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Compare Advantage is a free comparison service. Tell us once what you print and how much, and up to 4 suppliers that cover your postcode will quote on the same specification, so you can compare their prices side by side and choose, with no obligation. From Leeds and Sheffield to Hull and York, this is a big county to service. Compare suppliers who cover your postcodes, with the engineer response written into the quote.
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Compare printer lease quotes in Yorkshire
Yorkshire is a big county to service, and an engineer based in Leeds is a long way from Hull or Scarborough. Comparing up to 4 quotes on one specification shows you which suppliers genuinely cover your postcodes, the response they will commit to, and what the same machine costs from each.
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Tell us once
A minute on the form: what you print, roughly how much, and your postcode.
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Suppliers quote
Up to 4 suppliers that cover your area quote on the same specification.
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You choose
Compare the quotes side by side and pick one, or none. It is free and there is no obligation.
Why comparing pays
Lease quotes rarely line up on their own. One supplier offers a lower monthly payment with a higher cost per page; another a longer term, or a service plan that leaves out toner. Asking every supplier to quote on the same specification is what makes the prices comparable, and the printer lease calculator gives you a ballpark to measure them against.
What to compare in Yorkshire
- Engineer response, in writing. Compare the guaranteed response time for your postcode, not the headline average.
- A loan machine. Ask what happens if a repair takes more than a day.
- Several sites. Compare one agreement for every site, with the end dates lined up.
- Works and warehouses. If the machine sits near dust, heat or shifts, check the supplier will service it there.
- Mono and colour cost per page. Small differences add up over a five-year term, so compare both rates, not only the monthly payment.
The county in figures
Five cities, and a lot of manufacturers
Yorkshire and the Humber has 194,070 businesses, and 22,015 of them employ between 10 and 249 people. Manufacturing is a bigger part of the economy here than across the UK: 6.0% of businesses against 4.6%, and 2,780 manufacturers have 10 to 249 staff. The ONS count also includes 780 schools.
Most of the larger offices are in five cities. The table shows how many businesses each has, and how many are at the 10 to 249 staff size where a leased copier is the norm.
| City | Postcode area | Businesses | With 10 to 249 staff |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leeds | LS | 29,830 | 3,665 |
| Sheffield | S | 17,310 | 2,140 |
| Bradford | BD | 17,195 | 1,800 |
| York | YO | 7,165 | 940 |
| Hull | HU | 6,615 | 1,000 |
ONS UK Business Counts 2026, Yorkshire and the Humber and its cities, via Nomis. Huddersfield (HD), Wakefield (WF), Doncaster (DN) and Harrogate (HG) are covered too.
Service across a big county
Compare the service level, not just the price
Two quotes with the same monthly payment can be very different deals once a machine breaks down. In a county where your sites might be an hour or more apart, the service level agreement matters as much as the rental. These are the five things to compare line by line:
- 1Response timeHow soon an engineer attends after you log a fault, and whether that clock stops overnight and at weekends.
- 2CoverageWhich of your postcodes the supplier services directly, and which it subcontracts.
- 3First-time fixWhether engineers carry common parts, so most faults are fixed in one visit.
- 4Uptime and loan machinesWhat happens if a machine is off for days, and whether a loan device is included.
- 5Remote monitoringWhether the machine reports toner levels and faults itself, so supplies arrive before you run out.
What it might cost
Three offices, three monthly guides
These figures come from our printer lease calculator, on a 60-month term including the machine, service and toner. They are estimates to plan with; the quotes you receive are what count.
Small office, 5 to 10 people
A4, mixed colour, 1,500 pages a month
£40 a month
Busy office, 20 to 40 people
A3, mixed colour, 5,000 pages a month
£93 a month
Works office printing for shifts
A3, mostly mono, 8,000 pages a month
£59 a month
The biggest swing is colour. Moving the busy office from mixed colour to mono would cut the page charge sharply, which is why it is worth knowing roughly how much of your printing really needs colour before suppliers quote.
Works and warehouses
Printing where it is dusty, hot or busy
A copier in a works office or a warehouse lives a harder life than one in a carpeted office. Dust gets into the paper path, heat affects toner, and shift handovers bring short, heavy bursts of printing. If that is where your machine will sit, say so when you ask for quotes.
Good suppliers will suggest a model rated for the volume, a shorter service interval, or a position away from the worst of the dust. It is also worth asking whether the machine can be monitored remotely, so toner and faults are reported before a shift is left without paperwork.
Office
Standard model and service plan
Works office
Robust model, shorter service interval
Warehouse
Protected position, remote monitoring
For several sites on one contract, a managed print service can be simpler. Schools have their own page on printer leasing for schools.
