Ricoh Introduction of GlobalScan NX Office Edition (OE)

Ricoh Americas Corporation is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the New GlobalScan NX Office Edition (OE) and Serverless release of the Next Generation of GlobalScan. GlobalScan NX OE with Ricoh’s Aficio Multifunction systems allow users to scan and deliver documents through the network to email, network folders or any Enterprise Document Management system driving business processes and transactions supporting Extensible Markup Language (XML). GlobalScan NX is designed for businesses of any size, GlobalScan NX Office Edition and GlobalScan NX Serverless allow small-and-medium sized organizations to effectively manage document workflows to fulfill their respective business processes.

GlobalScan NX provides the following benefits for any company regardless of its size;
Easy to use graphical user interface
Simple and configurable/customizable user interface of MFP display
Intuitive user interface reduces end-user training
One-button scanning simplifies even the most complex business processes
GlobalScan NX is packaged with 3 Years of M&S for ongoing support to your customers

GlobalScan NX Office Edition and GlobalScan NX Serverless is a complement to the GlobalScan Workflow Suite 3.1, the GlobalScan NX Office Edition offers small-and-medium sized businesses (SMBs) enterprise level document management capabilities. By combining the unmatched reliability of GlobalScan v3.1 with new productivity enhancements (listed below) in GlobalScan NX, this powerful software enables users to deliver documents and related metadata to a virtually any line of business application.

Since GlobalScan’s first release in March 2002, it has been installed in more than 5,000 customers and is one of the leading capture solutions in the market to date for Ricoh Americas Corporation. Building on this success, Ricoh has added many new and improved features to GlobalScan NX.

Ecopy Desktop & "Eric the Office Worker"

"Eric the Office Worker" is now working at Acme Buy. "Eric the Office Worker" is a Customer Sales Rep, and helps customers fulfill their orders as the customers visit the Acme Buy Showroom.

Eric has no clue there's a better way to reduce paper and save time. Eric's current workflow is that he will print a sales order form (pdf) in color from a local color printer, he will then hand write the order information for the customer, when Eric is finished he has the customer sign the order, process payment. From there Eric will make a copy of that order for him self, a copy for the customer and hand over the original to order processing. Order processing will then enter the order, make another copy to forward to accounting. At this point the order that "Eric the Office Worker" filled out has been copied three times.

Now, did I tell you how "Eric the Office Worker" has a small issue with handwriting, although he enters all of the information needed, on many occasions "Eric the Office Worker" 2's look like 7's and some of his script needs to be deciphered. So, order processing will call him back about the order and verbally go over the numbers or words that are in questions. At times, Eric the Office Worker has even added sticky notes to the order to draw attention to a question on a model number the color of a specific item. Did I tell you that sometimes the sticky note never makes it to order processing? The last sticky note was found hanging off of Sally's shoe as she was entering the lunch room.

Eric is not the only sales person at the office, there are 9 more and each has the same workflow. Order entry spends countless hours questioning handwriting, additional notes, and if the order is misplaced there are additional hours spent each and every month.

So, where is the solution for "Eric the office Worker"? Acme needs to simplify the process and reduce errors in order to increase profit.

Ecopy desktop to the rescue! Ecopy desktop would be installed on all of the pc's, in additional we would add 10 USB signature scanners to all of the sales people. Now, "Eric the Office Worker" will pull up the sales order, from there he will edit the pdf form with Ecopy Desktop, that's right he'll be able to type all of the information on the screen. Once the order is correct, he will than have the customer sign the USB scanner and then import the signature to the form. Once completed, he will print one for the customer, then email the sales form (by, the way if Eric, needs to add anything additional to the form, he can add a "sticky note" to the electronic document)to order entry. From there order entry will view the order, enter the order in the system (order entry can also add notes at this time). Order Entry then emails the form to Accounting. Accounting then creates and invoice and files sales order electronically.

Using Ecopy Desktop has just saved three printed pages, seeing that there are 10 sales people that makes 30 pages saved, and then four orders from each rep per day now saves 120 pages a day, they're open 7 days a week, so that's a total of 3,600 pieces of paper saved. Monthly paper savings is $25.20.

We've also saved 3,600 copies at .0125 per page, there's another $45 per month. However the true savings is in productivity, the office now saves more than 7 hours per month due to the reduced paper based workflow. Documents are now clean and easy to read, everyone can keep an electronic copy if they need to along with the not every having a lost sales order ever again. At an average cost of $21 per hour, the company has saved an additional $147 in productivity.

