Desktop printers are often the most expensive
component of the printer fleet on a per page basis. Not only do
they tend to be under-utilised, but supplies are expensive and the
printers are complex to track and manage.
It is not good practice to use direct-attached
printers.
Logic for avoidingdirect attached printers
includes:
-
the highest
per page printing cost
-
complex
supplies management
-
greater
supplies
-
inventory
costs
-
increased
software management complexity,
-
added
complexity for asset management
-
regulatory
-
and
compliance issues.
Unfortunately, there is a proliferation of
direct-attached printers, resulting in a challenge to organizations
to wean employees off their desktop printers.
If the print fleet strategy permits desktop
printers
ensure that
-
printers are
restricted to a limited number of hardware model
choices
-
printers are
network-attached, not USB-attached
-
are visible
to the network
-
are visible
to the management tools.
