Effective January 1: Revised Pricing for Print Services

Heartland has not changed the prices charged for color or black and white (b/w) copies for several years. As a result, the Agency is not recovering service, supply and labor costs when producing printed documents from our Print Center. Effective January 1, 2012, our prices for copying/printing will increase. Click here to see a chart of the revised prices. The information below was used to determine revised printing costs.

Cost formula: Service and supply costs (referred as a “click charge”) + paper costs + labor costs
Note: A “click charge” is defined as one 8.5 x 11 image, therefore . . .
• A 1-sided b/w or color 8.5 x 11 is billed as one "click"
• A 2-sided b/w or color 8.5 x 11 is billed as two "clicks"
• A 1-sided b/w or color 8.5 x 14 is billed as one "click"
• A 2-sided b/w or color 8.5 x 14 is billed as two "clicks"
• A 1-sided b/w or color 11 x 17 is billed as two "clicks"
• A 2-sided b/w or color 11 x 17 is billed as four "clicks"

Revised printing costs:
• A 1-sided b/w 8.5 x 11 or 8.5 x 14 image = $.005 (click charge) + $.005 (paper charge) + $.00722 (labor charge) = $.01722
• A 2-sided b/w 8.5 x 11 or 8.5 x 14 image = $.01 (click charge) + $.005 (paper charge) + $.0144 (labor charge) = $.0294
• A 1-sided b/w 11 x 17 image = $.01 (click charge) + $.01 (paper charge) + $.0144 (labor charge) = $.0272
• A 2-sided b/w 11 x 17 image = $.02 (click charge) + $.01 (paper charge) + $.0288 (labor charge) = $.0588
• A 1-sided color 8.5 x 11 or 8.5 x 14 image = $.043 (click charge) + $.01 (paper charge) + $.00722 (labor charge) = $.06022
• A 2-sided color 8.5 x 11 or 8.5 x 14 image = $.086 (click charge) + $.01 (paper charge) + $.0144 (labor charge) = $.11
• A 1-sided color 11 x 17 image = $.086 (click charge) + $.02 (paper charge) + $.0144 (labor charge) = $.12
• A 2-sided color 11 x 17 image = $.172 (click charge) + $.02 (paper charge) + $.0288 (labor charge) = $.22

The price increases are not directly linked to our new partnership with Laser Resources. Our prices have been outdated for many years, and the increase is needed in order to recover the cost of providing our printing services to our staff and the schools we serve. Despite the increases, the price per copy remains considerably lower than commercial printers and our office copiers. For example, the estimated per copy cost of printing to one of our office color printers is up to $.20 per copy, depending on coverage. That same color copy printed in our Heartland Print Center is $.06 for a one-sided copy and $.11 for a two-sided copy.

Please continue to use the Print Center for copies of 25 or more. If you have questions regarding our printing capabilities, please contact the Print Center at printcenter@aea11.k12.ia.us or ext. 14412. If you have questions regarding the Print Center transition or pricing, please contact Steve Prall at sprall@aea11.k12.ia.us or ext. 14423.

Thank you for your continued support, and we look forward to fulfilling your printing needs in the future.