If your school photocopier or printer has not been performing well, the summer holidays are a time to assess what to do with it. Sometimes, a bit of maintenance can get it back to its best, but there are multiple reasons to consider hiring a state-of-the-art replacement.
Our service providing copiers for schools is designed to help anyone who wants to ensure that their educational establishment has the best equipment, while offering a means of avoiding high upfront costs.
As you pay no rental cost, the charge is simply based on your usage, which means you won’t be incurring costs when the copier is not in operation during school holidays.
This may be particularly helpful at this time of year, when you will face a range of other equipment and building maintenance costs as you prepare for the start of a new school year in September.
What Are the Leading Manufacturers Of Photocopiers?
We offer a range of models from leading makers such as:
- Ricoh
- Cannon
- Lexmark
- Konica Minolta
- Hewlett Packard
- Kyocera
This means that if you do need to hire a new copier, you can be sure of benefiting from the best and latest technology from a leading manufacturer, offering a solution tailored to your needs.
You can choose a machine with the capacity to meet your needs, which may vary depending on the size of your school, which might range from a large secondary school in a town or city to a tiny primary school in the countryside.
Whether you need to hire a new copier or not depends on the state of your existing copier. You may have noticed it is not performing well.
What Kind Of Photocopier Problems Can Be Fixed?
Some problems can be easily fixed, some might require a bit of repair work, but others will indicate that the copier needs replacing entirely.
Simple problems that can be easily fixed include:
- Paper jams (Remove the jammed paper and reload the machine)
- Visual defects like spots or lines, which often indicate the rollers or scanner glass require cleaning
- Colour prints coming out the wrong colour or faded, which can be down to low toner levels
- Some print defects can be caused by low paper quality
Problems that might require expert maintenance include:
- Paper jams removed incorrectly and forcefully, which can damage. (In a school setting, you might expect an impatient student to do this)
- Attempts at DIY maintenance that go wrong (this should always be undertaken by a trained professional)
- Excessive use leading to overheating
- Vandalism
- Wear and tear
Like any other machine, there may be components that can fail and a skilled engineer who detects the problem should be able to deal with these.
When Might A Photocopier Need Replacing Entirely?
However, there are points at which the issue is beyond a simple fix or the work of an engineer. These can include more significant deliberate damage, harm caused by a fire in the building, or wear and tear as a copier comes towards the end of its working life.
The average photocopier lasts for between five and ten years, but the exact longevity will depend on factors such as how much it is used and how well it is maintained.
Nonetheless, every copier will wear out eventually, while there may be some instances in which software has become obsolete, providing another good reason to replace it.
Our service for schools will start off by providing you with a new copier that is in pristine condition, with all the latest software and in an immaculate state of cleanliness and readiness.
Having commenced with your pay-per-use contract, you can proceed in the confidence not only that you have a high-quality product to start with, but that support is on hand if any problems arise.
This means that if the performance of the copier dips, we can send expert maintenance engineers to identify the problem and apply the appropriate action, whether that simply means cleaning out dust, debris or smears, or replacing a part that isn’t working.
On the other hand, if the copier does need replacing, we can do that as part of our service. With a new copier, you should have several years of good use before this happens, but if it should shuffle off its mechanical coil early, we can still replace it.
Furthermore, having such expertise on hand means you are not left trying to work out yourself whether you have a problem that can be fixed, or the copier needs replacing.
Moreover, we can do this swiftly, so that whatever needs to be done, you will not have to wait a long time before you have a working photocopier producing high-quality prints and copies again.