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THE PRINT & DOCUMENT WORKFLOW MAGAZINE
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ISSN 2055-3099 (Print) ISSN 2055-3102 (Online)
Happy New Year! Let’s hope it's a good one – though at the time
of writing the outlook appears decidedly dodgy, with the UK’s
stuttering economy at risk from falling oil and commodity prices
and turmoil in the stock markets. We knew the recovery was
going to be a long haul. But this is becoming ridiculous.
When we asked leading printer vendors what trends they thought
would have the biggest effect on the printer market in 2016, they
almost unanimously picked digitisation. No surprises there. In fact,
the case for replacing manual, paper-based processes with electronic
workflows is cast iron and copper-bottomed, whatever happens to the
economy. While not quite a magic bullet, digitisation does help tackle
many of the challenges facing UK organisations, from cost-cutting to
employee productivity.
Getting rid of paper has so much going for it that it is easy to
lose sight of the fact that people do actually quite like the stuff.
As we go to press, two surveys have been published that show
this very clearly. One from enterprise information management
specialist M-Files and the Sage Small Business Panel reveals that
three out of four businesses still store and manage paper records,
with one in five keeping only hard copies. In a separate survey
commissioned by Epson, 83% of business people described the
‘paperless office’ as unrealistic. Not because it is impossible, but
because it is undesirable. Office workers, it seems, still value the
physical page especially for sharing and distributing information
in meetings and for editing and annotation – most respondents
said they were more likely to make a mistake when editing an on-
screen document than a printed one.
The case for paper is particularly strong in the education sector, as our
cover story makes clear. For many schools, it is not a case of paper or
digital, but of paper and digital. It may make sense to adopt paperless
processes for certain administrative tasks, but in the classroom
the best results can be achieved by working with paper, where it is
most effective, and using scanners to add extra value, for example
by providing a more convenient format for sharing coursework with
parents. That's a lesson we can all learn.
James Goulding,
Editor
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What’s New
The best new printer products and
document solutions
07
Bulletin
Digital dexterity the secret ingredient
of business success
14
Cover Story
Fujitsu scanners supporting and
improving the learning environment
17
Inkjets
Epson invests in European
operations
19
Office Printing
What printer buyers want in
2016
25
Education
How modern print devices can
help teachers work smarter
26
E-Invoicing
The benefits of e-billing
28
Printer Apps
MFP servicing Samsung
Remote Call app for Smart
MFPs
30
Analysis
What printer companies are
doing to ensure long-term
prosperity
32
MFPs
Sharp introduces new A3 colour
MFPs
35
Graphic Arts
OKI targets graphics arts and
wide format sectors
WINTER 2016
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