The Datamax Thinking Blog

Educating, collaborating, and sparking ideas for maximizing the technology that matters.


Paper Trail Blazers

Blaze the way to efficient and cost-effective document workflow.

Whether your company has a small workgroup or large, document-intensive enterprise environment, it has its own unique paper trail. Your trail might be an easy path to traverse, or more difficult with mountains and valleys. Regardless of your trail’s topography, if it hasn’t been mapped and aligned with your business goals, how do you know if it’s the best route for your company? If you’ve been blindly trekking your trail, now may be a perfect time to find a guide that can help you actualize and improve your course.

Topics: Document Management Office Equipment Document Workflow

Does Your Office Technology Partner Have More Than Just A Hammer?

What does your technology partner have in their toolkit?

Perhaps you’re in the process of building your business. Or maybe it’s already built and time to remodel, expand or simply retool. Regardless of the stage of your business, one thing’s for certain. Your blueprint is like no other.

Your people. Your workflow. Your goals. Your technology. They are just a few of the many facets that form the unique structure of your company and set you apart from your competition. The way they interrelate significantly impacts your bottom-line—that’s why it’s imperative that your office technology partner is equipped with the mindset and necessary tools to construct a solution that’s equally as distinctive as your business.

Topics: Office Equipment Partnering IT Consulting

Managing Your Normal Print Spend

Consider deploying new print controls to help manage your monthly Print Spend.

Both small organizations and large companies alike need to watch the amount they print in a given month. Frequently, printing may be the major expense within an office due to paper usage, the amount of components used, and also the amount of power expended during the print process. Getting your office printing under control can help you cut costs and save paper in the long term.

Topics: Office Equipment Print Management Managed Services

Improve Your Return on Impression

First Impression. Cost-per-impression. Powerful Digital Printing Solutions can help maximize both.

When it comes to your digital printing solution, it's all about maximizing impressions. Not only your typical hard metric of Cost-per-Impression, but also Return on Impression—the value stemming from the lasting image your corporate printing leaves in the minds of your clients and prospects. It is said that it only takes three seconds for someone to form a first impression. What does the "snapshot" your company leaves behind look like? Is it eye-catching? Consistently crisp, bold and vibrant? Does it deliver your message in an impactful, memorable way? When your digital printing

Topics: Office Equipment Production Print

The Printing Paradigm Shift

The signs are pointing in a new direction. Powerful Digital Printing and Workflow can help get you there.

Create. Print. Copy. Distribute. Before the advent of digital technology, it was the standard document workflow. Sure, it got the job done, but it wasn’t necessarily the most efficient or cost-effective way to get documents where they needed to go. Over the years, the expansive capabilities of digital technology have spurred a remarkable metamorphosis—driving companies to view document workflow from an entirely new perspective and significantly transform the way they do

Topics: Office Equipment Partnering Document Workflow

Beyond The Transaction

It's what happens after the sales transaction that really matters.

Technology acquisition. At one point or another, it’s a process every company goes through. No matter what technology provider you choose to partner with, the fundamental process is similar—needs are assessed (hopefully), a technology solution is proposed, paperwork is signed and the delivery is made. But one aspect that isn’t the same is what happens beyond the transaction. After your “tracks” converge, does your technology partner stay on your track or do they take the first available turnout and head off into the sunset?

Topics: Office Equipment Partnering Creating Raving Fans