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by luigi104

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Anybody has any experience in a recommended number of users a network printer should serve?
What information have you used to decide a good number?
Thanks

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by thechas

It realy varies by the office and tasks.

I was once part of a 4 person work-group sharing a single printer. Our workload to get QS9000 documentation out overwelmed the printer. We ended up getting individual printers in order to complete the project on time.

So, your factors are:
Printer speed
Printing jobs required
Allowable que time

Don't forget to factor the distance to the printer into the equation.

The company I work for now, has more printers than could be technically justified, as they are usually idle.

However, tell a manager he has to wait for a printer que, and watch out for the fire-storm.

Chas

by luigi104

Thanks a lot, this will help to get some numbers to be reviewed, my manager loves that.

by adeshpcs

It depends on the following:

Location of offices

Location of workgroup printer

You did not specify the building size of your company. If it is medium to large I would suggest getting a drawing of the building which will inlcude the offices and wriing closet locations. This will determine how much users can use a single workgroup printer

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