Copiers & Print Solutions · Canyon Falls Business Solutions
Should You Lease or Buy Your Next Office Copier?
Both are legitimate ways to get a copier into your office. The right choice depends less on price and more on how your business plans to use — and eventually replace — the equipment.
It’s one of the first questions we get from businesses shopping for a new copier: lease or buy? There’s no universally right answer — it depends on your cash flow preferences, how long you plan to keep the equipment, and how often your printing needs change. Here’s how to think through it.
The Case for Leasing
- Lower upfront cost. Leasing avoids a large capital outlay, spreading the cost into predictable monthly payments instead.
- Easier equipment refresh. At the end of a lease term, upgrading to newer Canon technology is straightforward — you’re not stuck trying to sell used equipment.
- Simpler budgeting. A fixed monthly payment is easy to plan around, especially when paired with an all-inclusive service agreement.
Leasing tends to make the most sense for growing businesses that expect their print needs to change, or that would rather preserve capital for other investments. (Tax treatment of lease payments varies — your accountant can advise on what applies to your business.)
The Case for Buying
- Lower cost over the long run. If you plan to keep a machine for many years, owning it outright typically costs less than leasing over the same period.
- No end-of-term decisions. There’s no lease-end paperwork, no return logistics, and no risk of end-of-term fees.
- Certified pre-owned stretches the budget further. Buying doesn’t have to mean buying new — a certified pre-owned Canon copier, backed by a 26-point inspection and updated firmware, delivers most of the same reliability at a lower purchase price.
Buying tends to make sense for businesses with stable, predictable print volume that don’t expect to need a different machine anytime soon.
What Matters More Than Lease vs. Buy
Whichever path you choose, the bigger factor in your day-to-day experience is what’s covered after the purchase. An all-inclusive service agreement — covering toner, maintenance, and repairs with no hidden costs — is what actually determines whether a copier stays reliable for years, regardless of whether you leased or bought it.
Canyon Falls offers both new and certified pre-owned Canon copiers, each backed by the same all-inclusive service agreement and local, responsive support — so the lease-or-buy decision comes down to what fits your business, not what fits our inventory.
Not sure which makes more sense for you?
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