Answers to Your Biggest Printer Questions

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Printers are actually a pretty important topic in offices. As a manager, you'll often get multiple questions about your printer strategy and environment. How can you make sure that your print environment makes sense for cost, sustainability, and operational reasons?

There are a few key printer questions to ask, which we'll outline below with critical solutions. If you find that your print environment isn't adding up, then it might be time to upgrade.

What Should Your Print Operations Look Like?

Print operations should be simple. Which is to say, everything from traffic flow to features available on your multifunction printer should be user-friendly and compatible with your general workflows. Here are your key multifunction printer operations questions and answers:

  1. How many printers do you need in your office? The ratio is generally one printer for every four users.
  2. What volume of printing do you need? You can use your managed print data to define the average number of pages printed per employee to determine your average print volume.
  3. How can you improve traffic flow? A study of workflows, collaboration, and office traffic done with your employees and your vendor will help you sort this out.
  4. Do you need to consider privacy ad compliance? Offices with compliance issues will have additional security needs - your vendor can ensure that you can meet those needs.

    What Printer Features Can Build Business?

    Printer features that can build your business include:

  • Security features
  • Collaboration efforts
  • Workflow organization
  • Finishing features
  • Print data output
  • And much more

How Can I Sustainably Grow Our Print Environment?

Growing your print environment meets matching your needs to the printer operations and getting the machine that meets those needs. To ensure you have the right equipment, work with American Business Center today.