Patent ID: 7127433

Claim:
A computer implemented method for generating a price quote for a customer for a printer, having a toner carrying cartridge, within a managed print services group, the method comprising the steps of: (a) calculating a first contribution to the per page pricing data by: (1) determining a total number of pages that will be processed over a given time period, (2) determining a user's page capacity for a single toner cartridge, (3) calculating a total number of required toner cartridges for the given time period by dividing the determined total number of processed pages by the user's page capacity for a single toner cartridge, (4) determining a given time period total toner cost, (5) multiplying the given time period total toner cost by a selected toner finance rate for obtaining a discounted toner cost for the given time period, (6) dividing the total number of pages that will be processed over a given time period by the discounted toner cost for the given time period, (b) calculating a second contribution to the per page pricing data by determining a preventative maintenance cost per processed page for the printer, (c) summing the first and second contributions to the per page pricing data, and (d) generating a price quote from the per page pricing data.