Managed Print Services (MPS) has been static for a long time. It is a great deal and a great service, but is it the only way to have your printers and copiers managed? Printing as a Service (PaaS) offers many benefits, some of those are financial.
3. To understand Printing as a Service (PaaS) it is important to know
managed print services (MPS). In a typical MPS agreement you have a
provider that will sell or lease you a printing device and then service
those devices on a maintenance agreement based on a cost per page
that varies depending on the printing device.
With MPS you get supplies (toner, ink), parts (rollers, fusers) and labor
(technician that can work on your device). MPS normally has two
transaction types: the maintenance agreement and a purchase or lease
of the printing hardware.
5. While managed print services provide your business with supplies,
parts and labor for your printing devices, PaaS gives you supplies, parts,
labor and hardware. Printers and copiers are included in the service
with a Printing as a Service agreement.
1. PaaS includes hardware in the service
7. Leasing laws are about to change so that all leases show on your
balance sheet as a liability. Since PaaS is a service and the managed
service provider owns the equipment, not you, no printing hardware
will need to be adjusted or depreciated on your financial records.
2. PaaS works with new leasing laws
9. Since PaaS provides you with supplies, parts, labor and hardware, you
will receive one single service invoice for all your office printing. There
will be no more split between a lease payment and maintenance
agreement and no more rolling lease payments into maintenance
agreements - which with the new leasing laws will soon be illegal.
3. PaaS includes everything print
in a single invoice
