# Managed print services in Karratha, Port Hedland and the Pilbara Source: https://managedprinterservices.com/managed-print-services-pilbara-wa/ 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 Karratha, Port Hedland and the Pilbara Port offices, mine town depots and your Perth floor share one agreement, plans from 2,000 pages. Some sites are 1,500 kilometres from head office. They still share one invoice. - Newman and Tom Price belong on the same list. - Read how the rest of Western Australia is covered - Operated by Global Document Solutions. ### Port towns and mine towns, one quote Give us the coast offices first. Inland sites go on the same form. Global Document Solutions runs managed print for Karratha, Port Hedland and Newman sites on the agreement a Perth office holds. ### Two highways north, one agreement over both According to Wikipedia, Karratha lies about 1,535 kilometres north of Perth. Port Hedland is another 241 kilometres east, on the same coastal highway. Newman is inland, on the Great Northern Highway. A group with all three can hold three printer contracts. #### What is managed print for a Pilbara site? Managed print services in the Pilbara brings every northern site onto the agreement your Perth office holds. Each site gets a printer sized to its own work. That printer carries its own monthly plan and page report. See what a Pilbara printer plan pays for Sites on their own leases can weigh a remote site lease against a managed plan. Perth to Port Hedland One agreement and one invoice, with a report per site. Each site's printer is still chosen apart. A busy Karratha office and a small Newman depot get different plans. One phone number covers both. Last updated 26 October 2026. ### Pilbara towns one site list can include Every address in the Pilbara is serviced, and these towns are only examples. On the coast Karratha and Dampier, with Roebourne close by. Port Hedland and South Hedland further east. Onslow down the coast to the south west. Inland Newman on the Great Northern Highway. Tom Price and Paraburdoo in the ranges to its west. Perth belongs on the list as well, with a Perth office planned beside the northern sites. A head office in Brisbane, Adelaide or Sydney can join as well. A site that is not listed Add it on the form. It is serviced like the rest. ### How big the Pilbara is, and what that changes According to Wikipedia, the region covers about 507,896 square kilometres, offshore islands included. According to the same article, its main towns are Port Hedland and Karratha on the coast, and Newman inland. A group with sites that far apart can run them from Perth, two hours behind the Queensland desk. Pilbara towns count as regional, so a technician generally comes the next business day. GDS runs that as a process, not as a clause in the agreement. The distance leaves the plan alone. A Newman depot printing 5,000 pages a month in black and white suits the Enterprise plan, the same as one in Perth. 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 northern site's printer stops Every site rings us first. #### Who repairs a printer in Karratha or Newman, and when? Who turns up Every visit goes to an authorised dealer or the manufacturer, booked by us. Tom Price is arranged the same way as Port Hedland. No technician sends your site a bill. The site only has to say which printer stopped, and where. Its plan stays as it was. How long In the Pilbara, generally the next business day. The Perth office is generally seen within 4 hours. Both are how GDS works, not terms in the contract. A site manager in Karratha rings the line the Perth office rings. We take the fault, book the visit and keep at it until printing starts again. ### Why a port office and a mine town depot get different printers A shipping office, a contractor's depot and a council desk print very different loads. What to tell us about each site | For each site | What it decides | | --- | --- | | Pages printed last month | Which of the 3 plans suits | | Colour, or black only | Whether colour pages belong | | People sharing one printer | How fast it must run | | Sensitive documents | Whether to hold jobs at the printer | | Today's contract end date | When that site can switch | The pages each plan includes | Plan | Included each month | | --- | --- | | Starter | 2,000 mono pages | | Professional | 2,000 mono and 200 colour pages | | Enterprise | 5,000 mono and 500 colour pages | Each plan is tailored to the site, and the quote spells out any charge for extra pages. GDS says that charge is normally the same in every Pilbara town. #### Moving the northern sites over Every site reviewed A cost review for each site comes before any commitment. You see each site's figure. As contracts run out Sites move across one by one, over months. A new camp office or depot can join later, and the monthly total moves with it. Printers you already own cannot join. If you want them PaperCut, where staff release a job by card or code, is an optional extra. Printing with no print server, the machine that holds the queue, is optional too. It suits Microsoft 365 sites. A paid option clears a printer's stored data when the term ends. ### What Pilbara operators ask first #### Can Karratha and Port Hedland sites share our Perth agreement? Yes. Every northern site joins the agreement Perth holds. Each printer still runs on its own monthly plan. The invoice shows every site, each with a page report. #### How long does a technician take to reach a Pilbara site? Generally the next business day, because the Pilbara is regional. A Perth office is generally reached within 4 hours. GDS sets that out as process, not as a written term. #### Who repairs a printer in Newman or Tom Price? An authorised dealer or the manufacturer, booked through us. The site calls us first, wherever it is. No repairer bills the site directly. #### What sets the monthly cost of a Pilbara printer? Mainly its page count, and whether any pages are colour. The plan pays for toner, the parts and each service visit. Any extra page rate is in the quote, normally the same in every town. #### Can a new camp office or depot join later? Yes. It joins the same agreement once it is ready. The monthly figure is adjusted to include it. The finish date can stay fixed or run later. ### Karratha across to Newman Add Perth and any eastern office as well. ### Head office and every site up north Name Perth, the port towns and the inland sites. You get back, in writing, a printer and a plan for each site, plus any extra page charge. Operated by Global Document Solutions, an authorised Kyocera partner. Keep reading - How managed print works overall - The Darwin and Top End page - Other regions one agreement can hold - How each site shows on the invoice - The review each northern site gets