End result is a monthly savings of $217.20 per month, cost to have ecopy desktop (15 seats) and scanners (10 USB scanners) and consulting equals $145 per month. Net savings every month equals $71.31 and a customer forever.

-=Good Selling=-

New Color System from Ricoh MPC2050/2550

I traveled to Ricoh's New York City portal for the BIG BANG LAUNCH for the Ricoh 2030/2050/2550. I must say that I was impressed with color quality of this unit along with some outstanding features and new solution software!

A few of the notes that I collected:

Ricoh 2030spf (Entry Level Color)
20ppm in color and monochrome at 600 dpi
4 line LCD Display
512MB Memory Max
Standard TWAIN Scanning
No Adavanced Architecture, meaning no Document Server, no HD available
10K Black
5.5K Color
upto 12x18 paper thru by-pass
no finishing options

Pretty much a bare bones color system built to compete against A4 color units. MSRP is $5,500

Ricoh 2050spf and MPC 2050 (scanner and printer)
20ppm in color and monochrome at 600 dpi
Large Color Display
Optional Internal Finisher staple up to 50 Pages and optional hole punch
WSD scanner, XPS Driver, Mobile Driver
500 x 1 Paper Feed Unit (with Caster Table)
Mail-to-Print feature (MP C2050/C2550)
Scan-to-Media (USB/SD Card) (MP C2050/C2550)
Advanced Architecture, full boat with scan technologies. MSRP is $5,800

Ricoh 2550spf and MPC2550 (scanner and printer)
25ppm in color and monochrome @ 600 dpi
Large Color Display
Optional Internal Finisher staple up to 50 Pages and optional hole punch
WSD scanner, XPS Driver, Mobile Driver
500 x 1 Paper Feed Unit (with Caster Table)
Mail-to-Print feature (MP C2050/C2550)
Scan-to-Media (USB/SD Card) (MP C2050/C2550)

Advanced Architecture, full boat with scan technologies. MSRP is $7,500

No Fierys will be available for these units, if you need a fiery you'll have to advance to the MPC2800. The Fiery for this unit is set as a post launch.

What I liked most:

Mail2print (Print an E-mail attachment directly to the MFP!)
CAP Card Authentication Package
Scan2media, USB and SD Card
Automatic File Naming
Global Scan NX
Previre before Tranmission

-=Good Selling=-

Embedded ECOPY & Ricoh MFP

What you want to reduce paper? Ricoh does have a solution that works. Meet embedded ecopy software on the Ricoh MFP. This software actually loads on an optional java card that is inserted in the MFPs.

As they say pictures speak a thousand words, off to the demonstration.

Ricoh Waterproof Printer 3050N

Check out the video on this awesome printer from Ricoh. What outstanding is the fact that this gelsprinter will duplex (two sided) print, print up 29ppm in color, envelopes, and photos. Standard issue is a network port along with USB.

Long life ink cartridges eliminates going to the store every month for ink. Large paper tray for 250 sheets of paper along with an option second tray and another optional by-pass tray.

We have 7 of these left for $169.00 plus tax, comes with one year replacement warranty from Ricoh.

If you're in need send me an email art@p4photel.com

What is a HotSpot Printer?

Ricoh is pleased to announce the launch of the new Ricoh Aficio SP 4100N-KP and SP C410DN-KP HotSpot Printers.



A Ricoh HotSpot Printer provides a way for users to print documents securely across the Internet from any Internet-enabled PC, laptop, PDA, or cell phone. Without the need for a driver…without the need for direct access to the network hosting the printer!

Printing to a HotSpot Printer is incredibly easy. Each HotSpot printer has a unique URL and E-mail Address.
1. Users can upload files to the printer’s webpage (URL), or forward E-mails – with or without attachments – directly to the printer’s E-mail address.
2. The HotSpot server assigns a unique Release Code for each print job.
3. The user simply inputs the secure Release Code at the printer and retrieves their print job.
HotSpot printing is convenient, secure, and easy-to-use.

ISO Page Yields

In December 2006, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) body approved new standards for ink (ISO/IEC 24711) and color toner (ISO/IEC 19798) printer cartridge page yield measurements. These new standards complement the ISO/IEC 19752 yield standard for monochrome toner printer cartridges published in June 2004.

