Copier Usage and the Ubeo 60-Month Deal

Two properties: SpringHill Suites Houston Medical Center / NRG Park (HOURP, Rodeo Hotels LP) and SpringHill Suites Houston Northwest (HOUZN, Howdy Hotels LP). Updated 2026-06-11 by Woz. Sources: Boyd Sheffield (Ubeo) emails of 3/2/2026 and 6/9/2026, Hernandez Office Solutions invoices 242084 / 245296 / 246974, QuickBooks data in RevParPro, Ubeo Feb 2026 proposal PDF.
The deal you chose: Ubeo 60-month, 2 machines, $340/month base. Expect the real cost to land near $445/month once color overage bills.

Per Boyd's emails (3/2/2026 and 6/9/2026): one remanufactured Ricoh C3500 series unit at each hotel, $170/unit/month on the 60-month term ($340 total), with 1,250 B/W and 250 color prints included per machine per month. HOURP alone averages 1,496 color pages a month (exact meter readings, Hernandez invoices 242084 / 245296 / 246974), so HOURP will run ~1,246 color pages of overage a month. At the $0.07 color overage rate from Ubeo's February proposal, that is $87.22/month on top of the base, billed quarterly as a ~$262 invoice. B/W is fully covered at both hotels.

Ubeo base, 2 machines
$340/mo
$170/unit x 2, 60-month term (Boyd Sheffield emails 3/2/2026 and 6/9/2026)
HOURP color overage
+$87.22/mo
1,496 avg color (meter data) minus 250 included, x $0.07 (Feb 2026 Ubeo proposal rate)
HOUZN color overage
+$17.50/mo
Boyd: HOUZN runs "500 plus" color on average (3/2/2026 email); 250 over allowance x $0.07
Expected all-in
~$445/mo
$340 base + $104.72 combined color overage at average usage, pre-tax

The Ubeo term ladder

From Boyd Sheffield's email, 3/2/2026: Ricoh C3500 series units (remanufactured), per unit per month. Ace confirmed 60 months on 6/9/2026; DocuSign agreements (one per entity, Howdy Hotels LP and Rodeo Hotels LP) were ready as of Boyd's email this morning, 6/11/2026.

TermPer unitBoth hotels60-mo total of base payments
36 months$210$420
48 months$190$380
60 months$170$340$20,400 (sixty $340 payments, term and price per Boyd 3/2/2026 email)selected

Included per machine per month: 1,250 B/W + 250 color (Boyd, 3/2/2026: "we would include 1250 b/w and 250 prints color for each deal per month"). Overage rates of $0.015 B/W and $0.07 color, billed quarterly, are from Ubeo's February 2026 proposal PDF (assumption that they carry to the new agreement: verify on the DocuSign before signing).

What the monthly bill should look like at actual usage

PropertyBaseB/W pages/moColor pages/moColor over 250 allowanceOverage @ $0.07Effective monthly
HOURP (Rodeo Hotels LP)$170.00170 meter1,496 meter1,246$87.22$257.22
HOUZN (Howdy Hotels LP)$170.00~1,000 per Boyd~500 per Boyd~250$17.50~$187.50
Total (sum of the two property rows above)$340.00$104.72~$444.72

HOURP figures are the 4-month exact meter average (invoices 242084, 245296, 246974, periods Dec 24 2025 to Apr 23 2026). HOURP's peak observed color month was ~1,987 pages (Oct 24 to Nov 23 2025 period, derived from QBO invoice 239099 dollars at contract rates); in a month like that HOURP's effective cost is $291.59 (170 + 1,737 x $0.07). HOUZN volumes are Boyd's own numbers from the 3/2/2026 email ("running closer to 1000 b/w... you do run some color 500 plus on Average"); Ubeo services HOUZN today so he is reading their meters. B/W is under the 1,250 allowance at both properties. Overage bills quarterly, so expect a combined ~$314 overage invoice every 3 months (104.72 x 3) rather than a monthly charge.

Versus what you pay today

PropertyTodayToday $/moUbeo 60-mo effectiveChange
HOURPLEAF lease on Kyocera 356ci $243.52 + Hernandez per-page contract avg $77.49 (QBO LEAF entries; invoices 242084/243768/245296/246974)$321.01$257.22-$63.79
HOUZNExisting Ubeo machine (Ricoh MP C4504): $3,016.85 paid across the 7 months Oct 2025 through Apr 2026, $430.98/mo average; payments are lumpy and may include catch-up on arrears (QBO, vendor Ubeo LLC, property HOUZN)$430.98~$187.50-$243.48
Total (sum of the two property rows above)$751.99~$444.72-$307.27

Savings are real only if the old obligations actually end. See the watch-outs below. The Hernandez 358ci quote from February (the cheaper-on-paper option at $209.60/mo effective for HOURP) is retired from consideration: Ace's call 6/11/2026, Ubeo's service is better, and Ubeo covers both hotels under one vendor.

Before signing the DocuSign, three things to close out:
Also at HOURP: a second machine, a Xerox 7020, sits on its own LEAF lease at $146.13/month plus $11.42/month insurance (QBO LEAF entries). The Ubeo deal does not replace it; it continues regardless.

HOURP monthly usage detail, last 7 billing periods

Color is billed in toner-coverage tiers under the current Hernandez contract (Level 1 = low coverage). 89% of HOURP's color pages are Level 1 (1,326 of 1,496 avg, invoices 242084/245296/246974). Under Ubeo all color bills at one flat rate, so the tier mix stops mattering.

Billing periodInvoiceB/WColor L1Color L2Color L3Total colorTotal pagesBasis
9/24 to 10/23/25237402~69~1,536~331~81~1,948~2,017estimate
10/24 to 11/23/25239099~138~1,665~264~58~1,987~2,125estimate
11/24 to 12/23/25240577~229~1,009~296~107~1,412~1,641estimate
12/24 to 1/23/26242084771,61680731,7691,846meter
1/24 to 2/23/262437683041,21242791,3331,637meter
2/24 to 3/23/262452961771,366158881,6121,789meter
3/24 to 4/23/262469741231,109116461,2711,394meter
Average of 4 exact meter months1701,32699721,4961,667

Meter rows are read directly off Hernandez invoices 242084, 245296, 246974 (scans attached to GM invoice emails, Gmail msg ids 19c9ab65348b741a, 19dde9fdd16e0529, 19e17a12389f7936). The 1/24 to 2/23 row is exact via meter continuity: invoice 242084 ending meters vs invoice 245296 beginning meters, reconciling to the penny against the QBO entry for invoice 243768 ($71.04 + 8.25% tax = $76.90). Estimate rows are derived from QBO line dollars (RevParPro pl_transactions, vendor Hernandez Office Solutions) divided by contract per-page rates, net of 8.25% sales tax; the 237402 row also assumes the bookkeeper shifted the tier labels by one, so treat it as approximate. Lifetime meters as of 4/23/2026: 62,310 B/W and 117,219 color (109,557 + 11,744 + 5,918), per invoice 246974.