In today’s fast-paced work environment, having an efficient and up-to-date printer is crucial for productivity. Here are five signs that indicate it might be time to replace your printer and embrace the benefits of modern printing solutions:
Unusual Noises and Performance Issues:
If your printer is making strange noises or consistently requires attention, it might be time for an upgrade. Modern printers offer smarter printing and document-sharing capabilities, ensuring you can meet urgent printing, scanning, or sharing needs without disruptions.
Limited Functionality for Today’s Workforce:
Evaluate whether your printer can do more than just copy, print, and scan to email. In the current work landscape, employees need access to cloud-hosted solutions and data, demanding printers that can support advanced functionalities. All-in-one or multi-function printers (MFPs) integrated with tools like Xerox® Workflow Central can significantly enhance productivity.
Outdated Processes Holding You Back:
Consider printers that go beyond the basics and integrate powerful process tools. Xerox® Workflow Central automates routine tasks, offering features like converting static documents to editable ones, automating key processes, securing information through redaction, and much more. These cloud-based solutions eliminate information silos and streamline processes for increased efficiency.
Inadequate Security Measures:
Security is paramount in today’s digital age. Ensure your new printer comes with advanced security features, including authentication through PIN, print encryption for data protection, and password-protected scanning. Protect sensitive information and prevent unauthorized access to maintain the confidentiality of your documents.
Frequent IT Support Calls for Printing Issues:
Frequent IT support calls related to printer issues can hinder productivity. Modern printers come equipped with built-in help tools, informative support sites, forums, and apps. With automatic updates and video tutorials, users can troubleshoot issues independently, reducing the need for support calls and minimizing downtime.
Time to Change:
In conclusion, upgrading your printer is about working smarter and faster. Choose a printer that evolves with your changing needs, allowing easy enhancements for adaptability to your evolving work situation. Explore advanced features and integrated workflow solutions in modern printers and MFPs to maximize productivity.
Check out Repro Products’ line of Xerox office/multifunction printers HERE for a glimpse into the future of efficient printing.
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Imagine a scanning solution that combines lightning-fast speeds, rock-solid reliability, and seamless sharing capabilities. The Xerox® D70n Scanner is precisely that. It stands out in a crowded field of scanning devices, addressing the evolving needs of the global workforce with its cutting-edge features. Check out below why the Xerox® D70n Scanner, a game-changing solution brought to you by Repro Products, is designed to cater to the demands of modern workgroup and departmental environments.
Embracing Distributed Workplace Needs
The digital transformation of workplaces has accelerated, and the Xerox® D70n Scanner is here to meet the challenge. While traditional USB scanners are limited to one-to-one connections with individual PCs and network-standalone scanners lack comprehensive scanning software, the D70n Scanner fills the gap. It supports up to 5 concurrent connections to PCs over Ethernet, delivering shared network technology that fuels the paperless, cloud-based workplace.
Strong and Reliable for Uninterrupted Productivity
The D70n Scanner is engineered to handle heavy-duty tasks, boasting a daily duty cycle of up to 15,000 pages – a testament to its rugged reliability. This scanner is equipped with advanced technology to ensure smooth operations, including a reverse-roller, dual-motor paper path that eliminates jams, and ultrasonic double sheet detection. Its 100-sheet automatic paper feeder accommodates a variety of materials, from hard cards to tractor-feed paper.
Speed Meets Precision
Time is money, and the D70n Scanner understands that. With scanning speeds of up to 90 pages per minute and 180 images per minute, it brings production-level efficiency right to your desktop. What’s more, the onboard image processing capability reduces the strain on your computer’s processing power, ensuring high-speed image transfer. The utilization of dual motors allows for precise sheet feeding at high speeds, ensuring years of reliable performance. The advanced light array, powered by multiple LEDs, guarantees superior lighting for exceptional image quality.
The Xerox® D70n Scanner, available through Repro Products, is your answer to the challenges of modern workplaces. Say goodbye to traditional limitations and embrace a new era of scanning efficiency and reliability. To learn more about the Xerox D70n Scanner and how it can transform your document management, clickHERE
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In today’s fast-paced office environment, efficiency and productivity are paramount. Repro Products understands the need for streamlined workflows and offers a range of Xerox multifunction printers that are designed to maximize productivity with their print, copy, scan, and fax capabilities. Let’s explore the advantages of these innovative printers and how they can benefit your office.
