Black-and-white Copiers The Plain Truth

"There were so many manual systems on the analog that they were really prone to breaking down," he says. "When the images are stored digitally, there's very little movement of the original."

The modular design of today's black-and-white copiers allows for easy replacement of parts when they do malfunction. Says Bartels, "You just call the service area and they tell you which module to replace."