The Impact of Printing
Office printing consumes 1-3% of annual revenues. Email and Internet usage continues to push printing from centralized areas to workgroups. As a result, overall print usage grows at 11% per year while color printing grows at an alarming 19%.
Economic Impact of Documents
Today’s economy challenges businesses to find ways to reduce costs. And, when there is an expense that grows faster than corporate profits, this must be addressed. According to the Gartner Group, office printing may be one of the “last bastions of corporate cost cutting opportunities.” A recent study of companies that optimized their printing environments achieved savings ranging from 8% to 41%. more»
Ecological Impact of Documents
Most companies actively explore ways to reduce the environmental impact of their organizations. With the average office employee consuming 10,000 pages of paper a year, document printing is a great place to make an environmental impact. Add to that the carbon emissions created by the power required to operate a fleet of printers and copiers and you quickly see that ecological impact of documents is significant. more»
