Thinking of leasing a photocopier or an office printer? Here is how a lease runs, what sets the monthly rate, the clauses to watch, and why rental is the more common pick. Lease or rent from $15 a week plus GST.
A finance company buys the copier, and you repay it monthly over a fixed term, normally three to five years. The monthly amount is set by the machine, the term length and your business. What happens at the end is set by the lease itself: hand it back, upgrade, or pay a residual and keep it.
Most buyers settle on our rental instead, because its ending is simpler: a newer model, or hand it back. Prefer a lease, or does your accountant? One can be arranged.
Compare a lease and a rental on one machine before you commit.
A printer lease runs exactly like a copier lease. If nobody in the office prints A3, a leased A4 multifunction printer may cover everything. It copies, prints and scans, needs less floor space, and normally costs less per month than a full copier.
Ask for a printer lease and a printer rental priced on the same model, and compare both in writing. Browse the office printer range.
Put any machine on our service agreement and the replacement warranty comes with it. New or secondhand, and whether you rent, lease, finance or buy outright, the rule is the same: should the machine fail, you get a replacement. The cover runs to the final day of the agreement, not the end of year one.
On a new copier the maker's own warranty is usually 12 months, on the hardware only; consumables sit outside it. Beyond that year, your cover is the service agreement. Your agreement sets out the full terms of the replacement warranty.
Three things: the price of the machine, the length of the term, and approval. Rentals on our list start from $15 a week plus GST on selected machines. Ask for your chosen machine priced on 36, 48 and 60 month terms, next to each other.
Say what the machine must do, or name a model. You get two or three that fit, each with figures in writing. No obligation.
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Compare lease and rental figures
Both priced on the machine you want, and set side by side. Every enquiry is answered the same business day.
Yes, on a lease or a rental. The machine's age decides how long the term can run, up to 60 months.
Mainly in the ending, and in how the paperwork is drafted. Our rental ends with a newer model or a hand back. A lease can finish with a return, an upgrade or a residual, as its own terms set out.
Yes. A4 multifunction printers lease or rent on the same basis as A3 copiers. The printer section above explains.
The term, the monthly payment, the end of term options and the cost of leaving early. How to check a copier lease agreement.
Honest answers on models, grades, agreements and running costs. Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm. Every enquiry is answered the same business day.