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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)
05
Bulletin
Sustainability less of a priority for UK businesses
14
Cover Story
Why it’s time to discover Ricoh printers
17
Opinion
How end user analytics can help reduce print costs
19
Scanners
BPM trend forces rethink on scanners
20
MFPs
Easy integration the hallmark of new generation MFPs
22
Workflow
The benefits of PDF software on every desktop
23
Wearables
Brother enters wearables market with head-mounted
display
24
What’s New
The latest print-related products and initiatives
26
Compliance
Arguments for and against the EU’s new privacy rules
28
Education
RISO helps primary school save £25,000 per annum
30
Printer Apps
Samsung launches new apps for Smart UX Centre MFPs
34
Print
Peter Silcock talks to
PrintIT
about Epson’s plans for 2016
SUMMER 2016
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COMMENT
Recent newspaper reports prompted by an article in The
Lancet warning of the dangers of a sedentary lifestyle make
uncomfortable reading for office workers. Thanks to mobile
technologies and a change in attitudes to flexible working, far
fewer office workers are ‘chained to their desks’ than was the
case just a few years ago, Even so, most of us still spend far too
long sitting, staring at a screen (in the office and at home). It is
easy to become absorbed in a task and not move around as much
as one should. Printing is one way to break the spell. Getting up,
walking across the office to collect a print, taking the opportunity
to talk to a colleague, and then reading the hard copy probably
won’t extend your life, but it might make you more comfortable
and alert. Perhaps this is one reason why office workers still like
to print, as we report on page 8. Managers eager to accelerate
their digitisation agenda
should not ignore
employees’ preferences.
In making the case for
the paperless office, they
should give paper the
recognition it deserves
and not overlook its and
printing’s many benefits.
In the last year or two printer companies have been attempting
to position MFPs as platforms for delivering apps, much like
smartphones. On the face of it, the relatively small number of apps
that have emerged only goes to show how peripheral MFPs are
to people’s daily routines and how much better smartphone apps
are for the sorts of task that used to be done on an MFP, such as
scanning expenses receipts. Over-
selling MFPs as an app platform
should not, however, obscure the
fact that some apps are potentially
very significant. Mobile printing
apps are an obvious example. More
recently, vendors have introduced
workflow apps for streamlining
business processes and diagnostic apps that have the potential to
transform MFP servicing and maintenance (see page 30). These
might not be as fun as your favourite smartphone apps, but they are
probably much more useful.
James Goulding,
Editor
