PaperCut is designed to help you save paper. How does it do this? Allow us to explain.

How Much Paper Are You Using?

That sounds like an easy question, but many organisations simply have no idea of the volume of paper used for printing. If you do know, do you know where it goes? PaperCut can arm you with information not just about overall printing volumes, but volume by printer, group/department, user and many other factors. So next time the question is asked, “where does all the money we spend on printing go?”, the answer is a few clicks away.

How Much Paper Can You Save?

There are many ways to implement PaperCut, so the amount saved will depend on which features and strategy you choose to implement. The following table gives an indication of the typical amount of paper saved by implementing each strategy.

Strategy Typical Paper Savings
Letting users know their printing is being tracked
Often this is enough to prevent the kind of printing users know they shouldn’t be doing. E.g. perhaps that sporting club newsletter will be printed at home from now on…
10%
Filters and restrictions
Stop mistakes like printing a 100 page document instead of the 1 interesting page. Enforce double sided printing on the high volume printer.
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 10-30%
Print quotas
Impose reasonable limits on user printing, e.g. $5 per week per user.
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 30-50%

I’m sure this table has got you thinking and maybe even reaching for your calculator! Don’t worry. We’ve already done all the hard work for you. Check out our simple-to-use ROI Calculator to calculate your savings and expected payback time.