A managed print service (MPS), like Optimized Print Services (OPS) from Konica Minolta, allows you to offload the maintenance and management of your printing and scanning infrastructure to a third-party provider. The provider may take over management of your existing devices (even a mixed fleet) or may partially or completely replace your devices.

MPS business benefits rated by respondents to industry analyst Quocirca’s ‘ Managed Print Services, 2022‘ report as very important include improved service quality and reliability (44%), enhanced security (43%), and improved business process efficiency (40%). Further benefits include better cost control and reduced waste. Ideally, your MPS provider should also be able to advise you on process digitalisation and how MPS can support your objectives.

Your MPS should include features like: 

• Continuous optimisation of your printing and scanning infrastructure to ensure it keeps pace with business needs 

• Print management software for user authentication, usage monitoring, cost management and more 

• Remote support for proactive device monitoring and remote fixing of issues wherever possible

Your MPS provider should offer a range of devices to suit the needs of your organisation and your users. At Konica Minolta, for example, we offer a range of devices that: 

• Can print, scan, copy and even fax 

• Produce black and white or colour output on a wide range of paper sizes 

• Enable duplex (double-sided) printing 

• Provide finishing options like stapling and booklet-making 

• Are safe and easy for anyone to use 

• Offer enhanced security features to safeguard your data 

• Are designed for a reduced environmental impact

With Cloud Print services from Konica Minolta, you can move your print infrastructure to the cloud and benefit from increased flexibility and improved mobile working. Managed by experts, our cloud-based solution eliminates on-prem print servers, reduces capex and opex, and lightens the load for your IT teams.  

In ‘ The Cloud Print Services Market Landscape, 2022‘ report, Quocirca reveals that 43% of organisations have implemented a cloud print management platform, and 37% plan to do so over the next two years. The report classifies Konica Minolta as a ‘major player’ in cloud print services, saying: “Konica Minolta’s cloud print services offer benefits such as: reduced maintenance requirements for server and software versions due to serverless operation and management of the software by the vendor, budget savings as no upfront investment is needed, simple and easy deployment that enables a quick start, flexible scalability that adapts to the customers’ changing needs, and the ability to print from anywhere at any time.”

Printing from mobile devices has long been a challenge that’s frustrated or hampered mobile workers. Now Konica Minolta offers a range of mobile printing solutions that make it possible to print from almost any phone or tablet to a bizhub multifunctional printer (MFP) or any other device or brand of printer. We also make it easy for you to allow guests and visitors to print from their mobile devices while keeping your business secure.

You can take a number of approaches to make printing more sustainable, including: 

• Choosing devices that are designed with a reduced environmental impact and low power consumption, and offer additional settings to further optimise energy use

• Having your vendor perform an environmental audit of your printer fleet for insights into energy and consumables consumption 

• Engaging with an MPS provider that helps you make printing and copying as efficient and eco-friendly as possible; simplifies collection and recycling of consumables

• Using print management software to reduce wasted print and so help you lower your use of paper and other consumables