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If repair bills keep landing, toner keeps running out, or your printer is slowing the team down, those are clear signs you need a printer lease.
Here are the signs worth checking before you spend another dollar on an ageing machine.
Most offices do not replace a printer on a schedule.
They replace it after one bad week.
The signs below show up long before that week, and each one is already costing you money while you wait, in repair bills, in wasted toner and in staff time spent standing at a machine that will not cooperate.
Flexible printer leasing spreads that cost into one monthly fee with toner and service included.
That is usually why the fix turns out to be a lease rather than another repair.
We install and service across Australia, from a printer lease in Brisbane to an office printer lease in Sydney.
Sign one, it has slowed down
It used to keep up.
Now it does not, and that is the sign people notice long before anyone writes it down.
Office machines run anywhere from a few pages a minute up to fifty.
So a slow one is usually not broken at all.
It is the wrong size for the work it is being asked to do.
Before you commit to anything, our printer leasing guide for Australian businesses shows what to check at each stage of an upgrade.
Sign two, the print quality has dropped
Faint pages, blurry text, streaks down the sheet.
Nobody broke it.
Those marks usually point to a drum or a fuser near the end of its life.
On a lease those parts get replaced under the plan, so quality does not slide as the machine ages.
Sign three, the office has outgrown it
Then the office grew.
The machine that suited five people starts holding up fifteen, and a queue at the printer quietly costs more in standing around than the upgrade would.
A newer model takes the volume, and usually brings wireless printing and network scanning the old one never had.
Sound familiar?
A printer lease spreads the cost of fixing all three into one monthly figure, with toner and service included.
That is the same arrangement whether you are looking at a printer lease in Melbourne or a printer lease on the Gold Coast.
Common questions
Questions Australian buyers ask us.
What is the average lifespan of an office printer?+
A well serviced business printer lasts several years, but cost per page and reliability slip as it ages.
When repairs get frequent it is usually time to upgrade, and a lease lets you do that without a purchase.
How do you tell when you need a new printer?+
Rising repair costs, slow speeds, poor quality, frequent jams and trouble getting parts all point to it.
If any are regular, send GDS your current invoice and we show whether a newer leased machine works out cheaper.
What are the signs of a failing printer?+
Streaky or faded prints, grinding noises, constant jams and error codes show a machine on its way out.
On a GDS lease you simply upgrade before it disrupts the office.
Is a seven year old printer still good?+
It can still work, but it is often slower, dearer to run and harder to get parts for.
Comparing its running cost to a current leased machine, with toner and service included, usually makes the case to upgrade.
Get your set monthly price
Tell us your monthly page count and we send back one written figure, from $160 a month (plus GST).
Toner, parts, servicing and call outs all sit inside it.
The only thing you ever buy on top is paper.