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Printer Hire
5.0 from 153 Google reviews. Serving Australian businesses since 2010.
What is Printer Hire?
Choosing short term hire for a need that lasts years can cost more than a multi year lease or rental of the same device.
Printer hire is short term use of a device, usually under 12 months, for a project site or an event. We do not arrange it.
Printer hire refers to genuinely short term use of a device, usually for less than 12 months, rather than the multi year commitment a lease or a business rental carries.
It suits a project site, a temporary office, a seasonal peak or an event, where the requirement has a known end date and flexibility matters more than the monthly figure.
Because the provider recovers the cost of the equipment over a much shorter period, hire normally costs more per month than a lease or a rental of the same device.
In everyday use many Australian businesses say hire when they mean a standard business rental, which is the arrangement we do provide.
We do not arrange hire in the strict short term sense.
Our agreements run 36 to 60 months, so a requirement with an end date inside a year is better served by a specialist hire provider.
Before you sign or renew a lease, you can work through the printer lease renewal checklist.
In short
- Short term use, usually under 12 months.
- Suits project sites, temporary offices, seasonal peaks and events.
- Costs more per month than a lease or rental of the same device.
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Frequently asked questions
How short can a printer hire be?
Across the market, hire covers periods from a few weeks upward.
We do not arrange it.
Our agreements run 36 to 60 months, so if your requirement has an end date inside a year, a hire specialist will serve you better than we will.
Should I hire or lease a printer?
Hire when the requirement has a known end date inside about a year.
Lease or rent when the office needs a device indefinitely, because spreading the cost over 36 to 60 months lowers the monthly figure.
Cyrus Dickie
Founder, Global Document Solutions
You deal with the founder directly, from first quote to ongoing support, since 2010.
Authored by Cyrus Dickie, Founder at Global Document Solutions. In the industry since 2010.
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Related terms
- Printer LeaseA printer lease is a finance style agreement to use a device over a set term, usually 36 to 60 months, with service and toner bundled into one monthly payment.
- Printer RentalA printer rental is an agreement to use a device for a set term while ownership stays with the provider, with no ownership at the end.
- Lease TermA lease term is the fixed contract period, stated in months, during which you pay to use the equipment. Most business terms run 36 to 60 months.
- Operating LeaseAn operating lease lets a business use equipment such as a printer for a fixed term and return it at the end, without taking ownership.
- Finance LeaseA finance lease is an agreement under which a business effectively finances the purchase of equipment and carries most of the risks of ownership.
Enquired on Monday and had a printer installed by Friday. Fast, easy, and exactly what we needed.