The new ISO standards for ink and color toner cartridge yields clearly define the key attributes that affect yield and apply robust statistical analysis so all manufacturers can utilize the same methodology when measuring yield. Until now, printer manufacturers have not been able to use a uniform methodology to measure cartridge yields.

Details of the ISO/IEC standards are available on the Web site www.iso.org/jtc1/sc28.

What is page yield?

Page yield is the total number of pages that can be printed with a print cartridge. Until now, printer manufacturers have used a variety of methodologies to measure cartridge yields, making it challenging for you to accurately compare brands. That's why Lexmark, along with other printer manufacturers worked in conjunction with the ISO to create new standards for measuring page yield. On December 13, 2006, the ISO approved the new standard for inkjet (ISO)/IEC 24711) and color toner (ISO/IEC 19798) printer cartridge page yield measurements. These new standards compliment the ISO/IEC 19752 yield standard for monochrome toner cartridges published in June 2004.

Why are page yield standards important?

These page yield standards will help you make more informed purchase decisions by objectively and accurately evaluating print cartridge yields. The new ISO standards for inkjet and toner cartridge yields clearly define the key attributes that affect page yield and apply robust statistical analysis so all manufacturers can utilize the same methodology when measuring yield.

How are the tests performed?

The ISO/IEC 24711 and 19798 specifications stipulate that page yield is determined using a standard suite, printed in a controlled environment, with printer default settings. Because the printer environment can affect page yield, the testing environment is controlled at a temperature of 23.0C +/- 2.0C.

The test suite, specified in ISO/IEC 24712, is designed to work with either A4 or 8.5x11" paper. The suite is a PDF file consisting of four typical customer pages and one diagnostic page is to be printed using the most recent version of a PDF reader.

How many cartridges and printers are used in the testing?

A minimum of nine cartridges or cartridge sets are tested until they reach end of life. This allows reliable estimates of the average predicted yield within statistically defined boundaries. The standards recommend attaining cartridges from a variety of manufacturing dates and locations for testing.

A minimum of three cartridge sets are tested on three different printers to avoid bias due to printer variability. An equal number of cartridge sets are run on each printer.

Why are page yields listed as a cartridge and printer system?
ISO page yields are always listed as a cartridge and a printer system. Listing the page yields as a system best reflects the differences between printer speeds, color tables, maintenance routines, and firing frequencies in various printer models.

How are page yields calculated?
The reported ISO page yield must be at or below the lower 90% confidence interval of the mean. If there are 9 cartridges tested, the maximum ISO page yield is calculated as follows: ISO Page Yield = Average page yield - (1.86 * (std dev of page yield / 3))

Why isn't there a page yield listed for my specific printer?
Lexmark will publish ISO page yields for all future announced products.

How does this standard translate into 4x6" photos?
The ISO/IEC 24712 print suite is specified for A4 or 8.5x11" paper. There is currently no ISO page yield specifications associated with 4x6 prints. There is a new ISO committee that is starting to address this issue. It is estimated that the 4x6 page yield specification will be ratified in 2008 or 2009.

Times' power bill down 25pc

Here's an article I ran across on the web, the article details reducing carbon foot prints of hardware along with saving enormous amount sof electricty. More over it mentions that they replaced all of thier stand alone copiers, faxes, printers and scanners with multifunctional devices. (Art)

IN the space of one year, The Fiji Times Limited cut back the amount of electricity it used by around 25 per cent. This came off the back of sustained implementation of the principles of its 1 Degree environmental program over the year to June 2008. The savings in electricity consumption translated into a 17.4 per cent smaller bill over the year to June 2008 compared to the previous year.

A large part of the success of the program has been because of staff involvement in helping save energy to save the environment. "It's a great win for every person who works here who have taken the time to switch off lights, computer terminals and air-conditioning units whenever these are not in use," said Fiji Times editor-in-chief Netani Rika.

The company also created an internal Carbon Council, driven by volunteers who consulted, collated and helped introduce new technology, ideas and initiatives to help the environment.
In its Suva headquarters, the biggest results were generated with a 25.8 percent fall in electricity consumption, which generated a 17.3 percent saving in costs. Its Lautoka office had an 8.36 per cent reduction in consumption, which translated into a 21.1 per cent saving in electricity costs. And while expansion of the Labasa bureau saw a 3.98 per cent increase in the amount of electricity used, this still saw an 8.5 per cent fall in costs.

