Save Money with Print Optimization Software and Services

Unmanaged printing and its associated costs are consuming the technology budgets of many colleges and universities. These institutions can no longer afford to provide students with free printing in computer labs and libraries. There is no doubt that some students print very prudently. But many others regularly print more than they need, and a few go overboard, churning out thousands of pages each semester. Schools are committed to offering their students a reasonable amount of free printing, are determined not to raise tuition to make it happen, and are looking for ways to recover costs while offering the highest quality output services.

Of course, a lot of college and university printing happens outside of computer labs and libraries. It is done in offices by administrators, faculty, and staff, in campus print shops, and in commercial printing facilities. In each case, there is an opportunity for schools to realize significant cost savings.

Pharos Systems has a suite of outstanding technology and campus-wide services that can help colleges and universities identify and realize these opportunities. Our technology includes Pharos Uniprint® software for implementing student pay-for-print and pay-for-copy systems — as well as managing and enhancing office printing/copying by faculty, administration, and staff. Our campus-wide services are delivered by Pharos consultants who work with schools to assess the current state, and then develop and implement a strategy that optimizes print wherever it happens: in the fleet, in print centers, and externally sourced.

In everything we do, we remain completely vendor and hardware neutral. Our overarching goal is to make every print an intelligent decision: the right job on the right kind of device at the right cost — if it’s printed at all.