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You Don't Call a Penguin a Dodo, Why Call Your Copier a Photocopier?

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These devices open up new possibilities for your company, whether you need to streamline document sharing or need to consolidate your equipment in the office.

Photocopiers are on the edge of extinction, only found tucked in the back corners of libraries and colleges. Multifunctional devices, digital copiers, and all-in-one devices have edged it out of the technology world. However, you still see "photocopier" applied as a catch-all term when people and businesses talk about the tools they need to support daily operations.

Many industries require print and copying functionality, but when they use the wrong terminology to say what they need, they may end up limiting their choices. You can't realize the productivity benefits of a machine when you make assumptions about what it can do.

All photocopiers could do was create copies of papers with heat and light. They served a useful purpose in their time, but modern technology brings an expanded feature set to the table.

The Multifunction Copier Difference

Multifunction copiers provide the office environment with many time-saving and productivity-increasing features. They combine four different devices into one: printing, scanning, copying, and faxing. Networked copiers send documents to email inboxes, document management systems, file shares, and other storage locations.

Are you far away from your workstation when you need to cancel a print job? Did you accidentally send a private document into the queue and you need to stop it immediately? You can handle it right on a multifunction copier and avert a minor disaster – or just plain embarrassment.

Get insightful data by discovering the departments and employees who make the most copies and prints. You can add more copiers to the highest volume offices to cut down on the idle time spent waiting on printing and copying duties.

The modern digital copier pays a respectful nod to the photocopier, but it's not the same as that Dodo bird. These devices open up new possibilities for your company, whether you need to streamline document sharing or need to consolidate your equipment in the office.

Take a look at copiers with a whole new perspective to get the most out of this versatile piece of technology.

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Topics: Multifunction Copier