Happy Holidays from Heartland AEA

Best wishes to you for a very joyful holiday season. Please click here to view our holiday card.

Effective Jan. 1: Revised Pricing for Print Services

Heartland Print Center prices will increase, effective January 1, 2012. Heartland AEA has not changed the prices charged for color or black and white (b/w) copies for several years. As a result of the outdated pricing, the agency is not recovering service, supply and labor costs when producing printed documents from our Print Center.

Heartland AEA performed a cost analysis and presented its findings to the Heartland AEA Superintendent Advisory Council and Heartland Administrator Association during their November and December meetings. Both groups approved the revised printing prices found by clicking here.

The information below was used to determine the revised printing costs.

Cost formula: Service and supply costs (referred as a “click charge”) + paper costs + labor costs
Note: A "click charge" is defined as one 8.5 x 11 image, therefore . . .

• A 1-sided b/w or color 8.5 x 11 is billed as one "click"
• A 2-sided b/w or color 8.5 x 11 is billed as two "clicks"
• A 1-sided b/w or color 8.5 x 14 is billed as one "click"
• A 2-sided b/w or color 8.5 x 14 is billed as two "clicks"
• A 1-sided b/w or color 11 x 17 is billed as two "clicks"
• A 2-sided b/w or color 11 x 17 is billed as four "clicks"

Revised printing costs:

• A 1-sided b/w 8.5 x 11 or 8.5 x 14 image = $.005 (click charge) + $.005 (paper charge) + $.00722 (labor charge) = $.01722
• A 2-sided b/w 8.5 x 11 or 8.5 x 14 image = $.01 (click charge) + $.005 (paper charge) + $.0144 (labor charge) = $.0294
• A 1-sided b/w 11 x 17 image = $.01 (click charge) + $.01 (paper charge) + $.0144 (labor charge) = $.0272
• A 2-sided b/w 11 x 17 image = $.02 (click charge) + $.01 (paper charge) + $.0288 (labor charge) = $.0588
• A 1-sided color 8.5 x 11 or 8.5 x 14 image = $.043 (click charge) + $.01 (paper charge) + $.00722 (labor charge) = $.06022
• A 2-sided color 8.5 x 11 or 8.5 x 14 image = $.086 (click charge) + $.01 (paper charge) + $.0144 (labor charge) = $.11
• A 1-sided color 11 x 17 image = $.086 (click charge) + $.02 (paper charge) + $.0144 (labor charge) = $.12
• A 2-sided color 11 x 17 image = $.172 (click charge) + $.02 (paper charge) + $.0288 (labor charge) = $.22

The Heartland Print Center will continue to offer the schools we serve high-quality, cost-effective options for their printing needs. Despite the cost increase, the price per copy remains considerably lower than commercial printers and school copiers. We would be very grateful if you would pass the new pricing information on to teachers and other school staff who use our Print & Production services.

Thank you for your continued support, and we look forward to fulfilling your printing needs in the future. If you have any questions about the revised prices, contact Steve Prall, Executive Director of Operaions, at sprall@aea11.k12.ia.us or (515) 270-9030.

Save Money During the Holidays with the IEC

Our holiday shopping days are dwindling! Before you pay full retail price for the latest gizmos and gadgets, be sure to check out the personal discounts in the Iowa Educator Consortium’s ‘Teacher & Student Buys’ section on the IEC website. All Iowa K-12 teachers, students, administrators and other school personnel are eligible for discounts on computer software, cell phone plans, digital cameras and camcorders and OfficeMax and Staples merchandise. For most offers, your school email address is your only needed proof of employment.

See what you can save through the IEC, an important and valued initiative of Iowa’s Area Education Agencies.
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