Return on Investment
The optimization of the entire printing environment requires a substantial investment. When can we expect a return on our investment?
To reduce costs of the print environment and to make possible the centralisation of a larger number of printers belong among the main reasons why companies and institutions procure print solutions. After SafeQ installation, companies and corporations achieve printing cost savings of 20 to 30 percent, and the return on investment into the whole print solution ranges from 0.8 to 1.1 years.
SafeQ is a profitable investment
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Print cost accounting also works without print terminals. Here, the SafeQ server monitors direct queues and accounts and records every printed page. This can be taken advantage of in smaller companies where access to print devices is handled within small teams.
In larger organisations, so-called "secondary costs" are eliminated. These costs include the costs related to maintenance and the more expensive service and administration of miscellaneous brands of printing devices. Thanks to the option of centralising and transferring routine work to the print server, major savings can be achieved; such savings always result from the analysis.
Determination of return on investment
To determine the accurate return on investment into the print environment, the following must be taken into account:
- purchase of print solution
- operation and administration
- lifetime
- secondary savings (elimination of routine tasks)
- ratio of bw and colour pages printed
The overall return on investment of the SafeQ print solution ranges from 0.8 to 1.1 years. In smaller companies direct queue monitoring is used, whereas in larger businesses there are major savings related to running the "print fleet".