For decades, there has been a simple, painful rule in the copier industry: A color click is a color click.
It didn’t matter if you were printing a full-page, high-definition photograph of Miami Beach or a simple white letter with a tiny blue company logo in the corner. You paid the same high rate for both.
For business owners in South Florida, this old model is a budget killer. It forces you to restrict color printing, settle for black-and-white presentations, or overpay massively for documents that barely use any color ink.
At STAT Business Systems, we believe you should only pay for what you actually use. That is why we are proud to offer Kyocera’s Three-Tiered Color System, a revolutionary billing model that can cut your color printing costs by up to 50%.
The Old Way vs. The STAT Way
In a traditional copier lease, you have two rates: Black & White and Color. If your machine detects even a single pixel of cyan, magenta, or yellow, the meter clicks “Color,” and you get charged the premium rate.
Kyocera’s intelligent technology changes the game. The machine analyzes every single page before it prints and calculates exactly how much toner is being used. It then categorizes that page into one of three distinct pricing tiers.
How the Three-Tiered System Works
Instead of one flat (and expensive) rate, your costs are adjusted automatically based on coverage:
Level 1: Simple Color (Low Coverage)
- What it is: Documents with minimal color, such as a letterhead with a color company logo, a small email signature, or a simple invoice.
- The Savings: Under the old system, this cost the same as a full brochure. With the Tiered System, you pay a fraction of the standard color rate—often very close to the price of black-and-white!
Level 2: Business Color (Medium Coverage)
- What it is: Typical office documents like Excel spreadsheets with colored cells, PowerPoint slides with simple graphs, or internal reports with charts.
- The Savings: This is the “sweet spot” for most businesses. You get the professional look of color data visualization without paying for “marketing-grade” prints.
Level 3: Creative Color (High Coverage)
- What it is: Full-page photos, real estate brochures, marketing flyers, and complex presentations.
- The Value: You still get the stunning, professional quality Kyocera is known for, but you only pay this top-tier price when you are actually producing top-tier documents.
Why This Matters for Your Business
For a law firm in Fort Lauderdale printing emails with colored links, or a medical office in Boynton Beach printing invoices with a blue header, the savings are massive.
Most businesses find that their “Color” volume is actually 70-80% “Simple Color.” By switching to a Three-Tiered plan with STAT, you unlock huge savings without changing how you print. You don’t need to police your employees; the machine does the math for you.
Take Control of Your Color Costs
This isn’t just about cheaper toner; it’s about transparency. Using tools like Kyocera’s Fleet Services, we can show you exactly how much color you are using and at what levels.
Stop overpaying for a splash of color. Contact STAT Business Systems today for a free print analysis. Let us review your current invoices and show you exactly how much the Three-Tiered Color System could save your business.