MFP Products Evolving To Meet Complex Business Needs

By Gennifer Biggs, Business Solutions magazine.

Today's printers and copiers have evolved into highly efficient technology devices that tackle a myriad of business needs — copying, printing, faxing, emailing, scanning, sorting — you get the picture. That evolution of printers and copiers into MFPs that are tightly integrated into the IT environment has been impacting printer dealers for some time now, but vendors in the printer space say the rest of the channel needs to pay attention. Times are changing, and you, as a VAR or managed services provider (MSP), need to consider some tactics for handling the role of MFPs in your customer's environment.