Inking an Endorsement for BucherTech

Written by the Ideas in Motion Media staff

One would figure that for a company whose products are largely online, Ideas in Motion Media wouldn’t go through a lot of paper by printing. If one thought that, one would be wrong.

Media kits, article printouts, newsletters, reports, mailers-- you name it, we printed it. We have a couple heavy-duty laser printers on hand, but the cost of the toner and maintenance quickly added up to the point where we had to re-examine our practices. That’s when we called Tim over at BucherTech.

BucherTech, also known as Bucher Technologies, offers a litany of technical products and services, suited for residential and commercial set-ups alike. BucherTech had done some work for us previously, and we looked to them to come in and help us solve our printing problem.

“Bucher has made our printer setup so much easier,” says Kyle Granat, web developer and head of our “Tech Department”. “Our old toner-based printer was expensive, messy, and wasteful. The new solid ink printer is really great.”

BucherTech came in and set us up with a lease on a Xerox Color Qube 8870 printer, which uses a wax-based block to deliver colors clearer and quicker than any toner-based printer we had on hand.

“I really like the idea of solid ink printing. Instead of replacing toner cartridges, you inset new wax block into the printer. The blocks are notched so that you always put the right block in the right slot. Then the printer can melt down bits of the wax, and use it to print for you,” Kyle explained. “Its more efficient than traditional ink or toner, and it saves a lot of waste. And the quality of the prints is still amazing!”

Theresa Potesta, Office Coordinator and our Publisher Chris Mahlmann’s right hand woman, loved the idea of keeping costs down while getting the job done better and faster.


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402 Wall Street
Valparaiso, Indiana 46383
Phone: 219-465-4500

“I really enjoy using BucherTech's Xerox Color Qube 8870 Printer! It is amazingly fast and the copies are very clear,” Theresa explained. “ I work in a fast paced environment and when I need to get copies printed quickly the Color Qube does the job! I would recommend this printer to everyone!”

BucherTech set us up with some great tools to order supplies and keep track of our printing quotas, like PagePack.

“The Printerpack program has great monitoring tools to let us know how many pages we've printed, so its easy to stay on top of our print usage,” said Kyle. “The program will even email us if there's a problem with the printer, or if its out of ink or paper, which makes my life a lot easier.”

“The printer works great with our existing network setup The staff at Bucher made sure it was easy for us to install print drivers on all of our computers, and now everyone can print without a problem.”

“Above all the staff at Bucher have been extremely helpful and responsive. Whether I had questions about the billing cycle or needed help re-installing software, they were always quick, polite, and great to work with,” said Kyle.

We strongly encourage you to contact BucherTech today to see what they can be doing to help your business, organization, or home be more productive at a smaller cost. Contact BucherTech today at 219-465-4500, check them out online, or visit their office at 402 Wall Street in Valparaiso.