Black-and-white In A Color World

"We're starting to see a real demand for scanning," Amorosano notes. "In the next two years, of all the functions, scanning will be one of the key areas driving the marketplace."

Scanning also eliminates the need for a recirculating document handler, Kern adds.

"On analog copiers, originals have to go back to the document holder. With digital [copiers], scanning places the image into the machine's memory and prints it from memory rather than recirculating the document. This saves wear and tear on the document, and the reproduction quality is better."