Productivity, Speed Still Dominate

Dominic Pontrelli, Lanier's western regional vice-president for facilities management and former marketing director of copying systems, says the key issue for the acceptance of digital copiers is being able to manage all devices in one local environment.

"Providing the industry with accepted network utility software is critical to a networked environment," he says. "The trend right now is very heavily for digital. There are very bullish forecasts for growth rates."