.cartridgegreen.ie\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/f1-200x129.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/a>Environmental<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Greater control of supplies such as paper and toner will reduce wastage and the carbon footprint of your printer fleet.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Introducing newer more energy efficient models into your fleet will reduce your demand for energy consumption.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>User Satisfaction<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\u00a0Standardisation of the hardware and vendors will give a clear consistent offering to users that once trained will ensure greater ease of use.\u00a0\u00a0A single point of contact for the delivery of your printer environment will result is less downtime and greater user satisfaction as a result.\u00a0\u00a0By utilising the latest technological advancements in hardware the users are given the best experience possible and the efficiency that these improvements can bring.<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Organisational<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Allow the organisation to focus on its core business and remove the need to commit resource or time to the printer network.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Greater business continuity as one provider supports the entire printer environment which will reduce the risk of downtime and interrupted service.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0A proper Managed Print Service will be flexible enough to move with the changing needs of an organisation so that they can be accommodated well in to the future.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You already have printers that are working well so why would you choose a Managed Print Service over the traditional printer fleet model? Well, the benefits are wide and varied and whilst cost savings is always a key factor and<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cartridgegreen.ie\/cms\/the-benefits-of-managed-print-services-vs-a-traditional-printer-fleet-model\/\"> Read the full article&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cartridgegreen.ie\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cartridgegreen.ie\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cartridgegreen.ie\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cartridgegreen.ie\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cartridgegreen.ie\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cartridgegreen.ie\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":194,"href":"https:\/\/www.cartridgegreen.ie\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193\/revisions\/194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cartridgegreen.ie\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cartridgegreen.ie\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cartridgegreen.ie\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}