Image Through Quality

Whether at school or in the office, printers and copiers play a valuable role – supporting collaboration and keeping work moving smoothly. Today’s print solutions are smarter, designed to work reliably in the background, while users stay focused on everyday tasks.

Founded in 1991, document solutions company, Image Through Quality (ITQ), has moved with the technology, offering customers the most cost-effective and efficient solutions. The company saves customers avoidable printing costs by analysing how people use printers, streamlining document flows, and ensuring systems are used optimally. Businesses print less and waste less, while distributing documents more effectively.

The company saves customers avoidable printing costs by analysing how people use printers, streamlining document flows, and ensuring systems are used optimally. Businesses print less and waste less, while distributing documents more effectively.

Leasing for schools

A much wider range of equipment can now be offered to schools on lease financing plans, helping to manage budgets and ease cash flow. The introduction of the new International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS 16 Leases) into Maintained Schools and the associated general consent documents granted by the Secretary of State for Education (SoS) opens much-needed lease opportunities for both Maintained Schools and Academies.

ITQ’s Sales Director, Eddie Chaplin, highlights one common source of waste. “Users often hit the print button and then get distracted with something else or simply never collect their documents. Every day, a pile of paper collects beside each printer. Modern print management solutions make this impossible. Documents are only printed at the point of collection, or the request is deleted after a set time. Introducing a secure print solution – where printing is released with a card or PIN – typically reduces print volumes by around 20%.”

Hot desking and hybrid working have made sophisticated print management more important. Eddie continues: “Each machine must be able to connect to a printer, whether the user is regularly in the office or there for the day. It’s surprising how often this is still an issue! We provide a solution where laptops automatically find the nearest printer and download the driver through WiFi.”

ITQ’s diverse customer base includes hotels, publishers, schools, manufacturers and even churches. To help manage costs, almost every customer is offered the option of leasing equipment, for affordable access to reliable, maintained print solutions.

ITQ has partnered with Siemens Financial Services (SFS) for over 35 years. SFS has maintained its position of preferred provider throughout.