An article says that the technology can improve business productivity.
ITWeb reported on an article by Morgan Bleasdale, a “solutions specialist at Samsung distributor Taropa Technologies”, who said that for better productivity, “secure printing” and mobile workers, cloud printing should be a priority for businesses. Sharing his experience of 16 years in the “printer industry” and insights in “advanced office automation tools and the benefits to cloud connected printers”, Bleasdale said that “the cloud is becoming the repository of enterprise data and communications, and is therefore becoming of high importance in today’s digital world”.
Mobile employees need to access printing information from their phones whilst on the move, he said, and gave an example: “Imagine you are a salesman sitting at the airport waiting to catch a flight, when you receive an important email with a purchase order from a customer. In a cloud environment, you can save the email to your cloud folder from your phone.
“Back at the office, anybody can now access this information from the copier, print the mail and process the order. Meanwhile, the data remains secure in the cloud. Remote and mobile workers connect to the cloud routinely throughout the work day, making use of their personal G Drives or Dropbox accounts to store data, while companies are also increasing their use of cloud storage cabinets.
“Most users already synchronise to these cloud storage options on their phones, laptops and tablets. So why not access all this information directly from the copier as well? The technology exists to print and scan to the cloud, print from the cloud and share folders between different devices.”
He continued by saying that “with the Samsung multifunction printers, for example, it is so easy to connect to the Samsung mobile application and print, scan and fax directly from you device”. Bleasdale added that he believes “high quality scanning devices” that scan directly to “different cloud services” are the future, as “the possibilities are endless”.
These would include “saving your data directly to the cloud and being able to create easy search index information; being able to optical character read (OCR) your data and create your own workflow paper trail; or having access to all your important company info directly from your mobile phone or computer whenever you want”.
He concluded: “While some companies appear reluctant to harness cloud storage and document archiving solutions, many are realising the advantage of cloud-connected printers, and are reaping the benefits.”