The dramatic falls in electricity consumption proved that with a bit of effort, many people can help generate dramatic results, Mr Rika said. He said The Fiji Times wanted to lead by example, and was keen to ensure that more people embraced 1 Degree principles to help save the environment. "Together we can make a big difference to the type of environmental future we choose to have," he said.

1 Degree was launched in Fiji on June 25, 2007, with the goal of helping empower individuals, staff, families, and communities to take charge of the climate change issue and by doing so, change Fiji's collective future.

"Everything from the electricity we use, to the fuel in our cars, the carbon impacts of air travel, the heating and cooling of our buildings and the way we handle our waste and recycling affects what sort of carbon footprint we leave on our planet and what sort of impact we will have on global warming," the company says.

The Fiji Times, the nation's oldest newspaper, started its campaign to become carbon neutral by 2010 with an audit of power use. It recognised technological solutions such as the need to replace any CRT computer monitors with low energy LCD panels. Low energy LCD panels use 75 percent less power than CRT computer monitors.

It also replaced fluorescent tubes with "greener" triphospher lighting and put multi-function units in place of power-hungry stand-alone printers, faxes and copiers. By consolidating servers, printers and copiers, the company was able to cut the costs to run them by around 50 per cent.
Some of the measures the company is looking at over the following year are lighting timers for common areas and "green" cars including those run on electricity and bio-diesel.

Over the year to June 2008, the company cut its carbon footprint with various measures including minimising the use of urns and replacing them with kettles where possible, recycling paper that has been used on one side only.

Print Audit Green for "Eric the Office Worker"

So, you just bought a shiny new Color "Green" MFP. You know the system, your salesperson touted the "Green" features such as default auto off, default power save mode, default duplex copying, the small carbon foot print and scan2distribute.

So, what good is all of this if you can't control printing? Did you know that the average employee prints 34 pages a day and 17% of those pages are never used?

Do you think that "Eric the Office Worker" knows the cost per page of every MFP and printer in the office? What stops "Eric the Office Worker" from printing a 50 page color report to an ink jet printer (that can have a per page cost as high as 60 cents a page), just because he did not want to walk to the Color MFP that prints at .08 cents per page. Well, the idea of "Eric the Office Worker" not taking the short walk just cost you an extra $26 from one employee. Think of the abuse when you have 50 employees and this happens more than once a day.

Rules based printing, what does this mean to "Eric the Office Worker", well the next time "Eric the Office Worker" prints a report he will get a pop up alert on his pc that directs him to print green to this device (meaning the device with the lowest per page cost). Plus the fact that all of management will know when and where "Eric the Office Worker" is printing. So, if "Eric the Office Worker" does not print responsibly he could have a new "Green" job cutting the grass around the office!

Did you know that Print Audit Green on the average reduces your printing by 15%? Taking a closer look, I have a client who produces 200,000 prints each month on their MFP's. A 15% reduction would lower those pages to 170,000. So, that's 30,000 (that's more than 3 trees a day you are saving from the mill) less sheets of paper at .008 for a savings of $240. Then 30,000 less meter clicks per month at .01, this will be a savings of 300.00. Overall savings is $540 per month, cost to implement Print Audit Green in their environment (about 50 users) would be $146.25 per month. Savings WOO YAA of $393.75 per month.

Here's some more cool facts about Print Audit:

Understand your environmental impact

•Monitor 100% of the printing in your environment to spot abuse and waste.
•Learn who is printing to where and when.

Reduce unnecessary printing and waste
•Cut waste through the knowledge that all printing is being monitored.
•Decrease abuse by forcing duplexing, and restricting color printing.

Create green-friendly and cost-conscious users
•Utilize printing limits or redirect users to use more efficient devices.
•Educate users of the costs and environmental impact of each print job they print.

Not once in the last 10 years did a customer every present a print or copy report to me on an appointment. Thus, showing that the average company has no idea of how many pages are copied, printed, and scanned. Nor do they have any idea of the cost associated with their volume and hardware. How the heck can you be in business and not know this? Print Audit should be in every office, even if it's only used at the end of the year to review how many pages were used and what the cost was per page.

Did you know that you can enable Print Audit Green Software for less than 10 cents per day per employee?

