Purchased photocopier and duplicator after escaping ridiculous leases that cost $50,000 over a 5 year period. Installed printers with proven cost of ownership and stopped the trend toward cheap-to-buy, expensive-to-own ink jet printers.
Of course the fear mongers were ready to defend the status quo. What if it breaks leaving us with no way to make copies and a repair bill that will bankrupt us? We put it into perspective. For the same price we are currently paying we could buy a used Riso duplicator every other month and throw the old ones away! If our photocopier goes down it would be cheaper to have Office Max make copies for us – including daily pickup and delivery to the church – then what we now pay.
The cost per copy is a fraction of what we were paying. All decisions were based on a total life cycle cost model which can be used for future similar decision making.
This document is the initial proposal.
AGC Copier Replacement
This spreadsheet summarizes our requirements by showing every publication that will be duplicated on the proposed machines.
AGC Publications
This spreadsheet is a model showing a breakdown of all costs for each proposed machine.
AGC Printing Costs
This document is the recommendation.
AGC Final Recommendation