Selecting the Right Printer for Your Company: 4 Things You Need to Know

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You're ready to invest in a multifunction printer - whether it's an upgrade or a first machine, you want to ensure you select the right piece of equipment for your business. After all, it's a major investment, an ongoing cost, and opportunity for savings and efficiency, and a critical piece of your business operations.

The Multifunction Printer You Need

Making sure that you collect the right information from your team before investing in your equipment is essential. You want to get the multifunction printer you want and the one you and your employees need - for cost savings, efficiency, and increased productivity.

What to Know in Advance

Just four critical things you'll want to understand about your vendor, purchase, and company before you buy.

1. Will the vendor work with you to determine a maintenance and service agreement?

It's critical to make sure that your vendor will partner with you to ensure you have the service and maintenance you need to ensure optimal success and operations with your equipment. Don't skimp here - it's essential!

2. How does your business plan to scale with growth projections?

How will your business grow and scale? This matters to your machine selection because you'll want to think about printer features, location, users, security, and more. Be sure that your equipment purchase is correlated with business growth planning, so you get the right multifunction printer.

3. What is your current versus projected volume and capacity for the machine?

Understanding the volume of printing/copying that you currently expect and planning for the future is an excellent parameter to guide the piece of equipment you select.

4. Which printer security features are most essential with your machine?

Printer security can not be underrated. Ensuring that your purchase includes data encryption, password protection, secure network integration, and other printer security features is critical to protecting your business data.

How to Get the Right Equipment

Once you have the office, operational, and company information you need dialed in, you want to ensure you work with a top vendor to ensure you get exactly what you need for your office. Preferred Business Systems is the team that will work both for you and with you - reach out to our friendly professionals today.