Simplicity Redefined with All-in-One Printers
Repro Products’ line of Xerox black and white multifunction printers simplifies the way your office works by eliminating the need for multiple machines. With these all-in-one printers, you can conveniently perform printing, faxing, scanning, and copying tasks from a single device. Equipped with advanced laser technology, these printers deliver faster results, ensuring that you get what you need when you need it. Whether you have a small workspace or a large office, these printers are designed to meet the demands of your business.
Savings and Efficiency
Managing office equipment and supplies can be a hassle. These multifunction printers help you save both time and money. By downsizing to an all-in-one printer, you eliminate the need to purchase various supplies for different machines. Additionally, these printers utilize toner instead of ink, which lasts longer, providing you with more value for your money. Say goodbye to the inconvenience of constantly replacing ink cartridges and welcome the cost-effective solution offered by Xerox.
Small Footprint, Powerful Performance
Office space is a valuable resource, and it’s important to optimize it for maximum productivity. That’s why these printers are designed with a small footprint, allowing them to fit seamlessly into your workspace without overcrowding it. Despite their compact size, these machines deliver exceptional performance, capable of meeting even large print demands. Additionally, we understand the importance of a quiet work environment, which is why our line of Xerox multifunction printers are engineered for quiet production, ensuring that your employees can focus without distractions. Worried about cable management? These devices can be effortlessly connected via a wireless network, eliminating cable clutter and providing you with greater flexibility.
Empowering Mobile Workflows
In the modern workplace, mobility is key. This is why these printers are equipped with smart ConnectKey® technology. This innovative feature allows users to handle multiple workflows from virtually anywhere. They can connect to cloud-based information through apps, enabling you to keep your processes running smoothly on any device, no matter where you are. Stay connected, productive, and efficient with Xerox’s mobile printing capabilities.
Speed and Precision for Impressive Results
When it comes to printing, speed and quality matter. These multifunction devices deliver fast printing with crisp, clear text and graphics. The laser technology employed by these printers uses heat to press toner onto paper, reducing smudging and ensuring clean, professional-looking black-and-white prints. The use of a single light source allows for precise toner application, resulting in sharp, high-quality prints that you can be proud of.
Conclusion
Repro Products’ line of Xerox black and white multifunction printers offers a comprehensive solution for maximizing productivity in your office. With their all-in-one capabilities, cost savings, small footprint, mobile printing features, and fast performance, these printers are designed to meet the demands of the modern workplace. Experience the efficiency, convenience, and quality that these printers bring to your office, and elevate your productivity to new heights by visitingHERE
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In today’s digital world, keeping data safe is crucial. With more remote and hybrid work setups, organizations must protect their print infrastructure. Xerox has been named a Leader in Quocirca’s 2023 Print Security Market Landscape Report, confirming its position as a top print vendor.
The report highlights the challenges faced by organizations in the hybrid workplace. Shockingly, 61% of organizations have suffered data losses due to insecure printing practices. This emphasizes the need for strong print security measures.
Xerox understands this urgency and has invested heavily in securing clients’ print infrastructure and data. Tracey Koziol, EVP of Global Offering Solutions and Chief Product Officer at Xerox, stresses the importance of enabling security solutions for distributed workforces. To combat cybercrime and prevent data loss, proactive measures are essential.
Xerox has strengthened its leadership in print security. Quocirca commends Xerox for its advancements in device security, fleet management, and content security. Notable progress has been made in areas like certificate management, firmware management, vulnerability management, security monitoring, and automated remediation.
What sets Xerox apart is its extensive experience in managed print services and comprehensive security assessments. Xerox excels in securing and optimizing document workflows, making them a trusted partner in print security.
Xerox follows a multi-layered security approach based on Zero Trust principles, enhancing security for all clients. The company has filed over 600 security-related patents, showing their commitment to staying ahead of threats. By integrating with Security Information and Event Management solutions, Xerox enables advanced analytics and AI, integrating printer security into broader organizational systems. Xerox products also adhere to strict industry certifications.
To further improve security, Xerox also has a private bug bounty program with HackerOne, proactively identifying and fixing potential vulnerabilities. Their security measures extend to cloud services, including Xerox® Workplace Cloud, providing secure print and fleet management solutions.
Xerox understands the challenges organizations face in protecting their printers and data, especially with remote and hybrid works setups. By offering advanced security solutions, Xerox helps businesses feel confident in their ability to keep their information safe in today’s digital world.
Customers can find Xerox’s product line at Repro Products! To learn more, visit HERE
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Xerox has once again been recognized as one of the most sustainable corporations in the world, marking its third consecutive year on the Global 100 list. The Global 100 list is a yearly ranking of how well big companies are doing at sustainability. It’s put together by a group called Corporate Knights, experts who look at nearly 7000 companies, and use a strict method to figure out which ones are doing the best job.
