A hybrid device gives you color capabilities for only slightly more than the cost of a monochrome machine. The benefits are clear...but what about the risks?

By Jeffrey A. Smith

The rewards may be enticing, but they don’t come without risks:

Risk #1: Unnecessary color copying/printing. Who wants the financial exposure of making color copies/prints at four times the cost of monochrome copies? No Pro Buyers client we have talked to wants to incur this kind of up-tick in costs for internally delivered documents that will just be filed anyway. Our clients are asking what measures can be taken to limit, or at least track, color usage? There are two concrete ways that we recommend to do this: