Paper Cost Calculator

We've estimated that a typical firm with 500 clients could easily be spending more than $28,000 a year just to manage paper! To help you get a quick estimate of what your firm is spending annually, try this easy-to-use calculator. We hope you'll see the benefits in reducing your paper use and moving towards a paperless environment.

To determine your current spending simply enter your information into the worksheet and click the "Calculate" button. We bet you'll be surprised!

Paper Printing and Management Analysis

1. Number of Clients
2. Avg. annual documents per client @ pages/document
3. Total printed documents
4. Printed pages for firm /yr.
5. Paper, toner, printing @ /pg. $ $

1. Time to file an original document minutes.
2. Time to file all original documents minutes. ( hrs.)
3. Cost for filing @ $ /hr. $ $

1. Pull client document times/yr.
2. Time to locate, retrieve, and refile minutes
3. Time retrieving and refiling documents min ( hrs.)
4. Cost for retrieving and refiling @ $ /hr. $ $

1. Documents purged per year
2. Time to locate, retrieve, and shred files min
3. Total time purging files min ( hrs.)
4. Cost for purging @ $ /hr. $ $

1. Annual Cost for shredding $ $
   
   
2. Filing cabinets for pages/yr. file cabinets
3. Cost for file cabinets @ $300 each $ $

1. Space for file cabinets sq. ft. per cabinet
2. Total space for file cabinets sq. ft.
3. Cost for storage space $ per sq. ft. per month
4. Annual storage space cost $ $

1. Total Annual Cost: $

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