Print center specialist vs copier technician

The differences between print center specialists and copier technicians can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a copier technician has an average salary of $38,796, which is higher than the $32,091 average annual salary of a print center specialist.

The top three skills for a print center specialist include customer service, CPC and graphic design. The most important skills for a copier technician are customer service, parts inventory, and excellent time management.

Print center specialist vs copier technician overview

	Print Center Specialist	Copier Technician
Yearly salary	$32,091	$38,796
Hourly rate	$15.43	$18.65
Growth rate	-4%	8%
Number of jobs	49,722	109,862
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 43%	Bachelor's Degree, 38%
Average age	43	44
Years of experience	-	2

Print center specialist vs copier technician salary

Print center specialists and copier technicians have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Print Center Specialist	Copier Technician
Average salary	$32,091	$38,796
Salary range	Between $24,000 And $41,000	Between $29,000 And $51,000
Highest paying City	-	New York, NY
Highest paying state	-	New York
Best paying company	-	Los Alamos National Laboratory
Best paying industry	-	Technology

Differences between print center specialist and copier technician education

There are a few differences between a print center specialist and a copier technician in terms of educational background:

	Print Center Specialist	Copier Technician
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 43%	Bachelor's Degree, 38%
Most common major	Graphic Design	Electrical Engineering
Most common college	-	Stanford University

Print center specialist vs copier technician demographics

Here are the differences between print center specialists' and copier technicians' demographics:

	Print Center Specialist	Copier Technician
Average age	43	44
Gender ratio	Male, 44.0% Female, 56.0%	Male, 74.3% Female, 25.7%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 13.0% Unknown, 5.3% Hispanic or Latino, 26.6% Asian, 9.9% White, 43.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.6%	Black or African American, 8.9% Unknown, 5.0% Hispanic or Latino, 20.0% Asian, 8.8% White, 56.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.8%
LGBT Percentage	14%	7%

Differences between print center specialist and copier technician duties and responsibilities

Print center specialist example responsibilities.

Manage and troubleshoot applications and printers across exchange servers.
Maintain data integrity between parallel systems, including auditing and reconciling payroll and benefits interface discrepancy and edit reports.
Transfer information from and to CD, PDF, and flash drives
Assist customers in copy, print, lamination, design services, wide format print, PDF conversion and returns.
Enhance customers final products through the use of upselling base off of knowledge and experience.
Conduct teleconferences, schedule customer reservations and maintain teleconferencing database.

Copier technician example responsibilities.

Manage all printer relate services with a strong SLA base objective.
Manage internal reprographics systems for this architectural firm.
Monitor copiers, run laminators, binding machines, cutting machines, stamp machines, etc.
Repair and perform periodic maintenance on all analog desktop and production print copiers in the Toshiba brand.
Distribute paper for both MFP & printer fleet.
Help update InDesign files to process variable print.

Print center specialist vs copier technician skills

Common print center specialist skills

Customer Service, 14%
CPC, 12%
Graphic Design, 11%
Customer Orders, 9%
Adobe Photoshop, 9%
Sales Floor, 8%

Common copier technician skills

Customer Service, 25%
Parts Inventory, 6%
Excellent Time Management, 5%
Customer Satisfaction, 5%
Service Calls, 5%
Xerox, 4%