Author : Chris Crowne Date : March 20th, 2017 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 […]

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 […]

True Neutral MPS: NO Preconceived Objections to Centralize or DeCentralize Is the result of your managed print assessment a forgone conclusion? It is essential that any Managed Print program be measured over the term of the contract, in order to do this the current state and environment has to be assessed, this provides a benchmark […]

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 […]

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 […]

Is your managed print services contract just Cost per Page in disguise? A simple question will provide the answer. In my role at PrinterLogix I spend lots of time with potential clients who are currently committed to a Managed Print contract, I always ask what they feel the real benefit of the MPS is to […]

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 […]

Actually the times they have a changed – but that’s not the song title! Over the last few weeks at PrinterLogix we have been rebuilding our website, branding and marketing, one interesting meeting focused on our sales team, their job descriptions and titles. We use the term Managed Print Service to describe our business and […]