As sustainability becomes increasingly important to consumers, investors, and stakeholders, this achievement highlights Xerox’s continued dedication to preservation, innovation and social responsibility.
Corporate Knights evaluated Xerox based on various criteria, including clean revenue from products, waste reduction, carbon use, and energy intensity. Xerox’s recognition is a testament to its commitment to developing innovative and eco-friendly printing solutions that reduce waste, energy consumption, and carbon emissions while maintaining exceptional quality.
Xerox has been a leader in printing technology for years, and its commitment to sustainability is reflected in its products and operations.
One of the greatest examples is their multifunction systems which greatly reduce amount of energy required to provide customers with copy, print, fax, and scan capabilities by combining the functions into one machine.
Along with these offerings, Xerox has set ambitious goals to achieve net-zero emissions by 2040, cementing its position at the forefront of sustainability.
Customers can find Xerox’s product line at Repro Products, which offers office/multifunction printers and digital presses as well as scanners that enhance printing experiences while maintaining a commitment to sustainability. For more information, click HERE
Fairfield, NJ – Keypoint Intelligence, the world’s leading independent provider of testing services and analytical information to the document imaging industry, today announced that Xerox Corporation has won the coveted Buyers Lab (BLI) 2022 Document Imaging Software Line of the Year Award. Given once a year, this prestigious accolade recognizes the vendor that offers the most complete portfolio across the range of document imaging software solution categories that Keypoint Intelligence covers on its bliQ subscription service.
“The pandemic crisis and continuing hybrid work environments have meant that the majority of knowledge workers are away from their offices at least some of the time, but they still need access to critical documents and collaborative workflows to keep the organization running,” said Jamie Bsales, Director of Smart Workplace & Security Analysis at Keypoint Intelligence. “Our study this year paid particular attention to the vendors that best enabled this transition. In this regard, Xerox stood out for its impressive portfolio of apps, software, and services that equip customers to meet the challenges presented when being in the office is not a given.”
To determine the award recipient, Keypoint Intelligence’s experienced analysts consider the imaging software each leading OEM officially sells and supports via its direct and independent sales channels. The vendor’s own products and those from partner ISVs are accounted for in the categories Keypoint Intelligence covers in bliQ Solutions Center: MFP Apps & Connectors, Capture & Workflow, Document Management/ECM, Fleet Management & MPS Tools, Output Management, and others. Another consideration is the variety of offerings in each of those categories to suit the needs of different size organizations, from small businesses to global enterprises.
In the study, Xerox improved upon its past award-winning showings thanks to introductions and acquisitions in key areas. The company and its developer partners have continued the expansion of an unrivaled portfolio of MFP apps, especially those targeted at key vertical markets such as Healthcare, Education, and Retail. Moreover, the handy Xerox Workflow Central solution extends access to select apps to PCs and mobile devices. The wide-ranging XMPie suite delivers a host of content creation and management tools for effective multichannel marketing, while the Xerox DocuShare family of products delivers class-leading, document-centric content management and collaboration abilities. Also of note is the impressive CareAR remote service platform that leverages XR (extended reality) technology to help field-service personnel as well as customers keep equipment operational. And this is all in addition to solutions from the leading document imaging software developers such as ABBYY, Kofax, Pharos, and a host of others.
About Keypoint Intelligence
For 60 years, clients in the digital imaging industry have relied on Keypoint Intelligence for independent hands-on testing, lab data, and extensive market research to drive their product and sales success. Keypoint Intelligence has been recognized as the industry’s most trusted resource for unbiased information, analysis, and awards due to decades of analyst experience. Customers have harnessed this mission-critical knowledge for strategic decision-making, daily sales enablement, and operational excellence to improve business goals and increase bottom lines. With a central focus on clients, Keypoint Intelligence continues to evolve as the industry changes by expanding offerings and updating methods, while intimately understanding and serving manufacturers’, channels’, and their customers’ transformation in the digital printing and imaging sector.
About BLI Line of the Year Awards
Line of the Year Awards salute the companies that provide a broad range of hardware or software and whose products consistently performed above average throughout testing. Much consideration is also made by Keypoint Intelligence analysts and technicians in areas such as ease of use, features, and value, across an entire portfolio for that product area, with the end result being the most prestigious Buyers Lab Awards offered.
NORWALK, Conn., MAR 25, 2021 — Xerox, a global workplace technology company, remains the leader in the worldwide managed print services (MPS) market, securing the top position in Quocirca’s worldwide market landscape report.
