Lea Malagon · Independent copier broker, New Jersey
I read the leasebefore you sign it.
I’m an independent copier and printer broker in New Jersey. I’m not on a dealer’s payroll — I size the machine to what you actually print, negotiate the term and the cost per page, and tell you when the deal in front of you is a bad one.
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Two ways to do this. Call me with your invoice in front of you and we’ll work it out together — or work it out yourself first.
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What your copier actually costs per pageYour monthly payment is not your cost. Overage and a separately billed service charge sit outside it, so the quoted figure is never the whole number.
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When your notice deadline fallsMost leases auto-renew. The window shuts months before the term ends, and missing it costs you another year.
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What a buyout figure containsIt is three or four separate things, and they are not equally negotiable. Knowing which is which is the leverage.
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How to get out of a copier lease in New JerseyThe four real ways out, and what New Jersey law does — and doesn’t — give a business on the hook for one.
Serving Bergen, Passaic, Essex, Hudson and Union and the rest of my New Jersey coverage, plus New York City and Philadelphia.
Every line here is about what that sector actually prints, not a list of who I would like to sell to.
Law firms
Mono volume in bursts around filing deadlines, exhibit and trial sets that need real finishing, and scanning straight into a document management system.
Healthcare and dental
HIPAA puts hard-drive encryption, secure print release and end-of-lease data wiping into the copier conversation, where they are usually treated as options.
Logistics and distribution
Labels, bills of lading and pick lists, printed continuously on machines living in warehouse conditions rather than on a carpeted floor.
Schools and higher education
Public entities cannot simply accept a quote — the purchase runs through a co-op contract or a formal bid, and the rules on lease terms are their own.
Municipal and county offices
New Jersey regulation gives public bodies protections a private business only gets by negotiating for them, including no mid-term upgrade without rebidding.
Financial and professional services
Back offices are effectively buying a scanner with a printer attached: high scan duty, authenticated release, and a documented answer about what the drive keeps.
Life sciences and pharma
Regulatory and protocol work brings large-format and high-fidelity color alongside ordinary office print, which the two are usually priced together as.
Property management
Statement, notice and lease-document runs across several buildings, produced on an annual cycle from one small office rather than a daily one.
What “independent” means here
I sit on the buyer’s side of the table.
I’m not on a manufacturer’s payroll or a dealer’s. I size the machine to your real volume, negotiate the term and the cost per page, and tell you when the deal in front of you is a bad one — including when the right answer is to keep what you have.
What it doesn’t mean: I’m not a marketplace that quotes every brand on the market. Here is exactly what I can and can’t get you today, through my dealer partner.
Can source today
- Brother
- Canon
- KIP
- Kyocera
Can’t source today
- Konica Minolta
- Lexmark
- Ricoh
- Sharp
- Toshiba
- Xerox
If your requirement points to a line I can’t source, I’ll say so on the first call and point you somewhere useful.
What I actually do
Four steps, in order
- Read what you have now. Your real cost per page is rarely the number on the quote. Send me the invoice and the agreement.
- Size the machine to the volume. Not to somebody’s sales target, and not to whatever the last rep left behind.
- Negotiate the term and the click charge. The monthly payment is the number people argue about; the click charge is where the money is.
- Tell you when the answer is no. Including when the right move is to keep the equipment you already have.
14. Renewal. Unless Lessee gives Lessor written notice1 of its intent to return the Equipment, by certified mail, not more than one hundred fifty (150) days and not less than ninety (90) days2 prior to the expiration of the initial term, this Agreement shall automatically renew for successive twelve (12) month terms3.
- A phone call doesn’t count. Send it the way the contract says, and keep proof.
- Your window is 60 days wide — and it shuts 90 days before the lease actually ends.
- Miss it, and you’ve usually signed up for another year.
An illustrative renewal clause. Most copier leases have one. Find your own dates →
Or send it here
Whatever you know. Nothing is required except a way to reach you — I’ll ask for the rest if I need it.
Are you an authorized dealer?
No. I’m an independent broker. The dealers I place orders through are authorized for the lines they carry, and they handle install and service. I handle the scoping, the negotiating and the contract.
What if my job needs something you can’t source?
I’ll tell you on the first call. I’d rather send you to the right place than bend a spec to fit my line card.
Do I have to buy anything to get the review?
No, and there’s no fee either way. More about how I work and who I am.