You may still call them copiers, but today’s multifunction products do a lot more than just copy. Here are some tips to help you find the right MFPs for your in-plant and get the best performance out of them.

—Jason Dizzine, Ricoh

Performance and productivity, above all else, differentiate one MFP from another. Don’t judge an MFP by its speed alone. Find out if the system can handle multiple jobs concurrently. For example, can one person scan a document while another job is printing? In-plant staff can’t afford to wait for a long print job to finish before queuing up the next job.