Education professionals rely on printers to perform everyday critical tasks like printing lesson plans, charts, graphs, and other essential educational materials. The right printer can make all the difference in how effectively teachers communicate, manage tasks, and engage with students. Today, we will focus on good printers for teachers and other educational professionals, with a focus on flexible and cost-effective options.
Why Choosing the Right Printer Matters
Many teachers’ printing needs can vary, especially considering their level of education. Whether they are instructing grade-school students or college students, their printing needs will vary from creating handouts and worksheets to printing colorful presentations and reports. Thus, finding a printer with the flexibility to meet their daily printing needs is essential.
BDS, your #1 print technology provider in New England and Florida, understands the educational context necessary for determining the right printer for your institution. With over 40 years of experience assisting local educational institutions with their printing requirements, we know the best features to help make a printer truly beneficial for teachers.
Features Worth Considering
BDS will assist you with selecting the best printer for educational use by examining the following factors in the context of your unique educational institution.
- Print Quality: Clarity, sharpness, and detail retention are top priorities for most educators, especially for documents that will be distributed to students or displayed in the classroom. We offer an impressive portfolio of printers with high DPI (dots per inch) ratings to ensure your prints retain crisp text and vivid images.
- High Speed: The last thing a busy educator wants to deal with is slow printing speeds. In a profession where time is a precious commodity, a printer with a high PPM (pages per minute) is a necessity. High PPM printers can help reduce the wait time for printing materials, allowing educators to re-prioritize their tasks and focus more on teaching.
- Connectivity Options: Educators have been thrust into more hybrid and remote learning environments and have been working to adapt to the changing landscape of virtual instruction. Do not let your printer add to the burden! BDS’s portfolio of printers offers many connectivity options like Wi-Fi and mobile printing to help streamline the printing process.
- Durability & Support: BDS focuses on sustainable and scalable print solutions. This means we are not interested in providing you with a solution that will only last a few years. We aim to create sustainable solutions that last reliably with little to no maintenance issues.
Maintenance Tips for Longevity
Maintenance is critical to ensuring the longevity of your device. BDS will reliably ensure your device is taken care of, so you do not run into expensive maintenance issues during the life of your printer investment. But what does this look like?
- Proper & Regular Cleaning: Dust and debris can seriously affect print quality. Regularly cleaning the printer’s exterior and interior components is critical to maintaining superior print quality.
- Update Your Software: Just as mobile devices require regular updates to ensure proper functioning, so do printers. Keep the printer’s firmware and drivers updated to ensure optimal performance and security of your printer.
- Utilize Quality Paper & Materials: To maintain high print quality, it is essential to utilize the best printer supplies. BDS will help supply you with brand-compatible printer supplies to ensure you receive the best experience with your printer.
- Check Ink Levels: From spills, blotchy ink, and clogs, ink can be messy. Ensure you are taking the time to monitor your ink levels to help avoid running us unexpectedly during critical printing tasks or causing further damage to your device.
With BDS’s maintenance and supply replenishment services, we can closely monitor your printer and resources to ensure you stay on track with your maintenance duties.
Flexible & Cost-Effective Printing Options for Busy Educators
We briefly touched on the importance of flexibility when it comes to print solutions, but what does that look like? For example, have you considered incorporating an MFP (Multifunction Printer) in your classroom? Many modern printers come with multifunction capacities, allowing for printing, copying, scanning, and even faxing on one device. Consolidating your printing and office tasks into one device sets your institution up for ultimate efficiency, flexibility, and cost-effectiveness.
Moreover, flexibility works together with cost-efficiency. For instance, BDS’s flexible finance options, like our printer leasing program, provide ultimate flexibility for busy educators. With our printer leasing program, you can customize lease terms and payments that work for your needs and budget.
When you lease with BDS, you also earn the flexibility to upgrade your device seamlessly! Our hassle-free approach allows our expert team to reassess your print environment and suggest printing options to help you adapt to your changing organizational needs. Our impressive brand portfolio includes:
As certified resellers of these brands, we are authorized to sell, service, and maintain these devices to our local New England and Florida communities. We utilize the best skills, knowledge, and practices to ensure your device stays in excellent condition. Partnering with BDS for your next printer lease guarantees ultimate flexibility and cost-effectiveness for educators at each level.
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