Conventional wisdom has long held that for small and medium businesses, bigger or more complex print jobs should be outsourced to a commercial printer. But is that still the case? Due to advancements in office MFP technology, perhaps not.

Today’s professional printers can handle higher volumes, faster turnarounds, and better quality prints (including color) than ever before. So in 2016, with sophisticated in-house equipment available at reasonable costs, are you still outsourcing your company’s larger print jobs? If so, here are a few reasons to reconsider. 

First, consider that outsourcing anything, including printing, involves some amount of waste. Some of this is hidden in the time and expense required to travel to and from the print shop (or to pay a courier to do so), costs which are rarely considered when calculating whether or not it makes sense to complete a print job in house. Also, if an employee is tasked with using the equipment at a commercial print shop, additional waste may be generated due to that employee’s unfamiliarity with the hardware, which can result in overage or botched jobs, all of which must still be paid for (even if they are thrown away). 

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