Printing is one of the most significant operating expenses. According to Gartner, total print costs can be as much as 3% of a company’s annual revenue. Tracking them provides a golden opportunity to save money and improve efficiencies.

 

• Low costs for consumables mean spending authorization isn’t needed.
• Several people within a company are authorized to purchase supplies. 
• Printing is not on a senior manager’s agenda.
• Supplies are often hidden under “general expenses.”

 

If you aren’t monitoring print supplies, you don’t know what’s going on. Wasteful printing practices could be the norm rather than the exception. They include:

• Replacing toner cartridges as soon as the warning light comes on. 
• Only printing on one side of the paper.
• Using color printing when black and white will do.
• Printing web pages with extraneous material such as advertisements in the margin.

 

If any of this sounds familiar, you could be losing a small fortune every year in wasteful printing. Contact us today for a free print assessment and more information about how to track and control printing costs.