Managed print services across Tasmania, with the north and south on one agreement
- 5.0 on Google from 150+ reviews
- Trading since 2010
Fewer than half of Tasmania's 580,700 people live in Greater Hobart, so most fleets reach north.
A Hobart office and a Burnie branch can share one invoice.
Each office joins when its current lease runs out.
- Who attends a Tasmanian office
- Operated by Global Document Solutions.
Hobart and the northern branches together
Launceston and the north west go on the same list.
Global Document Solutions puts Hobart and northern Tasmanian offices on the same managed print agreement as mainland sites.
- 5.0 Google rating, from 150+ five star reviews
- Since 2010 Australian owned, based in Queensland
- 500+ Australian businesses supplied and serviced
- 4 hours Generally on site in a capital city, next business day in a regional town
Where are Tasmanian offices actually based?
More of them are outside the capital than in it.
The ABS counted 255,250 people in Greater Hobart at 30 June 2025.
It put the whole state at 580,700 by 31 March 2026.
So fewer than half of Tasmanians live in the capital.
The ABS places the state's centre of population at Steppes, in the Central Highlands.
A business spread like its customers runs branches in the north as well.
Southern and northern offices share one invoice.
Each site's page count is reported separately.
Last updated 3 October 2026.
Which Tasmanian towns can join?
All of them, from the Huon Valley to the far north west.
Hobart is covered in its own detail, in Hobart offices run alongside mainland sites.
| Region | Example towns |
|---|---|
| The south | Hobart, Kingston, Sorell, Huonville |
| The north | Launceston, George Town, Scottsdale |
| The north west | Devonport, Burnie, Ulverstone |
| The west coast | Queenstown, Strahan |
| The east coast | St Helens, Swansea |
The Midland Highway joins Hobart to Launceston, about 181 kilometres, according to Wikipedia.
From Launceston the Bass Highway runs on to Devonport and Burnie.
The table names 14 towns across 5 regions.
A town it leaves out can still join.
For visit timing, Hobart is the only capital city on the island.
Launceston and the north west count as regional towns.
A technician there is generally on site the next business day.
What changes for an island office?
Freight and the clock, and nothing in the paperwork.
A replacement printer reaches Tasmania by sea.
Ask for the freight time in writing before you commit.
According to Geoscience Australia, Tasmania covers 68,401 square kilometres.
The Hobart page sets out what to ask about freight.
Between April and October, the clocks in Hobart and Queensland match.
The rest of the year Tasmania runs an hour ahead.
The desk opens at 9.30am in Hobart over summer.
An 8.30am Hobart call in summer waits an hour.
Neither changes the agreement, the invoice or the plans.
Across the strait, read the Victorian page on twin towns along the Murray.
From $160 + GST a month per device.
Standard plans, tailored to your fleet. Excess page rates are stated in your quote and are normally the same at every location.
Paper, staples and pages above your agreed volume sit outside that figure.
Which Tasmanian office moves first?
The one whose lease ends soonest.
According to Global Document Solutions, sites can move across months apart.
Nobody breaks a current lease to begin.
A Launceston branch may finish its lease before Hobart does.
List each office with the month its lease ends.
The planner puts the earliest at the top.
An office with no lease at all can start straight away.
Send the order with your enquiry and the review follows it.
Leave a month blank if nobody knows it yet, and say so.
A branch opened later joins the agreement you hold.
It lifts the monthly figure, and you decide if the end date moves.
Your move order
Add an office and its end month to see the order.
Who repairs a Tasmanian printer?
You raise it with us, and we book the visit.
The technician comes from an authorised dealer or the manufacturer.
Hobart is a capital city, so expect someone generally within 4 hours.
Launceston and the north west generally see one the next business day.
That is the usual pattern, not a written promise in the agreement.
We keep the contract and the invoice for every Tasmanian site.
Every call goes into one ticket queue that we hold.
A Devonport branch rings the same number as Hobart.
It is answered 8.30am to 7pm weekdays, Queensland time.
Nobody at the branch needs a local supplier's number.
You never deal with the dealer about price or terms.
When toner runs low at an island office, we let you know.
Check the exit wording for a branch that closes mid term first.
How is each Tasmanian office priced?
By its own workload, wherever it stands.
Each office is matched to a printer that suits it.
Its monthly plan follows its page count.
Pages over that plan carry the excess page rate.
The quote states that rate, normally the same everywhere.
Owned printers stay out of the agreement.
Each site is supplied one under the agreement.
A Burnie office of three may need far less than a Hobart floor.
Toner is included in every plan, with parts and labour.
Paper and staples are not included.
Neither is any page above the agreed plan.
The written quote shows each office on its own line.
See the plans a Tasmanian quote starts from.
Then read how one agreement runs a fleet across states.
Every other state is listed on the national list of state and city pages.
What Tasmanian buyers ask about northern branches
Does a Launceston branch go on the Hobart agreement?
Yes. A northern branch joins the way a Hobart office does.
Its printer is matched to its own workload.
A technician generally reaches it the next business day.
When can a Tasmanian office reach our desk?
Our desk answers from 8.30am, Queensland time, each weekday.
From April to October that is 8.30am in Hobart too.
Over summer it is 9.30am, because Tasmania moves its clocks forward.
Does a printer for a Tasmanian office cost more because of freight?
Each office is quoted on its own lines.
Ask for the freight time on a replacement in writing.
Excess page rates are normally no different on the island.
Add Launceston and the north west
The north, the north west and the east coast.
List every Tasmanian office, south and north
Name each town and the month its lease ends.
Northern branches sit on the same list as Hobart.
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What our customers say
Reviews of Global Document Solutions, who run this service.
When something breaks
We've had a great experience with this team.
They're always prompt, helpful and really easy to deal with.
Any issues are sorted quickly and the whole printer leasing process has been seamless.
On price, and on being told things
I highly recommend Cyrus at Global Document Solutions.
The service was brilliant from start to finish, with clear communication and attention to detail.
Pricing was extremely competitive and offered value for money.
Replacing a machine already on contract
We replaced our existing machine (also through GDS) and, as always, the process was seamless.
We had our machine up and running with minimal downtime.
These are reviews of Global Document Solutions, who operate this service, and not of this site.
Each one is copied word for word from their Google Business Profile, under the name Google shows, read on 7 September 2026.