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Decision to continue not to account for use by student, much less meter use. But still managing to save ~$1,000/ year through two main changes:
(1) During the summer 2014, Michael Hint bought a $1,925.22 printer for $256.56.
- Did this through loyalty rebate ($1,443.91) and trade-in ($224.75) of (old, broken Abruna) printer to Xerox.
- Did not buy the extra warranty (~$500 more?), since under Eastern service contract.
- This gives Lars to Xerox color printers. This new printer displaced a B&W HP printer, which went to Dan Lorey.
ChemIT has helped reduce costs, given this arrangement. Usage costs are over $1,000 less per year. And a new printer was bought at 1/4 to 1/5 the expected price.
(1) ChemIT has arranged for saving ~$1,000 per year by moving to Eastern service contract
(2) We are now on Eastern service contract, so our consumables and service are fixed, and less.
- We were paying about 1.89 cents per page for ink and maintenance kit replacement, on average. So for 280,000 pages (Dec 2012 - July 2014 (~17 months) from the oldest printer (Buckbeak); 40,000 from 2/14 to 7/14), that would be $5,292 ($3,736/yr). Service only if under warranty (new printer). Otherwise, for old printer, pay directly.
- For the same volume, nowwe would have paid $3,850 (see below chart). For 17 months, that's $2,718/yr.
- That's a savings of $1,442 over 17 months, which is a savings $1,018/yr.
| Type of printing | Eastern's charges, per page | Page counts As of 7/24/14 | Costs $ |
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| B&W, or little color | 0.7 cents | 200,000 | 1,400 |
| More color | 2.5 cents | 65,000 | 1,625 |
| Full color | 5.5 cents | 15,000 | 825 |
(2) New Xerox printer bought by ChemIT for less than 1/9th the expected price.
New printer, with warranty, was expected to cost $2,500. During the summer 2014, Michael Hint bought the printer for $256.56!
- Did this through loyalty rebate ($1,443.91) and trade-in ($224.75) of (old, broken Abruna) printer to Xerox.
- Did not buy the extra warranty (~$500 more?), since under Eastern service contract. So price of printer was $1,925.22, not the expected $2,500.
- This gives Lars's undergraduate lab two Xerox color printers. This new printer displaced a B&W HP printer, which went to Dan Lorey.
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Previous info, from Feb 2014
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