Is In-house printing free for my department because printing costs are centralized?

According to InfoTrends & ALL Associates Group, Assessing & Benchmarking Document Costs, this is false.

From a big-picture financial perspective, printing costs represent 3 percent to 6 percent of corporate revenue, regardless of whose cost center is paying for it. Streamline and reduce your printing costs with Capital Imaging’s business document experts. We specialize in business document printing of everything from business cards to proposals, manuals, and annual reports, to display graphics, signs, banners, sales, and marketing materials. We’re fast… very fast. This means you save time and money.

More on why In-house printing is more expensive than outsourcing.

Know the hidden costs.

Not only are you shelling out dollars for monthly equipment payments, you are also paying for click cost, and variable supplies such as toner and paper. Other hidden costs linked to in-house printing are valuable facilities space that could have higher-impact uses, payroll and productivity costs, long-term leases, overage fees, and shipping costs for transporting documents from your location to where they need to go. Continue reading

Myths of Digital Printing

Choosing the right type of printer can be important in keeping your bottom line healthy. However, there is a lot of confusing information out there about your printing options and the associated cost. From the hidden fees of in-house printing to the overruns and minimums cost of offset printing to the cost of digital printing, it can be very confusing. In these next few articles, I hope to dispel the myths and confusion with the facts of digital printing and show you how you can lower your printing cost with digital printing and improve your bottom line. Continue reading

Digital Printing – It’s a jungle out there.

Today is the 1st day of February 2012. This day is significant to me because it marks the day I started my company’s blog.

My company, Capital Imaging, is a digital printing company located in Lansing, Michigan. The purpose of my blog is to inform, educate, enlighten, and wow my many wonderful customers and prospective customers about the many advantages of digital printing. Continue reading