“Xerox continues to impress with its leadership position as an established and innovative MPS provider, recognized for its cloud capabilities, exceptional security features and strong support for the hybrid workplace environment,” said Quocirca Director Louella Fernandes. “Xerox’s comprehensive service portfolio supported by a mature global service delivery platform helps position Xerox as a leader in the market.”
While the global pandemic presented new challenges for MPS providers, Xerox remained the leader in this space due to its broad service offerings across the office and production print environments, and its deep expertise in business process automation, according to Quocirca.
“Our clients vocalized a clear need to accelerate their digital transformation and cybersecurity roadmap,” said Mike Feldman, president of Americas Operations and Global Document Services for Xerox. “We are proud of this ranking as it recognizes Xerox’s portfolio of solutions that serves organizations small and large, across all major industries, and helps them achieve these goals.”
As more companies envision a blend of remote and office work, Xerox® Intelligent Workplace Services (IWS) helps enable a hybrid workforce with technology and services that allow Xerox customers to provide their employees increased productivity, efficiency, and security, no matter where they are working.
“IWS includes a core set of MPS capabilities – assessment and optimization, fleet management and print management; plus, a set of digital transformation capabilities – capture and digitization, workflow automation, and content management,” according to the Quocirca report.
Xerox also offers customers protection against various forms of cyber-attacks or other related risks through a combination of capabilities, services and partnerships.
“Xerox ConnectKey® technology features a comprehensive set of advanced security features in partnership with McAfee and Cisco – which is a strong differentiator. Secure device and document management monitors devices, usage and content for compliance to policies, regulatory requirements and data privacy acts,” the Quocirca report states.
Additionally, Xerox continues advancing its cloud strategy, ensuring its cloud initiatives are consistent with customer requirements. According to the report, “Xerox is a leader in enabling mobile workers’ needs with a portfolio of cloud capabilities from seamless printing independent of location, and other aspects of mobile user workflow such as capture and MFP apps.”
To view the full article on the Xerox website, click here.
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Recent Xerox Future of Work Survey shows 58% of respondents plan changes to remote working policy
NORWALK, Conn. — Xerox has announced the launch of its Team Availability App, a quick-to-deploy, real-time solution for organizations that need to understand employee availability and location. Knowing where and whether employees are working is critical to managing flexible work environments, where the percentage of employees sharing time between home and work locations grows.
Organizations are actively supporting and investing in technology solutions for a hybrid workforce. A recent global business survey commissioned by Xerox shows 58% of respondents plan to change their work from home policy within the next year. This new acceptance of a hybrid workforce has also revealed technology gaps, with companies increasing investment in remote technology resources (55%) or a hybrid of remote and in-office resources (40%).
“Managing a distributed workforce during a continued pandemic presents unique challenges no organization has experienced before,” said Joanne Collins Smee, executive vice president and chief commercial, SMB and channels officer, Xerox. “Organizations need to know who is available and where so they can make better decisions when allocating resources and work. This tool provides real-time knowledge to managers with distributed employee populations.”
Unlike other attendance management tools, which need to plug into IT infrastructure and take weeks to implement, the Team Availability App is ready in just hours. Once populated, the app provides authorized users with customizable and privacy-protected data for strategic decision making. Xerox is rolling out the app across the company to support its Path Forward plans to manage a phased approach to returning to the workplace safely. Xerox is leveraging the app with its own employee population to conduct daily health checks for exposure related to COVID-19. Tracking of this activity allows for a safe and phased return to the workplace.
The U.K.’s prestigious Imperial NHS Trust was the first organization to pilot the Xerox Team Availability App to access the status of essential workers across the Trust and its newly assigned locations at the height of the pandemic.
“It’s important for a healthcare provider to know which caregivers are available when to support patients, and that’s even more critical in a pandemic,” said Linda Watts, joint clinical systems program manager, Imperial NHS Trust & Chelsea & Westminster NHS Foundation Trust, head of health records, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. “The Xerox Team Availability App was deployed at lightning speed, and we got updates from staff on their availability in real-time. As a result, we could always make sure our patients were covered.”
The Xerox Team Availability App is a GDPR-compliant SaaS offering with a subscription-based model that allows customers to sign up for as long as required. It’s available now on the App Store and Google Play Store.
For more information and additional results from the Xerox Future of Work study, visit www.Xerox.com/MakeNowWork.
Your Next Step: Put Xerox Apps to Work for You
Repro Products, Inc. is a proud Xerox Platinum partner. And as such, we realize that any investment in your office extends beyond hardware, but also in synchronizing equipment to your unique workflow, security standards and accessibility needs to form a comprehensive solution that saves you time, money, and allows you to focus where you excel.
