Archant

Archant’s partnership with Dataquest

With a large printer estate of over 250 printers across 43 offices, Archant knew their internal print needs were high, as were their costs. They embarked on a tender process to evaluate what savings could be made and better understand the performance of their incumbent Managed Print Supplier. Dataquest won the tender by demonstrating how their market leading Managed Print Services for publishers could save money.

With 25 years IT expertise across the full range of IT services including Private Cloud infrastructure, networking and Service Desk capabilities, the client saw how Dataquest’s overall expertise could add further value. Dataquest combines the necessary Cloud expertise and experience, with the innovation and deep understanding of your objectives to deliver a consistent, responsive solution. It not only allows you to concentrate on what you do best but offers the flexibility to scale with you as your demands change.

Implementation

Working to the carefully structured plan, Dataquest worked closely with Archant to roll out the new printer estate and associated systems across all 43 offices. After identifying what type of printers were required at each location many machines were changed. Careful consideration was given to cost but also to operations, so that Archant had a more efficient distribution system. Being vendor neutral, Dataquest recommended the right manufacturer for each requirement

• Nearly 40% of printers were removed, saving on expenditure and maintenance.
• All devices were standardised to print in grayscale and duplex
• Non-standard print jobs were controlled by Print Management software with permissions based printing