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Choose your equipment carefully. Buy equipment to expand your current capabilities before you reach into unknown markets. Realize that equipment and people go together. Great equipment, with lots of features won’t do much good if your people don’t utilize your investment. Often, companies are tempted to “save” money after a big purchase by cutting back on training. We recommend you send as many operators as possible to your equipment manufacturers training class. A good printer will have several applications.

Training early is much better than waiting for a crisis. Remember to consider your total investment cost. Often, manufactors make money off consumables and service, not the equipment. Reliability should be considered whenever purchasing equipment. John Cronin has a great blog on "equipment costing" here. That color copier may seem inexpensive but when you add downtime you may be surprised. Also consider the cost of personnel it will take to run the equipment.

Never buy a piece of equipment without having a sales plan in place!