City by city
Five cities, five different mixes
The cities share a county but not an economy. The ONS counts show each has its own leaning, and that shapes what offices there tend to print.
Leeds (LS)
The county’s largest business base, with 29,830 firms and 3,665 at 10 to 249 staff. Professional services are the biggest group at 16.3% of businesses, and finance and insurance makes up 3.0%, above the 2.2% across England. That means plenty of offices printing reports, contracts and statements, where colour quality, scanning and secure release matter more than raw speed.
Sheffield (S)
17,310 businesses, with manufacturing at 6.4% against 4.5% for England, and hospitality at 8.3%. Works offices printing job sheets and drawings sit alongside restaurants and venues printing rotas and menus. Many need an A3 machine somewhere, and a robust one if it sits near the shop floor.
Bradford (BD)
17,195 businesses, and retail, wholesale and the motor trade make up 22.8% of them, far above England’s 14.4%. Manufacturing (6.6%) and health and care (6.5%) are also above average. Wholesalers and distributors print invoices, delivery notes and price lists in volume, often in mono, which keeps the page cost down.
York (YO)
7,165 businesses, with professional services at 17.7% and hospitality at 9.6%, against 6.2% for England. Hotels, attractions and the businesses around them make up much of the city’s mid-sized firms. Expect seasonal peaks, and consider whether a short-term rental would cover the busiest months more cheaply than a bigger lease.
Hull (HU)
6,615 businesses, but 15.1% of them have 10 to 249 staff, the highest share of the five cities. Manufacturing is 8.3% of businesses against 4.5% for England, and transport and storage 7.8% against 4.3%. Logistics and manufacturing offices print shipping paperwork, job cards and compliance documents, often across shifts.
The wider county
Beyond the five cities
| Council area | Main towns | Businesses | 10 to 249 staff |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Yorkshire | Harrogate, Scarborough, Northallerton (HG, YO, DL) | 32,555 | 3,365 |
| Kirklees | Huddersfield, Dewsbury (HD, WF) | 15,715 | 1,765 |
| Wakefield | Wakefield, Pontefract, Castleford (WF) | 10,150 | 1,095 |
| Doncaster | Doncaster and surrounding towns (DN) | 10,165 | 970 |
North Yorkshire alone has more businesses than Leeds, but they are spread across market towns, the coast and the Dales. For firms there, engineer travel time is the thing to test hardest. Ask each supplier how far their nearest engineer is from your postcode and what response time they will commit to in writing.
Holding suppliers to it
A Yorkshire SLA you can actually enforce
A service level agreement is only worth what you can do when it is missed. Many say an engineer will attend “within eight working hours” and stop there. A better agreement also says what happens if they do not, and how you raise it.
Service credits are the clearest remedy: a reduction on the next bill when a response target is missed. Not every supplier offers them, especially for smaller contracts, but it is fair to ask. An escalation route means you know who to call when the normal help desk is not getting results, ideally a named manager. Regular reviews, perhaps twice a year for a larger contract, give you a chance to look at faults, response times and page volumes with the supplier and fix problems before they become disputes.
Ask for response and fix times to be reported to you, not just recorded by the supplier. If the machine reports its own faults remotely, many suppliers can give you a simple report of every call-out, how long it took and what was done.
Service credits
Money off when targets are missed.
Escalation
A named person beyond the help desk.
Reviews and reports
Call-outs, response times and volumes shared with you.
Paperwork on the shop floor
What Yorkshire manufacturers print, and what a copier will not do
With 2,780 mid-sized manufacturers in the county, a lot of copiers here serve a works rather than an office. Their printing is distinctive: job sheets and works orders that travel with the job, dispatch notes and delivery paperwork, quality and safety records, and A3 drawings for the shop floor.
An A3 machine is often essential for drawings, and good scanning helps get signed job sheets and inspection records back into your systems. What a copier will not do well is labels. Product labels, shipping labels and barcodes are normally printed on dedicated label printers, which are bought or leased separately. If you need both, mention it when you ask for quotes so suppliers who offer both can price them together.
| Document | Usual equipment |
|---|---|
| Job sheets, works orders, dispatch notes | Office copier, usually mono A4 |
| Drawings and plans | A3 copier, or a wide-format printer for larger sizes |
| Inspection and safety records | Copier for printing and scanning back in |
| Product and shipping labels | Dedicated label printer, not the copier |
More than one site
Several Yorkshire sites, one agreement
Firms with offices in two or three Yorkshire towns often end up with a different copier contract at each, signed at different times with different suppliers. Each ends on a different date, so there is never a moment when you can switch everything at once and get one better deal.
