Xerox Phaser 8860MFP

Pay just $.049 per Color Print!

If you are looking at a Canon copier and look at your cost per color print, you will notice that you are probably looking at about $.06 to $.08 per color copy.  We have a program for users who are considering purchasing a Canon copier and would like to be under a nickel per color print!

The Xerox Phaser 8860 is a color copier that may be perfect for users who only need to do letter/legal paper and want to keep costs as low as possible.  The machine, brand new, is under $4,000 and the cost per print program is as aggressive as anything in the market.

Before you buy a Canon Copier, call us first!

You really have nothing to lose.  You get a quote from us to see how we compete with the Canon copier quote you are looking to get from one of our competitors such as All Copy.  We work hard to get you the best deals and make sure the copier we quote can save you as much as possible!

Give us a call to get a competitive quote against what you are looking to do with Canon!

If you are here in Denver and have been considering purchasing a color laser printer, there are some cases where a color copier might actually be a better deal.

Color laser printers seem to be a great fit when your print volume is relatively low (say, under 1,000 pages a month.)  Once the volume goes up, copiers become a better and better deal.

For example, we have a customer looking at a Xerox Phaser 7500 color printer and they are looking to do 2,000 color prints per month.  The Xerox website says that the printer costs about $.11 per print for color.  The problem is this is only 20% coverage.  20% coverage is roughly the amount of color on the page that you would see if you folded a standard 8.5 X 11 sheet of paper in half 3 times.  This means, that if the client chooses to purchase this printer, they could wind up paying $.66 per sheet for color or up to $1.28 per sheet for tabloid color (if the prints were full color).

Now, if they got a Xerox WorkCentre 7525, the color is about $.075 per print and it does not matter how much ink is on the page.  It is the same for tabloid printing.  So, if this customer is doing marketing, as this customer is, the difference in monthly supplies cost could be as large as $.075 X 2,000 = $150 for the WorkCentre 7525 to $1.28 X 2,000 = $2,560 for the Phaser 7500.  Of course this is a “worst case” scenario…  but the $4,000 difference is costs can often times be quickly recovered with the right supplies and service plan.

If you are looking for a color laser printer or a color copier in Denver, please give us a call right away!

Defining Needs Helps Get the Right Denver Copier!

If you are in Denver and looking for a copier rental, just be aware there are some key factors you should know about as you search for a used copier.

Many companies looking for a short term copier rental would do just as well buying a copier for their limited use.  For example, if a customer wants to have a 30 page per minute copier, a Lexmark X264 can be purchased for under $400 and would work well for up to 3,000 pages a month.  Why spend a ton for a rental when you could have a copier to use for the next office opening or that is available if the project happens to last a little longer?

There are situations where a larger copier is needed, especially when more advanced features such as stapling, copying or tabloid capability.

Give us a call and we’ll help you determine if a copier rental or a copier sale makes more sense in your scenario!

Don't Get Exposed by a Copier Company

If you are in the copier purchasing process, it is a challenge knowing which Denver copier company to choose.  We are Pahoda Image Products, and obviously we hope you will choose us, but we are not for everyone.  Like any business we all have our specialties and it is important to have a great fit.  In this article I wanted to go over when you may want to choose Pahoda Image Products, when Lewan would be a good fit and when you may want to consider All Copy.

Independence –

Pahoda and All Copy will be a good fit for you if this is a concern.  Both are independently owned here in Denver.

Manufacturer Backing –

Lewan is the strongest here since they are owned by Xerox.  Pahoda and All Copy are in dealer programs and can take care of you, but they are not owned by a manufacturer.  Having this ownership does give Lewan a few advantages.

Cost –

All three can be competitive.  It will depend mainly on the rep and how you work with them.  Feel free to Email if you are worried about costs and we can send you a free guide on how not to get ripped off when buying a copier called the Copier Vampire.

Local Technicians –

Pahoda would be the worst of the 3 here as all of our technicians are Xerox technicians, which Lewan also has access to, but Lewan also has their own technicians.  So, I hate to admit it, but Lewan and All Copy are stronger in the maintenance of copiers than we are.  We do have next business day guaranteed response, but if you had to have someone there in an hour, Lewan and All Copy could send someone.  We’d have to offer a loaner.  Obviously, we work hard to ensure you are always up, but our goal is always to be fair and honest with our assessments.

Other Services -

Lewan offers a lot of the Xerox business process offerings and All Copy dabbles in managed networking as well.

