The client
Highfields School & the Lykos Trust · Wolverhampton
Education · Multi-academy trust
The challenge
Where they started
Highfields School in Wolverhampton needed a print estate that could handle everything from quick desktop jobs in offices to high-volume reprographics — without unpredictable running costs or constant downtime.
Like many schools, they were also carrying the cost and security burden of a traditional on-site print server, and wanted a simpler, more resilient way to manage who prints what.
What we did
The A-Stat solution
We designed and installed a full fleet of ten Toshiba e-STUDIO devices, right-sized location by location — from compact 330AC desktop units in offices through to 5525AC colour multifunction devices, a high-volume 7527AC console and a 9029A mono powerhouse for the busiest print areas.
Rather than another physical server, we deployed PaperCut in the cloud — giving the school secure print release, follow-me printing and full cost reporting with no print server to maintain, patch or replace.
Every device sits on the same A-Stat service agreement: proactive toner, manufacturer-trained local engineers and a single point of contact.
The outcome
The results
- ✓A predictable, lower cost of print across the whole school, with colour and mono matched to where they are actually needed.
- ✓No print server to run — eliminating a recurring cost, a security risk and a single point of failure.
- ✓Secure, traceable printing for staff and departments with clear reporting for the business manager.
- ✓A standard of service so well regarded that, as the school formed the new Lykos Trust, we're being invited to quote across the trust — picking up schools like Springvale and Springdale Primary as we go.
- ✓Each school still runs a fair, competitive process (three quotes, in line with public-sector procurement) — and our aim is to keep earning that work and become the trust's central print provider.
“The relationship we built at Highfields is exactly why trusts choose a central provider — one standard of service across every school, with no servers to worry about.”