A Large California School District Saves $10K a Month After a $1M+ Print Shop Overhaul With FlexTG
Customer Overview
One of California’s largest K– 12 school districts serves nearly 40,000 students across 52 schools. A single central print shop supports all of them, producing curriculum packets, workbooks, signage, event materials and graduation materials, along with wide-format and specialty work.
As a cost center on a tight budget, the print shop had to keep proving its value while keeping service high for teachers and staff.
Aging Equipment and Billing That Was Hard to Follow
The district’s equipment contracts were ending, and an aging fleet needed to be modernized. Billing was hard to follow, and the previous vendor wasn’t a true partner.
Manual workflows made job tracking and approvals difficult, and limited device capability kept the shop from offering the full range of services its schools requested.
More Than New Equipment
FlexTG worked with the district on a plan that went beyond new devices and fixed three areas at once: production, workflow and partnership. To date, FlexTG has placed more than $1 million in production and specialty equipment, giving the shop more capability for less money.
FlexTG replaced the district’s fleet with Canon and Ricoh production devices, added wide-format and specialty equipment, and moved prepress to a standard PDF workflow. The new setup includes:
- Two Canon varioPRINT 135s and a varioPRINT 6330 TITAN, each with inline booklet making
- A Ricoh C7210 with a 5th color station and a Plockmatic booklet maker
- A Ricoh flatbed, Roland UV and eco-solvent printers, and Colex and Duplo cutters
- Canon PrismaPrepare for make-ready and job editing in a standard PDF workflow
- A web-to-print storefront that makes job submission easier for every school
$10K a Month in Savings and a Partnership That Keeps Growing
The district now saves $10K a month compared with its previous contracts and gets more from its print shop. Newer equipment and better service mean fewer disruptions and delays.
One partner now handles equipment, service and billing, with planning every year. Since the switch, the shop has run over 17 million impressions on Canon and nearly 10 million on Ricoh.
Key Benefits
- $10K saved every month compared with the previous contracts
- Fewer disruptions and delays with newer equipment and better service
- A 5th color for graduation programs, certificates and other special jobs
- Simpler prepress with a standard PDF workflow
- One partner for equipment and service, with billing that’s easy to follow
- Proven at volume: 17 million+ Canon and nearly 10 million Ricoh impressions
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