# Managed print services in Geelong, the Bellarine and Torquay Source: https://managedprinterservices.com/managed-print-services-geelong-vic/ Last updated: 2026-10-26 Operated by Global Document Solutions, ABN 89 567 852 183, Unit 1/8 Glasson Dr, Bethania QLD 4205. Phone 1300 873 460. ## Managed print services in Geelong and the Bellarine Melbourne's agreement, stretched 75 kilometres round the bay to each Geelong branch. Round the bay, and back on one invoice. - Torquay can come onto the same list. - See how the rest of Victoria is covered - Operated by Global Document Solutions. ### One quote covering Melbourne and each Geelong branch Start with Melbourne. Add each Geelong region office next. Global Document Solutions handles managed print for Geelong and Bellarine branches, on a Melbourne agreement with 3 plans. ### Round Port Phillip on a single agreement According to Wikipedia, Geelong is at the western end of Corio Bay, about 75 kilometres south west of Melbourne. The same article calls it the second largest city in Victoria. A Melbourne group often reaches it with a branch or two of its own. Each branch often arrives with its own copier deal. #### What does managed print look like for a Geelong branch? Managed print services in Geelong bring each Geelong region branch onto your Melbourne agreement. The branch gets a printer fitted to the pages it runs. That printer runs on its own monthly plan, and the branch gets its own page report. See what a Geelong branch plan carries A branch tied to a copier lease can set a Geelong lease beside a managed plan. Melbourne to Torquay A single contract and invoice, with each branch reported separately. Each branch keeps a printer that suits it. A Geelong insurer and a Torquay surf retailer print nothing alike. There is still one number to call. Last updated 26 October 2026. ### Geelong region towns a branch list often covers Each town is an example, because every Victorian address is serviced. Around Corio Bay Geelong itself, with Norlane and Lara to its north. Waurn Ponds and Grovedale on the southern edge. According to Wikipedia, the City of Greater Geelong takes in the whole Bellarine Peninsula. The Bellarine and the coast Drysdale and Ocean Grove on the Bellarine. According to Wikipedia, Torquay is a town on the Surf Coast. Point Lonsdale out at the heads. The city office comes too, with a Melbourne office priced with the Geelong branches. A town left off List it on the form. We book its visits like any other. ### What the trip round the bay changes, and what it does not Geelong is a regional address when a technician is booked, whatever its size. So are the Bellarine towns and Torquay. Each is generally attended on the next business day. Branches across Bass Strait in Launceston are booked the same way. A Melbourne office, in a capital city, is generally seen within 4 hours. Both times are GDS practice, never a term of the agreement. The road round the bay leaves the plan untouched. A Waurn Ponds office running 2,000 mono pages monthly stays on Starter, just as a Melbourne office of that size would. From $160 + GST a month per printer. 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. ### When a printer in Geelong or Torquay stops The branch's call comes to us. #### Who services a printer on the Bellarine, and how quickly? Who services it An authorised dealer or the manufacturer, organised by us. Ocean Grove is organised just as Geelong is. The repairer does not invoice the branch. The branch names the printer and what is wrong. Its plan carries on unchanged. Melbourne offices are organised the same way. Lara and Torquay go through the very same steps. How quickly Around Geelong, generally the next business day. In Melbourne, generally within 4 hours. Each is how GDS normally works, and neither is a contract term. A Drysdale receptionist dials the number Melbourne dials. We keep the job open until the Drysdale printer runs again. ### Why a Geelong insurer and a Torquay retailer need different printers Claim files all day and a few price tags a week are at opposite ends of the range. Tell us these for each branch | Each branch | What it shapes | | --- | --- | | Pages a month | Which of the 3 plans | | Colour printing | The colour allowance | | Staff on the printer | The speed to choose | | Private printing | Whether prints are held | | When its lease ends | The date it changes over | The three plans and their pages | Plan | Pages each month | | --- | --- | | Starter | 2,000 in mono | | Professional | 2,000 in mono and 200 in colour | | Enterprise | 5,000 in mono and 500 in colour | Every branch plan is adjusted to suit it, and pages past the plan are charged at a rate the quote names. Torquay and Melbourne normally pay that same rate, GDS says. #### Bringing the Geelong branches across A review first Every branch is costed before you agree. Each one has its own figure. When leases finish Branches change over one at a time, as each lease finishes. A branch opened in Lara later can join this agreement, with the monthly total adjusted. Printers you own outright stay out. Extras if wanted PaperCut has staff release a print with a card or code, as an optional extra. Dropping the print server, the box that queues each job, is optional too. Microsoft 365 branches can use it. For a fee, a printer's memory is wiped when the agreement ends. Each extra and its cost is in the quote. ### Geelong and Bellarine questions, answered #### Can a Geelong branch go on our Melbourne managed print agreement? Yes. Geelong region branches join Melbourne's agreement. Every printer carries a plan sized to its branch. One invoice lists each branch with its page report. #### How quickly is a printer in Torquay or Ocean Grove attended? Generally the following business day, since both are regional. Melbourne offices are generally attended within 4 hours. Neither is a term written into the agreement. #### Who fixes a broken printer at our Geelong branch? We organise an authorised dealer or the manufacturer. The branch makes one call, and it comes to us. The repairer never bills the branch directly. #### How is the monthly cost of a Geelong branch printer worked out? Mainly from its page count each month, and how much of it is colour. Toner and parts, plus visits, are inside every plan. Excess page rates appear in your quote, and GDS normally charges them the same everywhere. #### If we add a branch in Lara or Drysdale, does it need a new contract? No. The existing agreement simply takes it on. The monthly total grows by that branch's plan. You choose to keep the end date or push it out. ### Lara round to Torquay The Melbourne office belongs on this form. ### Melbourne and every branch round the bay List Melbourne and each Geelong region branch. A written answer comes back for every one: its printer and plan, plus the rate for pages over it. Operated by Global Document Solutions, an authorised Kyocera partner. Keep reading - Managed print from the ground up - Other regions on this agreement - A Geelong branch on the invoice - The cost review for each Geelong branch