---
title: Reduce Printing Costs Per Page – 5 Simple Steps to Cut Office Print Costs
description: Discover the secrets many managers use to reduce printing costs and improve productivity throughout their offices.
image: https://blog.imagenetconsulting.com/hubfs/Reduce-Printing-Costs-Per-Page--5-Simple-Steps-to-Cut-Office-Print-Costs.jpg
---
- [About Us](https://www.imagenetconsulting.com/about/)
- [In The News](https://news.imagenetconsulting.com/)
- [Careers](https://www.imagenetconsulting.com/about/careers/)
- [Support](https://content.imagenetconsulting.com/support)
[](https://blog.imagenetconsulting.com/5-simple-steps-to-cut-office-print-costs#_)
- [Our Products](https://www.imagenetconsulting.com/products/)
- [Enterprise Content Services](https://www.imagenetconsulting.com/products/enterprise-content-services/)
- [Areas of Impact & Solutions](https://www.imagenetconsulting.com/products/enterprise-content-services/solutions-and-services/)
- [Our ECS Team](https://www.imagenetconsulting.com/products/enterprise-content-services/our-ecs-team/)
- [Copiers, Printers & Scanners](https://www.imagenetconsulting.com/products/copiers-printers-scanners/)
- [Managed Print](https://www.imagenetconsulting.com/products/copiers-printers-scanners/print-software/)
- [Personal Printers](https://www.imagenetconsulting.com/products/copiers-printers-scanners/personal-printers/)
- [Workteam Printers](https://www.imagenetconsulting.com/products/copiers-printers-scanners/workteam-printers/)
- [Workgroup Printers](https://www.imagenetconsulting.com/products/copiers-printers-scanners/workgroup-printers/)
- [Department Printers](https://www.imagenetconsulting.com/products/copiers-printers-scanners/department-printers/)
- [Audio Visual Solutions](https://www.imagenetconsulting.com/products/audio-visual-solutions/)
- [LED Video Walls](https://www.imagenetconsulting.com/products/audio-visual-solutions/led-video-walls/)
- [Digital Signage](https://www.imagenetconsulting.com/products/audio-visual-solutions/digital-signage/)
- [Acoustic Treatment](https://www.imagenetconsulting.com/products/audio-visual-solutions/acoustic-treatment/)
- [Microsoft Teams Rooms](https://www.imagenetconsulting.com/products/audio-visual-solutions/microsoft-teams-rooms/)
- [Partners](https://www.imagenetconsulting.com/products/audio-visual-solutions/partners/)
- [Industries](https://www.imagenetconsulting.com/products/audio-visual-solutions/industries/)
- [AV Projects](https://avprojects.imagenetconsulting.com/audio-visual-projects)
- [AV Service Request](https://content.imagenetconsulting.com/av-service)
- [AV Resources](https://blog.imagenetconsulting.com/audio-visual-resources)
- [Managed IT Services](https://www.imagenetconsulting.com/products/managed-it-services/)
- [Comprehensive Cybersecurity](https://www.imagenetconsulting.com/products/managed-it-services/cybersecurity/)
- [24/7 Phone, Chat and Onsite Support](https://www.imagenetconsulting.com/products/managed-it-services/managed-it-support/)
- [Backup & Disaster Recovery](https://www.imagenetconsulting.com/products/managed-it-services/data-backup-disaster-recovery/)
- [Virtual CISO](https://www.imagenetconsulting.com/products/managed-it-services/virtual-ciso/)
- [Health Monitoring & Proactive Maintenance](https://www.imagenetconsulting.com/products/managed-it-services/health-monitoring-proactive-maintenance/)
- [Third-Party Vendor Management](https://www.imagenetconsulting.com/products/managed-it-services/vendor-management/)
- [Microsoft 365+Azure](https://www.imagenetconsulting.com/products/managed-it-services/microsoft-365-azure/)
- [Hardware Standardization Procurement + Leasing](https://www.imagenetconsulting.com/products/managed-it-services/hardware-standardization-procurement-leasing/)
- [Strategic Technology Planning Sessions](https://www.imagenetconsulting.com/products/managed-it-services/strategic-technology-planning/)
- [Documentation](https://www.imagenetconsulting.com/products/managed-it-services/documentation/)
- [3D Printers, Materials & Accessories](https://www.imagenetconsulting.com/products/3d-printers/)
- [Shop](https://www.matterhackers.com/store/c/imagenet-consulting?aff=7677)
- [Wide Format Printing](https://www.imagenetconsulting.com/products/wide-format-printing/)
- [How We Help](https://www.imagenetconsulting.com/how-we-help/)
- [Education](https://www.imagenetconsulting.com/how-we-help/education/)
- [Financial Services](https://www.imagenetconsulting.com/how-we-help/financial-services/)
- [Government](https://www.imagenetconsulting.com/how-we-help/government/)
- [Healthcare](https://www.imagenetconsulting.com/how-we-help/healthcare/)
- [Manufacturing](https://www.imagenetconsulting.com/how-we-help/manufacturing/)
