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A Weird Way to Save Money on a Xerox 8860 Color Printer
Posted by jesse in Product Reviews on December 17th, 2009
Xerox Phaser 8860 tricks
We had a customer who really liked how cheap color printing was on the Xerox Phaser 8860. They had low coverage, so a cost per print plan didn’t make a lot of sense. They had an idea on how to make prints cheaper, and I was skeptical until I ran the analytics. Their solution, print text in blue rather than black.
We all know black and white prints are cheaper than color prints, so the blue text idea seemed weird. I ran their document, ran it through my color coverage analyzer, and the black page with 2 small pictures cost $.0247 per print. I changed the text color, that’s all, to dark blue and the cost went down to $.0226 per print. I then changed it to light blue and it went all the way down to $.0144 per print. Over a panny a print cheaper.
How could this happen? With the Xerox Phaser 8860 you need to remember the color blocks of wax cost 1/3 what the black blocks cost. Essentially, if you used only cyan for your text, the prints would literally cost 1/3 what the black and white prints cost. If it doesn’t matter and you own a Xerox Phaser 8860 printer, use cyan! If you own ANY OTHER color printer on the market, this advice DOES NOT APPLY!!
Why Color Printing Can be Expensive
Posted by jesse in Uncategorized on July 12th, 2009
Why Color Printers Can be so Expensive
Have you wondered why you color printer is so stinking expensive here in Denver? For most companies, this question is not addressed quickly enough. For those who are wondering there are some basics to understand which will help you understand why color printing generally equals expensive printing.
- When employees print in color, they often print items such as Mapquest Maps and other high coverage items in color when it could just as easily be printed in Black and White.
- When companies print in Black and white, they don’t use “black ink only” thus they are in actuality still making color prints even when they think they are in black and white.
- Companies are more concerned with acquisition costs than they are with the long term costs of owning a color device.
- Companies can make the opposite mistake too… buying a $20,000 copier to do low volume of color. This is also a per print cost nightmare
- Companies work with the CDW’s of the world who are selling everything, not printer experts who actually evaluate cost per print with acquisition and maintenance costs to give the best Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
What can you do? Give us a call. If you do a few thousand color prints we have cost per print plans that cost as low as $.06 per print. This is a plan that does not limit color on the page either. Find a copier that will be that inexpensive under $20,000! We would love to work with you on all of your printer and copier needs here in Denver!