Reach out to us today and let one of our Xerox specialists guide you to a solution that is right for you.
When millions of workers started working from home recently, few knew what to expect and as a result many are struggling. We are all coming to terms with the normal challenges like managing schedules, balancing personal life over professional and that blurred line between work hours and home. Some challenges you can attack head-on with Xerox Multifunctional Printers, software portfolio and innovative apps. Yet when it comes to work (wherever that happens) work-at-home champions expect things to remain simple. You want to connect and interact with their business resources easily, minus any hassle or long conversations with the IT department.
In the graphic below, we have identified some challenges that the new home workers (perhaps you yourself) can find themselves having to deal with. Do any look familiar?
Is There a Solution?
Yes. Xerox is leading the way in providing unique solutions to give huge productivity gains for the home worker and solving these pain points.
The First Step: Selecting the Ideal Multifunction Device as your Home Assistant
Homeworkers can be split into two broad categories: users with simple print-centric needs that create, share via email and print documents, and a second category of users that need to process documents as part of their job (like an insurance claim clerk, lawyers or real estate professionals). Workers who process documents for their job need to mimic the operations available at their office, follow company procedures, approve or review documents and pass them on to others. These workers need remote access from their device to their office systems. (For example, sign and approve an insurance claim and move that document to the finance department for payment to the client to complete their work). These complex tasks greatly benefit from the availability of apps that ConnectKey-enabled devices support in order to work as efficiently from home as from their office.
On the other hand, general workers who create documents (like finance and marketing) often share with others in the company. They need to be able to print, copy and scan their documents, and then email them to whoever needs them. These easier tasks do not need ConnectKey apps, but do need reliable devices that offer them the functionality they need. The WorkCentre 6515 color multifunction printer, WorkCentre 3345 mono multifunction printer and B215 multifunction printer offer small, easy to use devices capable of any task the average user needs to perform.
All ConnectKey enabled devices offer the same, personalized, simple-to-use front panel, and offer capabilities beyond print with connection to the app gallery. The Versalink C405 color multifunctional printer and Versalink B405 multifunctional printer are small enough to use within the home without losing any of the advanced functionality and security attributes that offices require.
With access to the app gallery, Xerox offers a multitude of workflow scanning solutions and productivity apps at the device’s front panel. Scan into cloud repositories, scan into text searchable formats, even translate documents all at the device.
All Xerox devices are simple-to-install on networks with Install Wizards to configure wi-fi, email server settings etc, and simple-to-install drivers. The Smart Start installer for printing and scanning helps customers through the installation process removing the need for any IT support staff, getting the homeworker quickly up and running.
As we all come to terms with recent events, many of us have already started to adapt and rebuild within these challenging and changing work practices.
The Next Step: Tying it all Together with DocuShare
So how can businesses benefit from DocuShare, especially in these challenging times?
DocuShare Flex is a cloud-based SaaS content management solution offering 24/7 secure access to the documents and information you need from any location. It can be custom-configured to meet almost any business need, and Flex helps accelerate your digital transformation efforts by providing pre-configured solutions for common business problems in the cloud.
Collaborating and sharing information stays within secure channels instead of sending documents over email (often unencrypted) or 3rd party transfer methods (which may store your information for an indefinite period). Direct links to key documents or collections, with appropriate access rights, can be sent to individuals who can access via encrypted channels using their PC browser or DocuShare App for mobile devices.
DocuShare Flex’s real strength versus its main competitors comes from its ability to automate key processes, real-time document collaboration while also helping to remove paper from the outset to support business digital transformation initiatives. Information can be captured from multiple sources including hardcopy scans and electronic web forms then moved into automated workflows or made available to share or collaborate with others. Document lifecycle policies can also be managed to help businesses stay compliant to government legislation requirements such as automatic document expiry/deletion.
To aid with capturing and digitizing hardcopy documents along with transferring files between different systems, DocuShare can fully integrate with your ConnectKey MFP and other key business tools such as Cloud Storage, ERP and CRM platforms through available apps and connectors. Wouldn’t it be nice to scan directly to Microsoft 365, OneDrive, or even Evernote right from the C405 panel to save time? While you’re there, just browse your folders and print a document from your boss that you need to review. Our range of connectors to popular cloud-hosted solutions completely avoid the need for those middle steps, helping to streamline your document storage process and get you better connected.