- [Nonprofits](https://www.imagenetconsulting.com/how-we-help/nonprofit/)
- [Resources](https://www.imagenetconsulting.com/resources/)
- [Blog](https://blog.imagenetconsulting.com/)
- [Calculators](https://www.imagenetconsulting.com/resources#calculators)
- [Case Studies](https://www.imagenetconsulting.com/resources#case-studies)
- [Guides](https://www.imagenetconsulting.com/resources#guides)
- [Videos](https://www.imagenetconsulting.com/resources#videos)
- [Webinars](https://content.imagenetconsulting.com/webinars/)
- [My Account](https://myaccount.imagenet.com/Account/Login)
- [Register](https://myaccount.imagenet.com/Account/Register?Length=7)
- [Recycle Toner Pick-up](https://www.imagenetconsulting.com/recycle/)
- [ITT Dealer Portal](https://ittportal.imagenet.com/Account/Login)
- [Contact Us](https://www.imagenetconsulting.com/contact/)
# [Reduce Printing Costs Per Page – 5 Simple Steps to Cut Office Print Costs](https://blog.imagenetconsulting.com/5-simple-steps-to-cut-office-print-costs)
December 27, 2018 at 9:15 AM / by [Matthew Schotten - VP of Managed Print Services](https://blog.imagenetconsulting.com/author/matthew-schotten-vp-of-managed-print-services)
- [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share)
Digital transformation is a clear goal for many executives and their teams. With a few notable exceptions, printing is an option in today’s business world – not a requirement.
This situation produces an incentive for executives to ask questions they’ve never asked before. Because printing is no longer the de facto method of communicating through documents, print processes now have to offer value.
While the dream of the [paperless office](https://info.paperalternative.com/blog/the-paperless-office-is-it-really-possible) remains in the minds of many, the fact remains that [print is big](http://www.printisbig.com/). There are some processes for which print remains the most cost-effective and efficient method of communication.
For example, when producing client-facing documents that may result in renewed business, or offering investors and stakeholders a company overview, the ability to print in bright, vivid color is appealing. These are documents that don’t translate well to a tiny smartphone screen, and certainly shouldn’t be printed in newspaper-style monochrome.
But these are just a few of the millions of documents office managers across the United States print every day. Finding easy ways to reduce printing costs per page is an important contributor to the overall value of print-related processes.
## **What You Can Do to Reduce Printing Costs Per Page**
Assessing your print environment can lead to important insights about how to reduce printing costs per page in your office.
Creating a comprehensive [print policy](https://blog.imagenetconsulting.com/how-to-create-a-print-policy) that includes the following items can significantly boost the overall profitability of your print-related processes:
**1. Print Duplex**
Duplex printing is the fastest way to cut paper consumption costs in half. Unless there is a legitimate reason, supported by rational arguments, to print one-sided documents - duplex printing should be set to default.
With the right policy and print infrastructure in place, you can establish duplex printing for specific document types. This avoids over-reliance on having employees remember increasingly complex print rules and regulations. For example, you can simply set your office printers to print all PDF files as one-sided documents, and all Word Documents as dual-sided ones.
**2. Print Monochrome by Default**
Color is another important area of consideration for the efficiency-minded office manager.
Generally speaking, most internal documents do not need color printing. Your print policy should outline exactly what types of documents require color and why – employees will find it easier to follow the rules if they know why they are there in the first place.
As with duplex printing, the right print fleet management software can automate the decision between printing in color or in black and white. With complex routing in place, monochrome documents can automatically print at the most cost-efficient printer available, overriding employees who may wish to print at your most expensive per-page printer just because it happens to be physically closer to their desks.
**3. Use a Dual Monitor Setup**
Another useful way to reduce printing costs per page is reducing your overall reliance on internal print processes.
Many knowledge workers print documents in order to copy data from the printed document to a digital one. If workers have access to a second display, they may be able to forego the printing process and simply pull up the data they need from your document management archive.
