Print initiative to save millions

The Government plans to save of up to €22m a year by reducing the one-to-one ratio that exists between staff and printing devices in some public sector offices.

Launching the new framework for the supply of managed print services in Dublin yesterday, minister of state Brian Hayes said the savings over the next two to four years would come from reducing costs in having to process a “plethora” of monthly invoices for a wide range of suppliers of items such as toner, devices, repairs, maintenance, and spare parts.

Describing the current public sector office purchasing regime as “ad hoc”, Mr Hayes said some public sector workers had their own individual desktop printers, photocopiers, scanners and faxes.