The Brother education newsletter

1. YOUR BROTHER UK EDUCATION NEWSLETTER
JULY 2009
Q&A
With Head of Consortium
at NEUPC
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A3 PRINTERS
GET A
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WHAT’S
DUPLEX?
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2. Welcome
CONTACT US
Please feel free to contact us
with your queries
John Greenhalgh
Head of Verticals
john.greenhalgh@brother-uk.com
07968 097 283
“Welcome to the first issue of
At Your Side – our dedicated Michelle Molloy
Senior Education & Mobile
newsletter for our education Solutions Manager
michelle.molloy@brother-uk.com
customers. 07799 113 697 National
Q&A
We’ve put a lot of thought into how
we can make this as helpful as Gavin Sever
possible - as well as finding out Special Projects
& Solutions Manager
about our latest products, we’ll
gavin.sever@brother-uk.com
07968 097 289 National
be showcasing how schools and
colleges are using Brother printers
to bring classroom activities to In each issue, we interview an influential, inspirational or just Diane Barnes
life, streamline office processes or plain interesting character from the education sector. In our first Senior Public Sector
Manager Lead Contact:
Q&A we speak to Simon Toplass, head of consortium at NEUPC.
transform letters home to parents.
LUPC, SUPC
diane.barnes@brother-uk.com
07766 251 842
Tell us a bit about what you do. be able to offer the most competitive price
You’ll also be able to find out which to our members.
I’m the head of the North Eastern
events we’re attending, or wider Universities Purchasing Consortium
What can technology suppliers do
(NEUPC for short), which provides a
initiatives we’re supporting. centralised purchasing structure for our 24 to help?
members. We help to create frameworks Niall Beath
Communication is key – be transparent Client Manager Lead
across 11 specific commodity groups about roadmaps and upcoming technology Contact: HEPCW
We’d love to know what you think – such as catering, computing, telecoms
and travel. My role is to set the strategy
that may be beneficial to our members. Area: NEUPC, NWUPC
niall.beath@brother-uk.com
Specific support for IT managers in our
let us know what you’d like to read
07900 675 934
for the consortium and steer it to areas of member organisations throughout the
growth, as well as continuing to keep the
about – you can contact any of the organisation fresh.
duration of a contract would be a crucial
factor in a successful partnership.
team using the details opposite.” What are the key challenges for Equally, resellers too need to show the
procurement officers, particularly same level of clarity, to ensure education Hayley Davis
Simon McIntyre
organisations get the clearest picture Channel
Client Manager
when it comes to IT?
Michelle Molloy Keeping up with the rapid changes in
possible.
Development Assistant
Lead Contact: APUC,
Hayley.mcintyre@brother-uk.com
NEUPC, NWUPC
0161 931 2389
Senior Education & Mobile
simon.davis@brother-uk.com
technology is a huge task. Not only do we Finally, what does the future hold?
07824 448 612
need to understand the latest technical
Solutions Manager advances, but equally we have to balance Our frameworks are designed to support
this with the needs and requirements of our long-term agreements, so it’s important to
members and make sure our framework is make sure our contracts are correctly
flexible enough to allow the best solutions futureproofed – this means making it flexible
to be found, selected and procured. enough to incorporate any changes with
regards to technical improvements or Gavin Thurston
Price is also a major challenge – as our convergence in the marketplace. Client Manager Area: SUPC
frameworks aren’t mandatory, we need to gavin.thurston@brother-uk.com
07968 097 337
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3. Model On The Road
Behaviour
We’re getting out and about to spread the word on our latest and greatest products
It’s important that we’re all up to speed with the
very latest happenings in education, so back in
May we travelled to the e-Learning Foundation’s
‘Preparing for Home Access’ exhibition to share
knowledge and advice with the education
technology community.
The one day conference in Leeds was held in order
to support schools as they get to grips with the
government’s new £300m scheme to get computers
and internet access into one million homes. We
showcased our DCP-375CW all-in-one printer
(launched July), which, with its speedy scan, copy
and print capabilities, is ideal either for use in the
classroom or for students at home.
For more information on the e-Learning
Foundation and the Home Access Scheme, visit
www.e-learningfoundation.com.
Next on the agenda is COUP, the Conference On
University Purchasing. Due to take place at the
Royal Holloway University in Egham, Surrey on 8th
and 9th September, we’ll be sharing learnings on
purchasing technology with procurement officers
and managers representing universities from all
across the country.
For more information on COUP, visit
www.coup.ac.uk.
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If you’re after a machine that can not only print, but also copy, scan and fax, the 8000 scuffproof tape. It’s perfect for
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4. results for
A3 prints are a perfect way to showcase students’
work, create high quality marketing material such
A3
Duplex
as posters and flyers or provide clear reports for
How To...
staff meetings.
Last year we launched the world’s first compact
all-in-one A3 inkjet printer – a sleek machine that
produced great A3 prints and copies for the cost of
A4. The machines are a perfect fit for the classroom, a
student computing room or in the administration office.
The new addition to the range, the MFC-6890CDW
combines the best of the existing models, offering
users A3 printing, scanning, copying and faxing as
well as a 4.2” touchscreen colour LCD and built in A4
duplex at an SRP of £335.80. Duplex may not be a word you’re familiar with when it comes to
These machines come with a free three year warranty.*
printing, but if we told you it simply meant double-sided printing, then
Go to www.brother.co.uk to find out more. MFC-6890CDW you’ll understand why it’s a big deal in today’s paper-conscious organisations.
Terms and conditions apply.
While most organisations are keen to cut their paper An even more useful duplex function is to set up PCs and
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use, many simply aren’t aware of duplex or how to set laptops to always print double-sided as standard – this
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up printers in the correct way. Take a look at our top tips will mean that users don’t have to remember to always
and make sure your machines are ready for some duplex select the right printing format – it will just become the
colour printer to showcase its action… norm across your organisation:
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First of all, check that your printer actually can print
double-sided pages. Your printer manufacturer will be
Printing duplex as standard:
SERIES
• Open up Printers and faxes from your
“We’ve used the int s are superb and able to confirm – Brother’s duplex-enabled machines
nnie School, a “The A3 photo pr control panel
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unicatio our A3 photo disp
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rating achie 90CW printer
clear commun ication and celeb end the DCP-66 document automatically
of scho ol life. Kris is keen to recomm very neat and • Click on the ‘Properties’ button
an important part s. “Although it’s
to other organisation e offers a whole
And that’s it – an interesting follow up experiment is to
printer, the w Brother machin
the DCP-6690CW compact, our ne f and students • Select ‘Duplex’ from the ‘Duplex/Booklet’ drop benchmark your current paper usage, and see how much
The school trialled A3 colour inkjet that both the staf down box
mpact all-in-one host of features We believe it’s a
worthwhile consumption reduces once you’ve set up double-sided
world’s first co world of differenc
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made a have fo make an impact.” printing as standard – it could even form the basis of a
machine, and it’s school looking to
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was installed ba automatically
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* Free 3 year warranty upon registration until 30th September 2009.
Terms and conditions available at wwww.brother.co.uk
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The game will be online until November,
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ISSUE 1 This summer we’re helping to make it even easier to add a splash of colour to your classroom with
some sizzling colour promotions.
Any queries or
comments about
this issue? Contact
Our Summer of Colour campaign has a whole range of fantastic offers across our colour machines,
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