Understanding Copier Volume
The first step is understanding your typical monthly volume—the total output of pages your machine will print and copy over the course of a given month. Determining peak volume is critical because your lease or service agreement may penalize you with overages when you exceed monthly averages.
What’s more, manufacturers are guilty of wildly inflating average monthly maximum volume. Once you understand your monthly volume, you can use BLI’s table of typical optimum monthly volumes to find the segment of machine that best meets your needs.
How do you determine your monthly output volume?
- Bills for your service agreement and print shop provide a good snapshot of your current usage; so does a look at your current copier’s meter.
- Some copier companies use network management utilities that can tell you all the prints, copies, faxes and/or scans sent from the network to your copier or printer.
- Many dealers also use devices that audit your volume. However, audit tools can sometimes miss devices such as small printers.