{"id":"dat-off-printer-lease-monthly","audience":"office","category":"decisions","technique":"context","title":"Compare printer leases on your real monthly print volume","free":false,"task":"You're choosing a printer lease. Your office prints about 5,000 pages a month, and 1,000 of those are color. Write exactly 3 numbered lines, one per option, each showing lease + page costs = monthly total, then one unnumbered last line: Pick: [option]. Plain text, under 80 words.","materialLabel":"Lease quotes (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"PRINTER LEASE QUOTES - 3rd floor (ends current lease Jan 31)\n\nOption A - Clearprint Systems\nLease: $120/month\nPer page: black & white $0.01, color $0.08\n\nOption B - Officeline Leasing\nLease: $80/month\nPer page: black & white $0.02, color $0.10\n\nOption C - Brightpage Managed Print\n$200/month flat, includes up to 6,000 pages (any mix of color and B&W)\nOver 6,000: $0.05/page\n\nNotes:\n- Brightpage includes toner delivery and repairs.\n- Clearprint sales rep says \"most offices barely print color anymore.\"\n- All three are 36-month terms.\n- IT wants scan-to-email, which all three have.\n- Our counts come from the current printer's usage report for the last 6 months.\n- Color is mostly client proposals and the monthly newsletter.\n- All three vendors include a service visit within 24 hours.\n- Office manager (Rita) signs the lease; she wants the cheapest monthly total.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":3},{"type":"plainText"},{"type":"maxWords","max":80}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Not giving your volume","why":"The AI guesses usage or believes the rep that nobody prints color, and picks A.","fix":"Add: \"5,000 pages a month, 1,000 in color.\"","checks":["r0","r1","r2"]},{"title":"Not asking to see the work","why":"Per-page math is easy to fumble.","fix":"Add a line to copy: \"1. A: $120 + 4,000 x $0.01 + 1,000 x $0.08 = $240\"","checks":["numberedItems","r0"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for a total word limit and it often lands over it.","fix":"Cap each line: \"each line under 18 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Forgetting where it goes","why":"AI loves markdown tables and bold, which show up as clutter in an email to your office manager.","fix":"Add: \"Plain text, no bold, headings or tables.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Gives your volume","patterns":["5,?000","1,?000","color"]},{"label":"Asks to show the math","patterns":["show (the |your )?(math|work)","x \\$|\\bx\\b.{0,10}=","calculation","step"]},{"label":"Asks for one pick","patterns":["pick","which (one|option)"]},{"label":"Sets a word limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)","under \\d+"]},{"label":"Asks for plain text","patterns":["plain","no bold","no markdown","no formatting","no (headings|tables)"]}],"hint":"The cheapest lease depends on how much you print. Give the AI your volume and color share and ask for each total.","rubricLabels":["Option A is $120 + 4,000 x $0.01 + 1,000 x $0.08 = $240","Option B is $80 + 4,000 x $0.02 + 1,000 x $0.10 = $260 and Option C is a flat $200 (under 6,000 pages)","The last line picks Option C, with nothing before the first numbered line"]}