The US business climate is now showing signs of recovery but this development doesn't imply that firms can discontinue any implemented austerity measure. To stay afloat, cost-cutting strategies need to be employed until such time that the economy picks up. Among the biggest office expenditures confronting US firms is business printing. Corporate spending on printing can range from the printout of inter-office memorandum, reports and also marketing collateral. As business printing expenditure can significantly affect the bottom line; downscaling print jobs is seen as a likely solution. However, this strategy does not entail preference for poor quality marketing media or the shift from glossy to just plain, matte prints.

In-House Printing

Printed marketing collaterals from business cards to brochures and packaging can now be produced in-house through the Xante Ilumina 502 Digital Color Press. Contracting print jobs with offset printers may be difficult to sustain during trying economic times and considering the required run lengths, businesses cannot afford to have an excess inventory of printed collateral. The key here is to migrate from the usual volume printing to short run printing where only the required number of copies are produced. The Xante Illumina color laser printer efficiently serves short run print requirements as the unit can produce brilliant prints on thick stock and oversized media at a low production cost.

Reloading Empty Toner Cartridges

Now if you are thinking about downscaling glossy printouts to matte, draft copies for inter-office memo and reports, that may be the most prudent way to go. But then again, you don't have to! Many laser printer users may just have been discouraged by the hefty pricing of replacement consumables such as the toner cartridge and therefore have devised ways to slow down the consumption of toner supply. The black cartridge of the Xante Ilumina 502 printer for instance is retailed at $100 while its cyan, magenta and yellow cartridges sell at $300 a piece. That's a whooping $1000 to exit your pocket should you purchase all 4 toner cartridges. On the 8th purchase of a rainbow package, total expenditure on consumables has reached the printer unit's acquisition price of $8000. And that's hardly good news for businesses engaged in volume print jobs.

Luckily, the aftermarket for printer consumables has come up with third party toner products that are 100% compatible with the consumables of color laser printers such as the Xante Ilumina 502. The printer's used 200-100222 or cyan toner cartridge can be reloaded with fresh toner supply using a refill toner product such as the Xante Ilumina toner refill kit. The toner refill kit retails for only $86 and includes a bottle of fresh toner powder, a funnel cap, toner wipes, 1 reset chip and an instructional material. At this rate, the user saves as much as 70% from the price of an OEM cartridge. What's more is that the refilled cartridge produces the same quality prints and yield (15,000 pages at 5% coverage) as the OEM toner cartridge.

The times may call for downscaling and regulated business printing but then these should not come at the the expense of good print quality and yield. In this regard, the Xante Ilumina 502 color laser printer and Xante Ilumina toner refill kit can help sustain the print requirements of businesses while managing costs efficiently.