It’s Time to Think Different About Your Copier
by Kirk Studebaker // President on Jan 29, 2018 9:10:00 AM
I’m a copier guy. I love this stuff. As many of us in the copier industry say, I’ve got toner in my veins. But many of our customers and potential customers misunderstand what we do because we say we're a copier dealer or in the office equipment industry. We don't just sell copiers. W …
5 Unexpected Ways MPS Saves You Money in the Real World
by Kirk Studebaker // President on Jan 25, 2018 9:12:10 AM
Every copier company will tell you that managed print services saves money and boosts office productivity. It also happens to be true. Print fleets (your office's printers and copiers) are often overlooked as a source for savings. But let's get beyond buzzwords and bland statements of …
How to Clean Your Copier in 6 Easy Steps That Will Decrease Service Calls
by Kirk Studebaker // President on Jan 18, 2018 8:35:00 AM
Cleaning your copier is probably the last thing on your professional “to-do list” this week, but it’s something that should definitely be on your radar. Copiers and printers are machines - machines full of little crevices, rollers, and gears that despise dust. Once that dust gets insi …
Do You Know the Rules to Save Money on Printing?
by Kirk Studebaker // President on Jan 17, 2018 12:19:08 PM
We all have good intentions at the start of the new year, but our bad habits quickly take over as new exercise routines and fad diets quickly go out the window. Since we all know those things rarely stick, how about doing something good for your office productivity and your bottom lin …
How to Leave Your IT Staff Alone When the Printer Breaks
by Kirk Studebaker // President on Jan 16, 2018 10:27:44 AM
In many small businesses, departmental roles and responsibilities are blurry – human resources fades to marketing, marketing to sales, and IT to “anything remotely technical” that has any kind of connection to a computer or plugs into a wall. Pretty broad, right? If you have in-house …
45+ Tips for Getting the Most From Business Documents: Our Best Blogs of 2017
by Kirk Studebaker // President on Dec 28, 2017 11:00:00 AM
Another year has flown by. As we get ready for a great 2018, it’s a good time to look back at 2017. Here are the eight most-read blogs from 2017. Whether you missed them the first time around or want to reread them, I hope the 45 plus tips and ideas in the eight posts will give you id …
6 Overlooked Office Productivity Boosts From Your Copier
by Kirk Studebaker // President on Dec 14, 2017 3:30:44 PM
Information technology changes rapidly. That includes copy machines. If you still only think of your copier as a “paper in, paper out” device, then you’re missing out on business improvements many of our customers enjoy. Thirty years ago, copiers essentially used heat to fuse toner to …
Fighting a Losing Battle With Paper -- Is This You?
by Jeff Osgar, Solutions Specialist // Document Management on Dec 8, 2017 10:50:08 AM
Have you ever heard of document management or the “paperless” office? As we talk to our existing customers – as well as potential new ones – we are often surprised at how often smaller offices have given up on the struggle with using paper. The world is increasingly digital and online …
When Your Service Partner Has Soul, They Care More
by Jim Oricchio // Founder, CEO, and President on Dec 5, 2017 12:27:33 PM
Baby let me be your soul driver – Bruce Springsteen I love Bruce Springsteen! I was recently asked by a customer “What makes you different from all of the other copier dealers I could buy from?” We, that is Coordinated Business Systems, have soul. That's why we're different. That's wh …