Xerox also sports many apps that connect to those popular CRM or ERP systems that the company has standardized on. Some cases customers might have had these apps in their business on departmental MFP like an AltaLink. The beauty of this is that they can have the same functionality on their VersaLink at the home office. With apps like Salesforce or Oracle NetSuite, users can connect directly to their business-critical software, upload their customer contracts, accounts payable paperwork, or keep up-to-date on important business paperwork. Keeping the business process flowing like they were in their traditional office is key to staying successful.
Working from home may be the new “normal,” after all is said and done. With that, the support structure is also changing for the millions that have moved to their “home office,” which is adding the pain of setting up your hardware, or just getting support that you would get in the traditional office.
Xerox has the tools you need to work from home effectively, securely, and efficiently, bringing to bear all the conveniences of a modern office and placing them right at your fingertips without skipping a beat. Pandemic or not, times are changing for the telecommuter and Xerox is leading the way.
To download a free 60-day trial of DocuShare Flex, click here.
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DUNWOODY, GEORGIA, October 30 – Repro Products, Inc. hosted a Xerox Lunch & Learn at Maggiano’s at Perimeter Mall. Brian Cleary, National Account Manager and Xerox Office Specialist at Repro Products, covered the following topics:
Introduction: as a Cobb County business with 40 years of experience, Repro Products is the only Xerox Full-Line Agent and Document Technology Partner in the Atlanta marketplace
Workplace assistant: our ability to provide WorkPlace Assistants (formerly known as Xerox multifunction devices) for our potential clients
Painting a picture: a work environment in which employees work more productively using apps, paper documents become digital content and print infrastructure is optimized for maximum up-time, efficiency and security
Repro’s partnerships: our alliances with industry leaders like Xerox, HP, McAfee, Cisco, Papercut and many others to provide integrated solutions to support your business needs
Are you curious about the savings, productivity and results Repro Products and Xerox can bring your business? Repro Products delivers Atlanta the finest in office printing and imaging with all the backing of a Xerox Platinum Partner. Connect with us on LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube and Facebook to stay in the loop on great deals, networking opportunities and fantastic educational insights. And to engage a Xerox specialist in a one-on-one discussion, dial 770-434-3050 or click here to begin.
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Xerox ConnectKey technology revolutionizes your workflow capabilities with apps to ensure you get the job done.
The way the world works has changed. Technological advances, such as: mobile-based applications, ‘the cloud’ and email have created a shift in demand for technology to improve workflows while limiting the need for paper.
However, paper has not yet died, in fact, an estimated 40 percent of business processes still require paper.
So this begs the question: How will we improve our workflows?
Well, your multi-function printer (MFP) is one way to bridge the gap between processes that involve a mix of print and digital documents. By investing in the right solutions that will streamline your business processes, you can limit the amount of time your workforce spends on menial tasks and thus increase the productivity of your team and your bottom-line.
To help tackle the task of improving workflows, Xerox announces the 2016 ConnectKey Technology enabled i-Series MFPs. The ConnectKey Technology ecosystem is a combination of hardware and a common set of software solutions and apps, developed by Xerox and its partners, to help simplify and improve the way our customers work.
Let’s take a closer look at the Xerox ConnectKey Technology and how it works:
Increase Productivity
The 2016 Xerox ConnectKey Technology enabled i-Series MFPs come loaded with a new service, the Xerox App Gallery. From this revolutionary portal, you can access additional apps for personal customization. Imagine setting up print and scan workflows that are connected directly to cloud hosting services such as Dropbox, Google Drive, Office 365, Microsoft OneDrive and Box, allowing you to print or scan documents that you’ve saved without having to connect to your computer. This is just one way that ConnectKey Technology increases your productivity.
Broaden Communication
Have you ever run into the occasional situation where documentation was in another language? Well, with the new Xerox Easy Translator Service you can translate any document easily from your ConnectKey MFP. Simply scan the document in the original language and select your output language, and the ConnectKey MFP will print the translated document at the device using machine translation. Even better, you can use this service with a picture from your smartphone or drag and drop from any document repository in our online portal at https://xeroxtranslates.com/.
Extend Mobile-Usability
Increase your productivity by extending your mobile capabilities with Xerox ConnectKey Technology. Regain wasted time and effort throughout your office with simpler processes and centralized print management. Add extra productivity with anything-to-anywhere mobile printing. And secure both your printers and printed documents.
Xerox has talked a lot about the ways you can make it easy for mobile workers to print from iOS, Android and with the Xerox Mobile Print Solution, and the latest version of ConnectKey Technology makes it even easier. Embedded on the front screen of new i-Series MFPs are 2 apps that keep your mobile workforce productive:
@PrintByXerox App
Whether it’s from your laptop, your smartphone or your tablet, you can print to an MFP by sending your document via email to an @PrintByXerox email address.
