Replacing copiers with multifunction devices can allow your in-plant to offer new value-added services and increase its productivity.

By Carol Brzozowski

Inline bindery features open more possibilities; perfect binding, saddle stitching, stacking, stapling, hole punching, folding and other labor-saving finishing features previously available only on dedicated machines are now common to MFDs.

In the past, MFDs were plagued by low scanning resolutions and slow print speeds. Today’s devices, by comparison, offer a typical speed range and resolution that can bring outsourced jobs back into the in-plant’s revenue stream, according to Mike Fego, product marketing production systems manager for Konica Minolta. Typical speeds range from 15 pages per minute (ppm) to 135 ppm, depending on the device.