For many small and medium-sized businesses, choosing new office imaging equipment begins with a basic question: do you actually need a traditional copier-based MFP, or would a properly selected printer-based MFP meet your needs just as well?

 

Choosing the right office multifunction printer is not simply a matter of selecting the largest and most capable machine or the smallest and least expensive one. Printer-based and copier-based systems are designed around different types of workloads, paper-handling requirements, features and service arrangements.

 

In many cases, a printer-based MFP can provide the print, copy, scan and fax capabilities an SMB requires with a lower equipment cost and less long-term service commitment. In other situations, higher centralized volumes, regular 11 × 17 printing, advanced finishing like stapling, booklet making and three-hole punching or other specialized requirements may make copier-based equipment the more appropriate choice.

 

That is why this assessment begins by comparing the two approaches side by side. It looks at how your business actually works;  including volume, paper requirements, scanning, workflow, continuity and acquisition preferences to help determine which equipment category is the better starting point. If your requirements are better suited to copier-based equipment or a more specialized solution, the assessment is designed to identify that and recommend the appropriate next step.