Utilizing this hard-earned knowledge, they have evolved a simple evaluation formula to help you understand the value of having the Copy Place EXPRESS as your "production department."

The important consideration is the equipment lease/purchase itself. Even the cost of a medium-quality, medium-size machine is a considerable amount to expend on a monthly basis when you might only need it during the peak periods in your business-the many cases that the copier cannot handle the demands placed on it.

An interesting note is that many marketing and management classes at the universities actually recommend against buying or leasing a machine and tieing up the capital year-round to support high-activity periods when a pickup and delivery copy service can save you both money and time, and generally do a better job.

The Copy Place EXPRESS focuses only on pickup and delivery to a select number of customers and maintains an exclusive 24-hour hotline for these clients. Since the Copy Place EXPRESS deals with only corporate accounts at their place of business, and does not cater to walk-in business at all, this allows complete attention to detail and confidentiality at the production facility. We get to know your unique needs; graphic design, color preferences, binding, etc., customizing our prices for your company. Working as a team allows both of us to save money and time. The Copy Place EXPRESS has a different concept: the digital copy/printing of tomorrow - today.

For this example, we will use 10,000 copies a month on a mid-range black & white copier with a collator, auto-feeder and duplexing capability, ranging between 60-80 copies per minute.

$400 on lease per month/48 months...... $ .040 per copy
Service (inc. toner)....................  .010 per copy
10 hours labor @ $15/hour...............  .015 per copy
Paper Cost..............................  .005 per copy
Property Tax & Insurance................  .004 per copy
MINIMUM TOTAL PER COPY..................  .074 per copy

For this example, let's use the Xerox 5750 or a Minolta copier, total value of $17,000.00 with a volume of 3,000 color copies per month.

$400 on lease per month/60 months...... $ .133 per copy
Service (inc. toner)....................  .23 per copy
15 hours labor @ $15/hour...............  .07 per copy
Paper Cost..............................  .01 per copy
Fiery rip from your computer............  .066 per copy

MINIMUM TOTAL PER COPY..................  .513 per copy

The purchase of the least expensive equipment, would average between $15,000.00 and $200,000.00. Call it between 40 cents and 69 cents per copy year-round. A mid range price of 51 cents per copy based on the volume of 3000 copies, is $1539.00 per month x 12 months is $18,468.00 per year.