Key factors to consider when buying an LFP

Wide format printing workflow is more than just printing. While technology advances have delivered hardware that’s faster, cheaper and better, in order to achieve optimum productivity, it is important to broaden the purchase consideration analysis to look at...

Printing and the environment

Day in and day out, we are faced with messages about the harm that print does to our environment, says Leon Minnie, product manager: production systems at Konica Minolta South Africa. More often than not, these messages are found at the bottom of e-mails. Contrary to...

Technicians keep businesses working

If technology is the body and people are the heart, then the technician is the blood that keeps the business working perfectly. The salesman sold the first copier; the technician sold the rest – this old saying underscores the value of the technician in an...

Printing is more than just product

In the evolving world of print, an impressive new digital press is just one part of the equation, writes Charl Vogel, national sales manager: Xerox production systems group direct at Bytes Document Solutions. That’s the “what”. Equally important today is the “how”:...

Top tips for renting an MFD

A multi-function device (MFD) is an office machine which incorporates the functionalities of multiple devices into one, so as to have a smaller footprint in a home or small business setting or to provide centralised document management, distribution and production in...

Enhancing digital content security

There is a regular parade of stories in the media about companies accidentally losing data, either as a printout or in digital form, says Mark Hiller, GM at Lexmark South Africa. Traditionally, the focus for security is on preventing external threats such as viruses...