-=Good Selling=-

Total Green Office Solution "Part V"

Regulatory Compliance/Air Quality Assurance

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) guidelines, green building standards and individual health concerns spark inquires into the safety of operating Ricoh products. We can offer assurance, since Ricoh goes beyond legislative compliance and has a strict management system that minimizes or completely prohibits environmentally sensitive substances. Many of our products meet standards set by the European ROHs directive. Additionally VOC (volatile organic compounds) such as dust, ozone and styrene fall far below EPA's recommended limits.

In total there are 66 substance groups controlled by Ricoh with 16 of those substances being totally prohibited from our products.

Internally many Ricoh products have achieved ISO 14024 certified third party labeling for environmentally-friendly products, including the European Blue Angel label and Canada's Environmental Choice. Not to mention complying with many United States federal, state and county environmental guidelines.

Recycling and End-of-Life Management programs that reduce, reuse and recycle end-of-life products, Ricoh allows customers to divert tons of resources from landfills each year. We work within a sophisticated framework in which repeated recycling reduces new resource consumption and waster generation to the furthest extent possible.

If discarded cartridges end up in a landfill, it can take centuries for the plastic material to biodegrade if at all. With Ricoh's Toner Cartridge Return Program, customers can return cartridges and toner containers. Depending on the model, cartridges with parts that meet new part standards are reused in manufacturing new cartridges, or reconstituted as alternative wood and fuel sources

Ricoh recovers 98% of material content from end-of-life equipment via our process of demanufacturing. Recovered resources are reconstituted into new parts or converted into energy. Ricoh demanufactures and average of 12 million pounds of equipment each year.

Note from Art: If you are interested in De-Manufacturing your Ricoh product, please email me or call me and I will quote on the project to make sure your old copier does not end of in the landfill.

PLOTBASE|PM certified for HP Designjet

Hamburg, October 2008: RATIO Entwicklungen GmbH with its PLOTBASEPM has been officially certified for the large format HP Designjet printer. HP's specially developed certification process appraises system compatibility with HP's own hardware.

With this elaborate certification program, HP ensures that the full performance of the printer is warranted and supported – this refers among others to high output quality and speed. PLOTBASEPM has fulfilled the requirements for HP Designjet certification.

PLOTBASEPM is a leading solution for efficient management of large-format output devices. Plotters, scanners, folders and copiers can be managed and activated easily in a PLOTBASEPM environment with the aim of increasing productivity and minimizing printing costs.

In view of the fact that large-format printing is always a very cost-intensive process and high printing costs are frequently not transparent, RATIO's PLOTBASEPM offers the market software that covers not only the hardware management but also the consumption costs of every single printing job. An add-on cost analysis module allocates all incurred costs to individual projects, cost units, customers and departments, etc. This prevents any nasty surprises when the annual accounts are presented; costs can be simply and reliably calculated, thanks to PLOTBASEPM.

The HP certification program confirms that RATIO Entwicklungen GmbH has developed PLOTBASEPM as an efficient, precise and user-friendly product.

Note from Art: We are a certified Plotbase distributor, please give me a call or email if you need additional information.

RICOH INTRODUCES THE AFICIO MP C2800/C3300 AND MP C4000/C5000 SERIES

Advanced Color Multifunction Products Deliver Improved

West Caldwell, October 15, 2008 — Ricoh Americas Corporation, a leading provider of digital office equipment, today introduced the Ricoh Aficio MP C2800/ C3300 and MP C4000/C5000 Series. These versatile color multifunction products (MFPs) offer enhanced productivity and improved image quality for businesses of any size, all with a low total cost of ownership (TCO).

Designed with the end-user’s workflow in mind, the Aficio MP C2800/C3300 and MP C4000/C5000 are able to meet the demands of any business and workgroup. To enhance productivity, the Aficio MP C2800/C3300 and MP C4000/C5000 Series boasts output speeds of 28 pages per minute (ppm), 33 ppm, 40 ppm and 50 ppm for both full color and black and white, respectively. In today’s business environment, developing professional color documents is vital, and the Aficio MP C2800/C3300 and MP C4000/C5000 Series offers benchmark image quality via the latest version of Ricoh’s patented PxP™ Toner technology, and print resolutions of up to 1200 x 1200 dots-per-inch (dpi).

It is essential for companies to continually prove return on investment, and this Series enables them to complete more jobs in-house, and reduce the need to outsource color projects. With a low total cost of ownership, these new models make it affordable for businesses to bring color into their workflow. And with various methods of user authentication, administrators can control access to color in order to manage costs and prevent abuse.

