Todays copiers can help you with Cloud Computing; Mobile Printing; and the desire to go Paperless. The office copier which is now referred to as an MFP is the Gateway for this because it has a high speed reliable scanner at the top. Scanning has become the most popular feature on today's MFPs (copiers). Especially since color scanning is becoming a standard feature even on black and white copiers. Following is a brief overview of these three fast moving currents. Cloud computing recognizes the dominance of the Internet for everything including printing and scanning. Cloud computing is a way for businesses to save money by increasing and decreasing computing as their needs change. The computing infrastructure is not on your premises. You simply rent capacity from the company providing the cloud computing instead of buying a lot of copier repair service hardware and software. The scanner on top the copier is one of the ways of sending information to the cloud so it can be accessed … [Read more...]