QR Code
When you are using a Xerox app to print or scan from a device, connecting to the specific MFP you’d like to print to is now easier. Once the app is loaded on your smartphone or tablet, you can walk up to the ConnectKey enabled MFP and the device pairs with a simple scan of a QR code. This makes scanning, printing and sharing your documents to a multitude of repositories seamless.
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Buyers Laboratory LLC (BLI) announced Xerox Corporation as the winner of the “Document Imaging Software Line of the Year” award for 2016.
Xerox WorkCentre 7970i
Award Winning Solutions
Three years in a row and counting Xerox Corporation has been crowned winner of the Document Imaging Software Line of the Year Award. Xerox three consecutive wins can be attributed to its exceptional portfolio of document imaging capabilities, including Xerox App Studio, Xerox DocuShare, Xerox Mobile Print Cloud and Mobile Print Solution, and Xerox FreeFlow Core.
Xerox Class-Leading Software Options
Xerox earned a multitude of points for its own class-leading software offerings:
Workflow and Productivity: Xerox App Studio – Outstanding Achievement in Innovation
“Xerox also benefitted from its excellent range of thirdparty partner solutions, including Nuance’s Equitrac print management offerings, NSi AutoStore and Nuance eCopy ShareScan capture/routing products, Print Audit’s accounting and fleet management tools, and a host of others.”
About BLI
For over 50 years, Buyers Laboratory LLC (BLI) is the world’s leading independent provider of analytical information and services to the digital imaging and document management industry. consumables. In addition to publishing the industry’s most comprehensive and accurate test reports on office document imaging devices, each representing months of exhaustive hands-on testing in BLI’s US and UK laboratories, BLI has been the leading source for specifications/pricing databases on MFPs, printers, scanners and wide format devices. With its “Pick” awards, BLI gives special recognition in each category twice a year to those products that provided the most outstanding performances in BLI’s exhaustive lab tests. Its “Outstanding Achievement” awards acknowledge products or capabilities that stand out for attributes such as innovation, usefulness, energy efficiency or value. “Line of the Year” awards, presented once each year, recognize the vendors whose product lines are judged to be the best in their respective categories based on their cumulative test results.
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Have you ever wondered why the antivirus software on your desktop or laptop needs to be updated so often? Well, the simple answer is that the software has to be constantly updated to keep up with the rash of new viruses being created every day so it can decide what to let into your computer and what not to.
That’s why Xerox has partnered with McAfee and Cisco to protect you and your clients’ information with no monthly updates needed. Why? Because McAfee’s whitelisting technology ensures only safe, pre-approved files and functions are executed on your devices, minimizing the need to manually update software levels against security threats. In other words instead of having to update your software with a list of files that it can’t run it has a “whitelist” of functions and files that it can. If any other programs or files attempt to enter through your print portal, the McAfee technology will shut it down. It’s similar to the technology used on ATMs.
When you combine that with Xerox’s Image Overwrite Protection with a 3-pass scrub process to ensure total deletion of all data fragments and encrypted PDF files for scanning as well as complete hard drive encryption, you have a security system that protects all aspects of your workflow. You won’t have to worry about being the next victim of client identity theft and having your company’s name smeared across the news headlines. There’s no wonder Xerox has won so many contracts with the U.S. Department of Defense.
The good news is that you don’t need to be the Federal Government or a large corporation to afford this kind of security. It comes on all of Xerox’s Connect Key Multi-Functional Devices (MFDs). So why take chances with your client’s information and your company’s reputation? You’ve got enough to worry about in today’s business environment. You have to bring in the business. Let Xerox MFDs from Repro Products keep them and their information safe and secure.
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Info Trends recently produced a study entitled U.S. Production Software Investment Survey 2015.In this study, commercial print service providers and corporate in-plants were surveyed about their strategic business direction. The 120 respondents revealed both similarities and differences worth noting.The survey, which also included questions about software usage and purchase intentions, as well as services offered, included a key question:“Which initiatives best describe your strategic business direction in the next five years?”
Both the in-plant providers and commercial printers selected the following as top initiatives:
Reducing production cost and improving efficiency
Expanding to new print applications or services
Focusing on growing existing core offerings
It is not surprising that both in-plant and commercial printers see reducing manufacturing costs as a top priority. This strategy was selected by 81.4% of corporate in-plant printers as a key initiative of their business strategy and it was the second most selected initiative by the commercial printers at 57.1%.It is also clearly imperative that both groups must expand their offerings to new applications and services in order to grow over the next five years as print volumes decline.