With a variety of paper tray, finishing, and networking options, the Aficio MP C2800/C3300 and MP C4000/C5000 Series can be configured to meet diverse customer requirements. Users can run paper stocks up to 140lb. index through any front paper tray, allowing for simple production of postcards, covers and other documents that require heavy-weight media. Multiple finishing choices, including the ability to fold and saddle-stitch booklets in-line, offer additional flexibility to get jobs done quickly and cost-effectively. Standard Ethernet and USB 2.0 connectivity, along with several wired and wireless networking options, allow these new models to integrate seamlessly into any environment.

Ricoh makes document and device management simple with a variety of easy-to-use tools and utilities. Various Scan-to functions let users share information at the touch of a button. These include Scan-to-Email for rapid delivery, Scan-to-Folder for automated archiving, and Scan-to-URL to minimize network traffic. The new Scan-to-Media option lets a user scan a document to a USB clip drive or even an SD card for instant document portability. The Document Server is a repository that allows documents such as forms, brochures, etc. to be printed on demand, without having to connect through a computer. In addition, Web Image Monitor lets users and administrators remotely access jobs, system status, and even configuration settings, all without having to leave their desks.

Meeting security standards and regulations is a crucial part of any organization, and the Aficio MP C2800/C3300 and MP C4000/C5000 Series helps companies meet these requirements with the latest security features. Various levels of user authentication, data and password encryption, secure printing, and many others are part of a long list of standard features. Additional security choices include the DataOverwriteSecurity System (DOSS) option, which overwrites hard drive data after each copy, scan, fax and print job, and the optional HDD encryption unit that protects data in the case that the hard drive is removed or stolen.

Continuing Ricoh’s commitment to environmental sustainability, the Aficio MP C2800/C3300 and MP C4000/C5000 Series has superior energy and supply-saving features, which include fast warm-up and first copy out times, duplex and combine copy modes, energy-saving PxP Toner, low noise levels, minimal ozone emissions and is restriction of hazardous substances (ROHS) compliant.

“We are happy to introduce both the Ricoh Aficio MP C2800/C3300 and the MP C4000/C5000 Series, which offer improved image quality and a low total cost of ownership,” said Chris Markowski, product manager, Color Systems Marketing, Ricoh Americas Corporation. “At Ricoh we understand our customers’ challenges and continually strive to develop products and services that enable our customers to streamline their document management needs.”

Building on the phenomenal success of the Series’ predecessors – the Aficio MP C2500, MP C3000, MP C3500 and MP C4500 – the Aficio MP C2800/C3300 and MP C4000/C5000 Series is the next generation in Color MFP technology, and is available at the suggested retail prices of $10,750, $12,550, $13,995, and $17,250, respectively. The Aficio MP C2800, MP C3300 and MP C5000 are available immediately, and the launch of the Aficio MP C4000 is scheduled for late November.

To learn more about Ricoh’s full line of Aficio color products, please call me at 732.977.1211 or send me an email art@p4photel.com

Total Green Office Solution "Part IV"

Greening Paper Intensive Workflows

The environmental impact of mismanaged document output can reach farther than many people imagine. Being paper-waste conscious is more than a matter of saving a few trees. The entire environmental footprint of paper intensive offices includes the water, energy and tree pulp used in paper manufacturing, and the fuel consumed when transporting paper. Mot to mention the energy needed to recycle the paper, assuming it avoids landfill. Even maintenance of physical storage spaces for files has environmental impact.

Ricoh's device and software capabilities such as default to duplex printing, rules based printing, scan2distribute, and e-storage can work together to customize paper-reducing solutions. For instance, @ remote has the capability of assessing the percentage of duplex use within an office. These metrics add value to businesses who wish to report their environmental accomplishments and manage change within their offices.

Total Green Office Solution "Part III"

Device Optimization/Fleet Consolidation

Desktop printers, scanners, faxes and old analog copy machines--business often has far more than they need. There are ways to add value to Total Cost of Operation and device optimization assessments by emphasizing the considerable residual benefits of energy savings and CO2 reduction.

For instance by replacing three sets of the latest standalone copier, printer and fax with a single MFP, and by multiplying the ratio by 25 machines, a customer can save anywhere from $4,500 to more than $6,000 in annual energy costs.