Fixed monthly print costs for heavy production

Magazine publisher and event company, Public Sector Information (PSI) is benefiting from predictable fixed monthly charges for printing, lower overall costs and enhanced service and support.

That is due to the new OKI Flatrate programme.

OKI Said that Flatrate customers pay a fixed monthly cost with fully inclusive print and copy volumes.

They gain access to a dedicated website enabling them to order consumables for printers and multi-function printers and allowing them to log calls for support.

The package includes a fully-inclusive service plan for the life of the contract, including next day on-site service, helping to support maximum productivity, added OKI.

PSI changed to Flatrate when it installed an OKI C9850 Series printer at its headquarters in Loughton, Essex, UK.

Karl O'Sullivan, production editor at PSI, said: 'Using Flatrate enables us to accurately monitor our print usage and toner levels and allocate costs accordingly.

This kind of tight budgetary control is particularly important to us because we are intensive users of printing and Flatrate also enables us to manage our consumables much more efficiently.

Previously, we bought in new toner cartridges on an ad hoc basis.

With Flatrate, we have the reassurance of knowing that consumables supply and printer service and support are taken care of as part of the fee.

Graham Lowes, strategic planning and marketing director at OKI Printing Solutions, explained: 'Opting for Flatrate gives customers the total financial visibility they need to allow for predictable budgeting and cost control.

And they can also get all the benefits of hassle-free printing with absolute peace of mind.

PSI is also achieving significant benefits from the use of the OKI C9850 Series printer.

It is now using the OKI device to pre-proof its full range of public sector titles.

Lowe said: 'The C9850's built-in EFI Fiery RIP makes it well suited to pre-proofing in a publishing environment.

O'Sullivan commented: 'We have been very impressed with the speed, precision and flexibility of the OKI C9850.

In fact the print quality, resolution and the colour accuracy are all better than on any other in-house printer we have used in the past.

That is so much so, that we have decided to extend our use of the system to business card production and developing business packs and media presentations.

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