Colour printers

Looking back it is easy to see why the previous owners of the business didn't take on the lease to change the ancient digital printing devises  It is a minefield of options and heavy sales techniques, and potential expense. The first option is continuing to use a Xerox machine.  I'll leave that hanging because I don't want to get sued for libel. It was suggested we report Xerox to Stockport trading standards, last week.  Maybe. I was keen to buy into Toshiba, they make a nice machine that my research showed had a reliable performance and good service record. A new machine would cost less than £10000, to give an indication of their value.  Its main advantage from my perspective would be a reduced lease outlay.  However, the 'click' cost compared unfavourably with the other contenders, Oci and Konica Minolta Direct who are marketing a heavy duty machine called the 5501. Probably over £20000 to buy new. Oci seem OK but remain an unknown quantity in comparison to Konica Minolta. They are offering a redundant machine in comparison with Oci who are offering a new machine.  The latter's 'click' charge is slightly more expensive, making the KM a better deal; the main disadvantage being that the KM machine is a second hand machine. It seems that the extra expense means that our outgoings remain the same, not a realistic option because one of the aims of the exercise is to reduce our outgoings. The final element in the mix is the finance; normally one buys via a lease; not the best of arrangements it seems to me, we never seem to own the machine and the costs seem high.  Alternatively we could buy the machine out right; thirdly we could borrow money to buy one.  The latter seems a good option to me; the interest rates would probably be lower. At present the KN salesmen can't persuade the finance companies to stump up enough money; we're stuck, he's stuck.