Just like how the electric company needs to read the electric meter on your home, your office technology provider periodically needs to take the meter reading on your copier. Doing so not only helps your copier vendor know how to properly bill your organization, it also helps them keep tabs on your system and its usage to make sure you are getting the optimal experience from it.
Based on your billing cycle, your office technology solutions provider will routinely ask you for a meter reading.
Sometimes, however, getting the meter off your copier or multifunction copier and printer (MFP) seems like quite the trick with all of those panels and buttons and such.
Here are some step by step instructions, both written and video, for four copier manufacturers.
Getting the meter on your Ricoh copier:
On your Ricoh copier system, to retrieve the meter count you'll want to locate the “User Tools/ Counter” button, located either on the right side or on the left top corner of the control panel, and press that. If you have the tablet interface, you'll just want to swipe right, locate the “User Tools” button and press on that.
This will take you to your general settings home page. From there just click on “Counter” which is located in the bottom right corner. This will display your meter reading.
For your black-and-white systems, you will just need the black-and-white total count. If a color system, you will need both the black and white count as well as a color count. For a hard copy of your meter reading, on the bottom right corner of the same screen, press “Print Counter List” and then hit your Start key to print.
Now you have your meter reading.
Getting the meter on your Sharp copier:
For your Sharp copier system, to retrieve the meter count just click on the “Settings” icon on the touchscreen display. Then on the left menu bar, you'll select “System Settings.” From there, it will display your meter reading.
You can print a hard copy by just clicking “Print.”
If you have a black and white system, you will just need your black-and-white total. If a color system, you will need your black-and-white total and your color total.
Getting the meter on your Kyocera copier:
For your Kyocera system, to retrieve the meter count you'll just want to locate the “Counter” button on the control panel. From here, your copier screen will display your meter reading.
You can print off a copy by going pressing the “Print Status Page” button on the screen, and clicking “Yes.” Now you have a hard copy.
If you have a black and white system, you will just need your black-and-white total. If a color system, you will need your black-and-white total and your color total.
Getting the meter on your Lexmark copier:
For your Lexmark system, to retrieve the meter count you will want to click on your menu options button located in the bottom right corner. From there you're going to click on “Reports” and then you're going to choose “Device Statistics”. It will immediately print out your meter reading page.
The page will give you a ton of information, but what you are looking for listed underneath “Media Printed Side Count,” you will look for under “Total”. You will only need the “Mono” total if you have a black-and-white system. But if you have a color system, you will need the “Mono” total and the “Color” total.
Hopefully, this helps you easily gather your meters from your copiers.
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