Church Admin Corner

Is your copy machine nearing the end of its productivity? If so, it might be time to replace.

If you are considering a lease, look carefully at the pricing and speculate on what might change in the coming years. For example, one parish in the Diocese renegotiated a lease during Covid when they were doing little printing and based the cost of the contract on those numbers. When they returned to in-person programming, their actual costs were more than anticipated, and they were locked into that contract for another four years. In many ways, many parishes will prefer owning printing equipment, especially those without significant printing needs. While a lease may save on servicing costs, it is unusual for a decent-quality printer to need extensive servicing, and the service costs might be much less than the lease amount over time.

Need it to scan? Maybe not. If you only have occasional scanning needs or only a page or a few pages at a time, using a phone app for scanning might be an economical way to solve your scanning needs. There is even a document scanner built into the iPhone’s Note app. To access that, open a new note and click on the camera button at the bottom of the screen. It will give you options, including an option to “Scan Documents.” You can scan each page of a multi-page document and then email the full note to yourself. It will attach all pages scanned within the note.

RJ Chambers, Office Administrator, Diocese of Edmonton, churched@edmonton.anglican.ca