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Print Audit® Forms Top 100 Seat Based Billing Executive Council October 21, 2015 Calgary, AB - October 21, 2015 - Print Audit® and the 2015 Top 100 Summit Committee are proud to announce the formation of the Seat Based Billing (SBB) Executive Council. The exclusive council is open to all Top 100 Summit attendees and sponsors, past and present. With heavy price-pressure and commoditization of Cost Per Page, a new model will be required for the next phase of MPS growth. The SBB Executive...

  To The Moon and Back: The Essential Guide to Seat Based Billing for Managed Print   by Print Audit   On December 17, 1903, the Wright brothers did something that most people said was impossible.  They took a myriad of...

Dealers Speak Out on Seat Based Billing Posted on June 17, 2015 by Print Audit By West McDonald, Vice President of Business Development, Print Audit & Owner, FocusMPS There has been a great deal of buzz in the industry around “Seat Based Billing (SBB)” for Managed Print. I personally have spoken on the topic at numerous trade shows and events in the last 3 years. I have also had the chance to meet with some of the leading thought leaders in the space to discuss the topic. Personally I...

  5 Reasons Per Seat Billing (PSB) Will Replace CPP   by Print Audit As an MPS Dealer you have noticed that the times are changing. There is an all-out war for pages. Margins on CPP are under pressure. What is a Managed Print provider...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 24 March 2015 GreatAmerica and ECi Announce Usage Billing Integration Enhancement Streamlines Invoicing Process for Office Imaging Dealers (Cedar Rapids, IA) – GreatAmerica Financial Services Corporation and ECi Software Solutions, Inc. announce the completion of an automated process for transmitting invoice data related to usage billing. This new service connecting GreatAmerica with ECi’s OMD ® and e-automate ® ERP systems eliminates manual work, reduces errors, and...

The “New Math” For Managed Print Services by Print Audit One of the difficulties I’ve always had with MPS as it is marketed today, is the apparent conflict of interest that exists between MPS providers and their customers, under the Cost-Per-Page (CPP) billing model. Let me first point out that CPP is not a requisite of MPS. In the Managed Services space generally, Cost-Per-User or per Seat billing is more common. Nevertheless, most of the businesses I encounter who provide MPS in North...

The Buffalo Bills have signed Toshiba America Business Solutions to be the team’s “Official Copier.” Financial terms of the marketing deal were not disclosed. Toshiba will sponsor in-game instant replays and provide pregame and halftime stats and in-game photos to suite and club seat members. Toshiba will also work with the Bills to provide business content management solutions at the team’s administrative offices in Orchard Park as well as at training camp at St. John Fisher College in...

By West McDonald, Vice President of Business Development & Owner, FocusMPS As the Office Equipment industry continues to mature, one thing is certain: Progressive dealers are spending a lot of time researching and investing in diversified business practices. For some that means creating or buying a Managed IT Services company. For others it means providing document management and BPO solutions. For fewer yet it means doing all of the above. Diversifying is a necessity in a maturing...

Clover Imaging Group (CIG) & Print Audit Partner to Create Wholesale SBB (Seat Based Billing) offering for Managed Print May 18, 2016 Calgary, AB - May 16, 2016 - CIG (Clover Imaging Group), the leading global provider of electronic asset lifecycle management and innovative environmental solutions, announced today that it has partnered with Print Audit® to bring the market’s first wholesale SBB (Seat Based Billing) or CPS (Cost Per Seat) program for managed print to the industry. As a...

Top 100 Executive Council Releases SBB Marketing Materials June 2, 2016 Calgary, AB - June 2, 2016 - Print Audit® and the 2015 Top 100 Summit Committee are proud to announce the creation of two tools to enable Managed Services and Managed Print Services providers to get started with the innovative new Seat Based Billing (SBB) model. The materials include a sample Seat Based Billing MPS contract as well as brandable marketing collateral that imaging providers can use to demonstrate the...

Convergence Radio Episode 2: SBB, Fact or Fiction? By West McDonald, Nov 29, 2016 8:44:42 AM Print Audit is proud to announce the release of episode 2 of Convergence Radio, “SBB, Fact or Fiction?” What is Seat Based Billing for Managed Print? Could it be the answer we’ve been looking for to rejuvenate the office equipment channel? Why is it better than Cost Per Page, or is that statement even true? Read more »

Seat Based Billing Is Here To Stay. Why Ignoring It Could Be Disastrous. By James Hills, Aug 22, 2017 10:36:21 AM Seat Based Billing is here to stay. How do I know? It’s because it’s all our customers and prospects want to talk about. It has become the number one topic my sales guys end up talking about, so we go with the flow and use it to open doors, and boy oh boy, does it ever do that. The reason? There are two like it or not facts that are affecting every single office equipment dealer...

I heard from an excellent source today that all of the new color (not sure ifd that means just the 03 series) mfp's from Ricoh support a tiered cost per page billing. I am assuming that this is for all of the Ricoh 03 series systems. The tiered billing would be in direct response to Kyocera and Xerox systems. I was also told that this was something that the direct channel would not use (yeah right), and @remote is going away. My source will be emailing me a support document in the next few...

Does anyone know of a company or dealer that might buy these slightly used?

Re: Coin and Bill op machines for copiers

I've quoted them used and never had anyone bite on a used one. My library customers want new. Its probably been four years since I sold any coin box units.

Thank you!