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Manage your printing fleet, don’t let it manage you.

Posted on August 9, 2021

Across the industry, studies have shown that organizations spend 3-6% of their revenue on printing. That means a $5 million organization will spend between $150,000 and $300,000 on printing each year. Even spending this much, nearly 90% of companies don’t...

Don’t Fall into the Copier Commodity Trap!

Posted on July 12, 2019

Beware the Copier Commodity Trap So often we hear about businesses that discuss their new copier as a commodity. Once the sale is completed, they think, the relationship with the copier vendor ends. This is what we call the Copier...

Metro Sales Receives 2017 National Award of Excellence

Posted on July 6, 2018

Metro Sales is pleased to announce that Ricoh has once again recognized us with the National Award of Excellence. Ricoh specifically selected Metro Sales from a group of 400 national independent dealers. The National Award of Excellence recognizes Metro Sales’s...

5 Signs That It’s Time for a Print Assessment

Posted on June 28, 2018

Print assessment benefits Most organizations already understand that print assessments are extremely beneficial when shopping for a new office technology vendor; print assessments provide insights into your current workflows and help optimize your print fleet. Unfortunately, many organizations only perform...

4 Useful Ricoh Integrated Cloud Environment (ICE) Features

Posted on May 16, 2018

Why Ricoh Integrated Cloud Environment? As the workplace evolves, the technology supporting document management and printing will change with it. Today, mobile printing and cloud access are must-haves for businesses looking to maximize workplace efficiency and productivity. Unfortunately, many businesses...

5 Low-Cost Tips to Improve Color Print Quality

Posted on April 19, 2018

Can I Improve Color Print Quality Without Buying a New Printer? Customers commonly ask if we have any low-cost tips to improve color print quality. While investing in a new multifunction printer is the quickest way to improve color print...

How to create a HIPAA Compliant Office: Printers & Copiers

Posted on February 23, 2018

Unfortunately, one of the biggest shortcomings we see when working with healthcare organizations is a lack of attention to the role that printing technology plays in HIPAA compliance. In fact, office printing technology is often the weakest link in an...

How to Choose the Best Printer Repair Service

Posted on January 30, 2018

How to Choose the Best Printer Repair Service You have finally had enough; the printer repair service you’ve been using is slow, gives you poor customer service and doesn’t value your business anymore. You’re ready to move on and get...

Benefits of a Wide Format Printer

Posted on January 12, 2018

The State of Wide Format Printing Almost every business today has at least one printer capable of producing standard sized documents. But today’s documents come in all shapes or sizes. From construction plans to school banners, modern workplace document needs...

Benefits of an Electronic Document Management System in 2018

Posted on December 26, 2017

Electronic Document Management Systems in 2018 Happy New Year! As 2017 comes to an end, you are probably beginning the annual process of identifying your 2018 New Year’s resolutions. Whether you are beginning a brand-new project or tackling an old...

How to Convert Paper Documents to Electronic Files

Posted on December 3, 2017

Best Practices to Convert Paper Documents to Electronic Files You have finally decided that it is time for your office to go paperless. Maybe the triggering event was a lawsuit that required you to comb through your files for one...

6 Vital Questions to Ask When Choosing a Print Software Program

Posted on November 7, 2017

Print software can have an enormous impact on your business. From reducing printing costs, managing print permissions or monitoring device usage, print management software has a variety of possible uses. However, this broad array of functionality can make choosing the...

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