The fix is to line the end dates up. When the first agreement comes up for renewal, ask suppliers to quote for every site, with the new agreements starting as each old one ends but finishing on the same date. From then on, all your machines come up for renewal together, and you can compare the whole estate in one go.
One agreement across sites also means one bill, one service desk and the same response targets everywhere. If a site opens or closes during the term, ask in advance whether a machine can be added, moved or removed, and on what terms.
Remote monitoring
Machines that report on themselves
Most current office machines can connect to the supplier’s systems and report on themselves. That usually covers the page counters used for billing, toner levels and fault codes. It means no more meter readings on the phone, toner sent before you run out, and some faults spotted before anyone in the office notices.
For a business with sites across the county, remote monitoring can be the difference between a supplier who reacts and one who gets ahead of problems. It also gives you the data for those service reviews: how many faults, how quickly they were fixed and how much each machine prints.
Ask suppliers exactly what their monitoring sends and where. It should be information about the machine, such as counters, toner and errors, not the content of your documents. Your IT team will want to know how the connection works so they can approve it.
Automatic meter readings
Bills based on real counts, with no calls to read the meter.
Toner on time
Supplies sent when levels run low, not when they run out.
Faults flagged
Some problems are reported and booked before you notice them.
Before you replace anything
Audit your Yorkshire sites before you replace anything
The best quotes come from businesses that know their current set-up. Half an hour gathering the facts below means suppliers quote on reality, and you can see straight away whether a new deal is better than the old one.
| Find out | Where to look |
|---|---|
| How many machines and printers you have, and where | A walk round each site, including desktop printers |
| How many pages each prints, mono and colour | The machine’s usage report, or the page counts on your service bills |
| What you pay in total each month | Rental invoices, service bills, and any cartridges bought separately |
| When each agreement ends, and the notice needed | The lease agreement and the service agreement, which may differ |
| What people actually use | Ask a few staff: scanning, A3, booklets, colour, stapling |
Desktop printers are the item people most often forget. Their cartridges are usually bought on a card or through the stationery order, so the cost never appears next to the copier bill. Adding them in often shows that a slightly bigger shared machine would cost less than the current mix.
Questions
Printer leasing in Yorkshire: what people ask
Looking for a supplier list rather than a lease? See office printer suppliers in Yorkshire, or every area we cover.
Compare quotesHow quickly will an engineer come out?
It depends on the supplier and where you are. Ask each quote for a target response time in writing, and whether it is measured in working hours, and check it applies to every site you have.
We have sites in Leeds and Hull. Can one supplier cover both?
Often, yes. Say which postcodes you need covered when you ask for quotes, so only suppliers who service all of them are put forward.
What does a first-time fix rate mean?
The share of call-outs fixed on the first visit, without a return trip for parts. A supplier that carries common parts in the van will usually do better.
Can we have a loan machine if ours is off for repair?
Some service agreements include one for longer repairs. Ask before you sign rather than after a breakdown.
Do factory and warehouse offices need a different machine?
Dust, heat and heavy use are harder on a copier. Tell suppliers where it will sit, and ask whether they recommend a more robust model or more frequent servicing.
Can a school lease a copier this way?
Yes. Schools can lease, and some buy through a public sector framework instead. A comparison is a useful benchmark either way; see our schools page.
What are service credits?
A reduction on your bill when the supplier misses an agreed response target. Not every supplier offers them, but it is fair to ask.
Can our copier print product labels?
Not well. Product and shipping labels are normally printed on dedicated label printers, leased or bought separately from the copier.
Can we bring contracts at different sites onto one end date?
Yes. Ask for new agreements that start as each old one ends but all finish on the same date, so everything renews together.
We are in rural North Yorkshire. Will suppliers cover us?
Many do. Ask each supplier how far their nearest engineer is and what response time they will commit to in writing for your postcode.
Do we need an A3 copier for drawings?
For A3 drawings, yes. For anything larger, a wide-format printer is a separate machine, so mention it if you need one.
Can we get one bill for machines in Leeds, Sheffield and Hull?
Yes, if one supplier covers all three. Ask for a single agreement with consolidated billing and the same response targets at every site.
What does remote monitoring send to the supplier?
It should be machine information such as page counters, toner levels and fault codes, not your documents. Ask each supplier to confirm exactly what is sent.
What should we gather before asking for quotes?
How many machines and printers you have, how many pages each prints in mono and colour, what you pay in total, and when each agreement ends.
Which cities do you cover?
All of Yorkshire and the Humber, including Leeds, Sheffield, Bradford, Hull, York, Huddersfield, Wakefield, Doncaster and Harrogate.