Print Share Solution
Welcome to the new world economy – the sharing economy. Set to be worth up to $827 billion by 2032, it covers everything from e-scooters and cars to homes and crowdfunding. And now, we are doing the same for printing, scanning, and copying.
Why choose Canon’s Print Share Solution?
Providing a dedicated multifunction device just for public use is not efficient for businesses. And searching for print providers is not efficient for users, while printing on home devices often sacrifices quality.
The solution? Print on the nearest available Canon business printer, offering professional quality for users and a new revenue stream for device owners.
Watch: Canon Print Share Solution in practice
See how our Print Share Solution could work for you, as a print provider or as a user. Use it as much or as little as you need, with no commitments and true self-service. It’s print for the sharing economy.
The way we print is changing with the way we work
95% of under-30s do not own a printer. At the same time, 28% of people use their home printer for work, and 1 in 5 people are now printing more than before the pandemic.
The problem is ensuring consistent access to high-quality, professional-grade printing when workers are mobile. That’s where our Print Share Solution comes in.
It’s a print, scan, and copy service for the general public, provided by institutions such as libraries, universities, hotels, and shared service centres. Exclusive to Canon devices, it can help institutions generate extra revenue streams and fulfil their civic responsibilities at a lower cost.
Canon Print Share Solution gives organisations a way to offer a simple, low-touch, securely accessed at any PIC location, print and scan proposition to external users. Users get business-quality output, when and where they need it, without the need for quotes, proofs, or cash.
Application 1: Councils, libraries, and government offices
Support your citizens by providing an easy-to-use, cost-effective print solution.
Many users need to print out forms or CVs, or simply need access to a reliable printer. Placing the service on your selected devices allows you to fulfil civic needs while also making your other services easier to access. Having the flexibility to take cash or e-wallets means organisations can be fully inclusive and help people from all generations – from people making 10p copies of a letter from their grandchildren, or digital-native teenagers printing their science thesis.
Libraries provide many essential services to their communities. With the Print Share Solution, they can now generate revenue to support or improve these other services.
Application 2: Universities and higher education
Universities need to provide easy printing throughout their campuses, and manage this across multiple sites. But registering students is a time-consuming process, while managing costs is crucial.
Whether a student is full time, part time, remote, or takes evening classes, you can allow them to self-register and pay for print as they need it, at rates that you set. That revenue is returned directly to your business. Give monthly allowances – or discount at thesis submission times – to support your students.
Print in City: reliable, high-quality, secure, simple – and available to use whenever your doors are open.
Application 3: Small businesses and shared working spaces
Providers of shared working spaces offer their clients space, phones and IT. But what about business-quality printing, copying and scanning? It’s often hard to set people up on the network to use a printer and charge them for it, so the costs and IT overhead can outweigh the benefits to the shared space owner.
By using Canon’s Print Share Solution, users can register themselves, and then use devices in the working space without IT resource.
Space owners can set the price themselves and get the revenue from each use, while differentiating themselves from the competition with quality print, copy and scan services. And by becoming a public point, they attract further footfall and income.
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