For most employees, the process of constantly clicking back and forth through multiple windows is a time-consuming, productivity-stifling nuisance. They prefer to print out the document so they can copy whatever information they need from it with a mere glance.
A dual monitor setup can achieve this and save money over time.
**4. Implement Pull Print**
Pull print is a solution for reducing the number of unclaimed print jobs stacking up in output trays throughout your office. Unclaimed documents can be a [serious security vulnerability](http://www8.hp.com/us/en/solutions/access-control-printing-solutions/secure-pull-printing.html), especially when dealing with industries that deal heavily in sensitive customer data, like health care clinics and legal firms.
Pull print holds outgoing documents in the print queue and quickly prints them only when the user who requested them is present. Documents remain encrypted on the printer’s hard drive until the moment of print, ensuring that no stray documents end up in the wrong hands.
**5. Purchase Print Tracking Software**
[You can’t manage what you can’t measure](https://www.inc.com/bruce-eckfeldt/you-cant-manage-what-you-dont-measure-here-are-11-ways-to-measure-any-aspect-of-your-business.html). This is one of the bottom-line truths of management in any domain, but it’s especially true of print management.
Print tracking software allows you to find out exactly who is printing what, and how often. It gives office managers the ability to hold employees and departments accountable for their print decisions.
## **Start Reducing Your Print Costs Today**
ImageNet can help you implement strategies for reducing the cost of printing throughout your entire organization. Our print tracking software offers the data you need to find out exactly how you could be saving on your print processes.
Learn how you can implement these simple steps to reduce printing costs per page by talking to one of [our specialists](http://www.imagenetconsulting.com/) today!
Topics: [Managed Print Services](https://blog.imagenetconsulting.com/topic/managed-print-services)
#### Written by [Matthew Schotten - VP of Managed Print Services](https://blog.imagenetconsulting.com/author/matthew-schotten-vp-of-managed-print-services)
Matt is responsible for ImageNet’s Managed Print Services strategy, strategic sales support, and hardware and software partner relationships. He is a technology and business visionary with a reputation for developing and implementing corporate-wide technology and rightsizing strategies while controlling costs and minimizing risk. Matt supports ImageNet’s strategy and pre-sales technical support relating to Managed Print Solutions, which is designed to improve ImageNet clients’ productivity, manageability, workflow, and security all while reducing costs and mitigating risk. He currently recruits, develops, motivates and retains a team of IT system engineers, project managers, enterprise sales individuals and business process analysts at ImageNet. Matt is originally from Fort Worth, TX and currently lives in Fairview, TX with his wife and two daughters. Matt’s family lives an active and adventure-filled life, with frequent mountain biking, hiking, snowboarding, and ice hockey excursions. Prior to joining ImageNet in 2009, Matt spent more than nine years working in HP’s printing business.
[Linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-schotten-9234569/)
### Subscribe to Our Blog
[Our Products](https://www.imagenetconsulting.com/products/)
- [Enterprise Content Management](https://www.imagenetconsulting.com/products/enterprise-content-management/)
- [Copiers, Printers & Scanners](https://www.imagenetconsulting.com/products/copiers-printers-scanners/)
- [Audio Visual Solutions](https://www.imagenetconsulting.com/products/audio-visual-solutions/)
- [Managed IT Services](https://www.imagenetconsulting.com/products/managed-it-services/)
- [3D Printers, Solutions & Services](https://www.imagenetconsulting.com/products/3d-printers/)
- [Wide Format Printing](https://www.imagenetconsulting.com/products/wide-format-printing/)
[About Us](https://www.imagenetconsulting.com/about/)
- [Our History](https://www.imagenetconsulting.com/about/#history)
- [Locations](https://www.imagenetconsulting.com/contact/#map)
- [In The News](https://news.imagenetconsulting.com/)
- [Careers](https://www.imagenetconsulting.com/about/careers/)
- [Privacy Policy](https://www.imagenetconsulting.com/privacy-policy/)
[My Account](https://www.imagenetconsulting.com/ecomm)
- [Register](https://www.imagenetconsulting.com/Ecomm/Account/Register?Length=7)
- [Forgot Password?](https://www.imagenetconsulting.com/Ecomm/Account/ForgotPassword?Length=7)
[Contact Us](https://www.imagenetconsulting.com/contact/)
© ImageNet consulting
- [Twitter](https://twitter.com/bmi_imageNet)
- [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/bmiimagenet)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/2625954)