Guides
Printing, explained plainly.
Shared printers raise the same questions in every coworking space, serviced office and company: what to charge, how to keep documents private, which printers work without drivers, and whether you still need a print server. These guides answer them without the jargon.
Guides
- How to charge for printing in a coworking spaceWork out what a page costs you, choose a pricing model, price color fairly and bill members without a spreadsheet.Coworking · 10 min read
- What is pull printing?Pull printing, follow-me printing and secure print release: what each one means, how they work and what they cost to run.Print release · 9 min read
- Driverless printing: IPP Everywhere, AirPrint and Mopria explainedHow printing without drivers works, how the three standards differ, and how to find out what your printers support.Printers · 10 min read
- How to replace your print server (and when not to)Why print servers became a security headache, the serverless options, and a step-by-step plan for moving off one.IT · 9 min read
Free tools
Two free tools, no sign-up.
Answer the two questions every printing project starts with: will our printers work, and what does a page cost us?
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Printer checker
Finds the printers on your network and says, for each one, whether it can print without a driver. Read-only: it never prints and changes nothing.
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Cost per page calculator
Enter your toner, paper and printer costs and see what a black & white and a color page really cost you, and what to charge.
Your printers, minus the hassle.
Set up Commontray on a computer you already have or plug in the Commontray Box. Most spaces print their first page in under half an hour.