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<b>Technology Uses & Costs</b>: Reducing the Cost Of MFD Cost Recovery

By Ray Zwiefelhofer
May 30, 2006

[Editor's Note: Last month's article by Todd Nugent on improved cost recovery from multi-function devices alluded to savings made possible by embedded technology. This article elaborates on the advantages of embedded processing.]

Many law firms are replacing legacy printers with multi-function devices (MFDs). These machines not only print 40 or 50 copies per minute, but also copy, scan, and fax. All these functions require some type of cost capture.

While the first MFDs supported scanning, printing and faxing, manufacturers fell short in attempting to make their own enabling applications such as cost recovery. These companies therefore opened up their MFD operating environment to let third-party vendors provide embedded software applications. A few copier manufacturers pursued an XML strategy, but most ' including Ricoh, Canon and HP ' are using Java (or a Java variant), which provides incredible control on the copier control panel.

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