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Seat Based Billing (SBB): A Turning Point for Managed Print Services

Before the introduction of managed print services, the concept of cost per print, CPP (or CPC, cost per click, in some circles) had yet to take form. You purchased your toner and paid for services as you needed these things. It makes perfect sense, but as time and technology progressed, this model became more and more inefficient. Enter CPP! Using your copier's meter reads, your print provider could charge you about a cent per black and white print (and usually a little more per color print) based on your print volume history, and your service and toner were part of this cost as long as you remained on contract. Managed print with CPP meant you could always count on the supplies and service you needed at prescribed costs, and with modern managed print software alert systems, your print provider can even dispatch toner just as you run out! Read More: 3 Empowering Benefits of a Managed Print Service But even as CPP improves upon paying for supplies and service outright, it still doesn't ...

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