Commercial printers also recognize the need to focus on specific vertical markets and industries. In fact, this initiative was chosen by the highest percentage of commercial printer survey respondents with 67.5% choosing this strategy as one of their top three strategies over the 5-year period.This movement is in line with the recommendation Barb Pellow, Group Director at Info Trends, has made in her presentations over the years.Similarly, in the book, “The Winning Performance: How America’s high-growth Midsize companies succeed” authors D.K. Clifford Jr. and R.E. Cavanaugh say, “Midsize high-growth companies succeed by identifying and meeting the needs of certain kinds of customers – not all customers – for specific kinds of products and services. Business academics call this market segmentation, entrepreneurs call it common sense.”
For more information on how to achieve the top ranking initiatives of in-plant & commercial printers as noted in the Info Trends study, contact Repro Products.One of our staff business consultants will perform a business analysis and assist you in creating a plan to work more efficiently, expand your offerings and market your services more effectively.
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Now that Repro Products is an Autodesk National Reseller and sells Xerox equipment, many of our customers do not know our background. With a name like Repro Products Inc. (RPI), newer clients wonder how does that relate to what they do? In 1979, Repro Products started as a reprographer. In this, our first blog, join us for a brief walk down memory lane to see what has changed since 1979:
The Bee Gees were topping the charts and Disco was King
The Walkman represented the newest “gotta have it” technology
A gallon of gas cost less than a dollar
In 1979, while nothing was coming between Brooke Shields and her Calvins, we were selling drafting supplies and were a blue printer. It has been a long time since prints came out blue. And a lot has evolved at Repro Products – it’s a good thing, or we would be a footnote to history like the 8-track tape.
Recognizing the need to change with our customers and technology, through the years we added products and services to align with advancements that affected our design and construction clients:
Our experience as a blue printer provided us with a unique perspective on engineering, architectural and construction industries and facilitated our move from selling drafting angles and tables into selling and supporting Autodesk Software.We have now been an Autodesk reseller for over 20 years and are a Gold Partner and Autodesk Authorized Training Center.
Although we still do a lot printing for our clients, our print shop’s production services grew to incorporate digital services including managing plan rooms, metadata entry and data mapping.
Clients wanted to be able to print in their offices and on jobsites.We became one of the South’s largest resellers of wide format equipment and service.
In the last decade there was another shift — a larger demand for half-size prints. Although printed on 11×17” paper, a half-size print requires more expertise from a printer than producing a regular office document. Five years ago, we expanded our decades-long affiliation with Xerox and became a Platinum Xerox Agent providing multi- function and production devices that support not only our architectural and construction customers’ drawings but also the office staff and marketing teams (and production printers) from a wide variety of businesses throughout metro Atlanta.
One part of our business works diligently with our clients helping them make better BIM (Building Information Modeling) models. The other part still prints 2D plans. As the two worlds become closer and closer in technology, we changed from just being in architects’ and engineers’ offices to also being out with our construction clients on their job sites. The experience of being in the field with our clients, working with them on projects they are trying to win and seeing the end results of jobs they pushed to make come together, we realized there were still some important solutions we needed to provide.
One large hole to fill was accurate building documentation. Our clients need it to bid a project, plan it effectively, ensure it is being built correctly and to provide a more complete deliverable to their clients. Everyone knows that as-built drawings are a myth. And even with BIM-enabled construction sites, the need to ensure what is being built as it is being built is important.
We knew that 3D laser scanning was the answer to getting this vital documentation. When choosing a 3D laser scanner manufacturer to align with, we needed the technology to be accurate, easy to use and travel ready. We partnered with FARO because their scanners fit the needs for both our own services and our clients. We offer the FARO line of 3D laser scanners as well as scanning services for those clients who do not want to do the scanning themselves. We also rent scanners for those in between.
Just possessing accurate data is not enough, though. We knew we had to own the proper data capture and use workflow. Receiving data that is approachable and usable is vital to our clients’ success. For our Autodesk software users, we train on how to actually use the data in the software. Our non-design clients receive an accurate 3D image file that lets them move around, see and measure virtually but with real, accurate data.
So that is 36+ years of evolution in under 800 words! Moving forward, our blogs will be specific to our lines of business so you can get timely information on just the subjects that interest you most: Autodesk software, 3D laser scanning, wide format printing and equipment and Xerox office and production equipment. Check back here weekly to see what’s new.
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