Desire for Your Business –

I cannot speak to the level of desire Lewan and All Copy may have to earn your business, after all, I am not an employee of theirs.  I hope that you give us an opportunity to quote your next printer or copier here in Denver and we can show you that we’d love a chance to earn your business.  Lewan and All Copy in general are pretty reputable companies (I wish I could say awful things about them!), but we do hope that we would be a superior copier company for your company’s needs!

Don't Get Exposed with Extra Copier Costs

A copier involves a variety of charges and costs to be kept in mind. Typically, Denver copier services offer a “click charge”, which is basically the general cost calculated per single side printed page. However, there are many costs that should be considered that might or might not be included in the “click charge”, depending on the company you are dealing with. It is worth investigating many of these costs individually to ensure you know what your Denver copier is costing you per click:

1) Labor costs – in terms of installing, maintaining, and using the machine
2) Equipment costs – purchase of initial and replacement equipment
3) Accessory costs – purchase of additional components, including additional RAM, networking cards, and networking equipment
4) Consumable costs – ink/toner, paper, and special paper (eg. transparencies)
5) Simplex or duplex costs – duplex prints incur additional costs (printing on both sides of the paper)
6) Color Copy Costs – the addition of color, increase costs

Knowing the variety of factors that influence the initial and ongoing cost of running your copier is essential to keeping your expenses consistent and manageable. There are service plans that can include all these cost centers, but it is good for your Denver company to understand where copier costs are coming from!

Our company can get you a new copier in about 2 weeks on average, but it if it is critical, we can often find you a loaner copier until the new copier arrives.  We have color copiers and used copiers for sale in Denver and the surrounding areas like Lakewood, Arvada, Centennial, Golden, Boulder, and Louisville.

Give us a call for a free copier quote today!

How we sell color copiers in Denver

Many times, people think that we have no rhyme or reason on how we recommend a color copier in Denver.  The facts are pretty different though…  We sell based on Total Cost of Ownership for a color copier.  We know that the Denver economy, like others, has taken a hit over the past few years, and we assume that other companies, like our own want to be as cost efficient as possible.

Here is one proposal (ITS_Proposal) we recently put together for a customer.  We wanted to see what the best color copier for the long run was and what the best one was for the short run.  We like to look at all the details and make sure what we are suggesting makes the most sense for our color copier customers here in Denver.

Now, if the customer said they were only doing mailers, we wouldn’t recommend the Xerox Phaser 8860MFP, also we would not recommend the Xerox Phaser 8860MFP if they did tons of scanning through Server 2008.  There are situations where you know the color copier the customer is looking at would only cause them headaches.

Most of our Denver color copier customers appreciate this attention to detail.  If you would like to purchase a color copier based on your needs and not just what a sales rep would like to sell, please give us a call for a free color copier quote today!

Saving Cash

Saving cash on a copier in Denver can be tricky for most people. When you’re looking at a copier here in Denver, you are likely to have to try and understand how cost per print relates to your bottom line, the issue is you also have to account for the copier cost itself.  So, people often get frustrated and confused.  I wanted to let you in on a little tip that might help you get to the bottom of what’s a good deal as quickly as possible. 

If you take the cost differential of two copiers, say one is $6000 and the other is $12000, you would get a $6000 dollar differential. Now you can also do the same on the clicks.  If the $12,000 costs $.06 per click and the $6000 is $.09 per click, you get $.03 differential.  Now, all you have to do is divide the dollar diffential by the print differential to get your “break even”point.  In this example – $6000/$.03 = 200,000 — This is how many color copies you’d need to make to justify the $6000 initial differential — or 3,333 color prints a month.  If you knew you were only doing 1000 color copies a month, it wouldn’t make financial sense to buy the 12,000 copier.

If you would like help buying a copier in Denver and want to make sure you get the best deal, please give us a call right away!

How to Save Documents

If you are in Denver and have been considering document management, one of the first questions you will need to ask is how are the documents captured into the system?  If you are using a copier to scan these documents, is the copier compatible with the document management system you are trying to tie into?  Most copier manufacturers have a document managment system that they sell.  Some examples are Scan Flow Store by Xerox, KyoCapture by Kyocera, DocMP by Lexmark, NetDocuments by HP, DocumentMall by Ricoh, etc…  the one thing these systems have in common is that they are not super easy to get integrated into your company. 

A good document management system will allow you to capture, index, store and retrieve in a simple manner.  It shouldn’t matter what copier or what scanner you are using on the capture element.  If you have to use a specific manufacturers copiers to do document management, then you might be looking at the wrong platform in the first place. 

Give us a call so you can see how you can get a great document management system installed using the equipment you already own!