Monochrome Still Rules
Over time, vendors will continue to pursue such scalable product offerings to address users’ needs for mixed color and black-and-white documents. Manufacturers are tailoring equipment to meet critical market trends. While capital equipment and operational costs will always be an issue, in-plants need to assess the application opportunity and value that they can deliver with the right equipment. Speed, quality, finishing options, range of substrates and workflow should play a role in making the decision to acquire or replace monochrome printing technology.
Barbara Pellow is the owner and founder of Pellow and Partners. With her long history focusing on digital communications and print technology, she works with both print service providers and equipment and software manufacturers on the development of strategies to improve revenue and profitability and grow market share.