ISSN 2055-3099 (Print) ISSN 2055-3102 (Online)
THE PRINT & DOCUMENT WORKFLOW MAGAZINE
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ISSN 2055-3099 (Print) ISSN 2055-3102 (Online)
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What’s New
New printer products and initiatives
07
Bulletin
Paper being removed from nine out of 10 workflows
12
Data Security
How to prepare for new data privacy rules
14
Cover Story
The many benefits of Neopost output
management software
17
MFPs
New KYOCERA MFPs let you do more with A4
19
Business Inkjets
HP PageWide inkjet technology for the enterprise
24
The Future of Print
Fastest Brother laser printer optimised for MPS
26
Scanning
Going paperless with Nuance eCopy ShareScan
28
Workflow
St Andrews links time recording to payroll
30
Analysis
The rise of the connected workplace
34
Graphic Arts
Bring prints to life with the OKI Pro9000 Series
SPRING 2016
Comment
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Editor:
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COMMENT
In the last issue we published the results of a survey in which we
asked vendors for their thoughts on the print industry. As part of
this exercise, we asked them to rank a selection of threats facing
the industry in order of importance. Product maturity/lack of
innovation was considered the least significant of these by a clear
margin. Justifiably, when you consider some of the innovations
we report on in this issue. Most exciting of all are the new HP
PageWide business inkjets (see page 19), which are faster, more
productive and more powerful than ever, with the promise of even
greater things to come next year when the first A3 PageWide
products are launched. What’s impressive about business inkjets
so far is that HP has been able to carve out a niche for them –
actually, more than a niche – without cannibalising its sales of
colour laser printers/MFPs.
KYOCERA will be hoping for a similar outcome with the launch of
its new A4 TASKalfa MFPs (see page 17). From a distance, these
look like A3 devices, with a generous selection of paper trays,
bins for printed output and serious looking finishers. Get up close,
however, and you notice that they have the footprint of an A4
device and associated benefits such as lower energy consumption
and a smaller price tag. KYOCERA expects great interest from
organisations with large A4 print runs that in the past have been
forced down the A3 route purely for their paper capacity, output
trays and finishing capabilities.
HP and KYOCERA are not the only innovators. For example,
Brother, too, has just
launched a new range of
laser devices as economical
alternatives to A3 models.
You can find out even
more about the changing
capabilities of the office
printer on our website,
We recently conducted
video interviews with Ricoh,
Brother, Epson and OKI, which we have now uploaded to the
site. The interviewer won’t win any Oscars, but his victims do an
excellent job of explaining how modern devices are transforming
business efficiency. Well worth a look when you have the chance.
James Goulding,
Editor
