Tiered Billing
Only pay for the colour you use
HOW IT WORKS
Adjusting charges based on actual usage
Print and toner costs can easily stack up with everyday printing. Yet the way many suppliers charge for colour printing hasn't evolved much: you pay for colour output regardless of how much toner is actually used.
Traditional billing assumes that any use of colour means ‘full-page colour’, even if the page is mostly black text with just a small logo. That means many pages are charged at a rate that overstates the real toner use.
We believe there is a fairer, smarter way. Our innovative tiered billing model adjusts toner charges based on actual usage (how much colour is used on the page).
Mono: Black and white printing is still charged as normal at the lowest rate.
Level 1: Pages up to 5.1% colour coverage are charged at the cheapest colour rate.
Level 2: Pages with moderate coverage from 5.2 to 20% are charged at Level 2.
Level 3: High colour pages 20.1% and over are charged at Level 3.
By linking costs to actual toner usage, tiered billing provides clearer visibility of print spend, making it easier to understand where budgets are going and how print behaviour impacts costs. It’s a small and simple change with meaningful financial and operational effects.
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
SAVINGS
Average usage
On average, our customers print almost 60% of their documents at the cheapest colour rate. Combined with an average of 28% at level 2, you could be paying less for 87% of your colour printing.
We’ve seen businesses make substantial savings per year simply by moving to tiered billing, without changing daily print habits.
To find out how tiered billing could benefit you, simply contact us and we'll arrange an print review to tell you what you could save.