siliconindia | | December 20184It is rightly said that necessity is the mother of all inventions. When corporates were struggling to cut their printing and scanning cost along with photocopying, the printing and scanning industry designed an all-in-one multi-functional print-er (MFP), an integrated device that can perform all the above mentioned functions. Later, the MFP started serving functionali-ties like email and fax too. Today, for businesses, MFPs help to reduce capital costs and provide fl exibility, as they eliminate the need for multiple devices and peripherals. In the due course of its life till now, printers have trans-formed from normal to smart. Now, these printers are loaded with sophisticated software that helps companies save millions of dollars on their stationary every year while helping smart em-ployees do what they need to do. These smart printers automate the processes for you by automating steps akin to saving fi les to the right folders and speeding-up key processes like invoic-ing. These smart printers can even be connected to places of fi les live, even the cloud, while also enabling people to print on-the-go. Smart printers further improve business productivity by ensuring that the document capture, distribution, management and output is effi ciently executed and implemented.While there are more to smart printers now, the future will be more interesting to see how these printers work alongside AR, VR, ML, and robotics. Dedicating our current issue `20 Most Promising Printing & Scanning Solutions & Service Providers - 2018' to this growing market, we have featured some of the most eminent names in the industry offering smart & futuristic printers and scanners, and have tried to bridge the gap between your requirement and purchase. We also bring to you `20 Most Promising Computer Components & Parts Providers - 2018'. Do let us know what you think! Anamika SahuManaging Editoreditor@siliconindia.comEditorialSmart Printer is All You Need siliconindiaVisualisers Suanya Chakraborty Sivasankar Vol 07 · Issue 5 - 7 · December 07, 2018 Publisher Alok Chaturvedi Managing Editor Anamika Sahu Associate Editor Susila Govindaraj Editorial Team Ananth.V Archee Roy Avinash Roy Imelda Tarzarina Krupa P. Dave Shefali Mathur Sophia Rohtagi Srrayvinya OLM Sujith Vasudevan Sushruth R Trisha Pragya Younus Ahmad Dar VP - Sales & Marketing Virupakshi Pattar Advertising Managers Editorial queries editor@siliconindia.com To subscribe Visit https://www.siliconindiamagazine.com/subscribe/ or send email to subscription@siliconindia.com Cover price is Rs.150 per issue. Printed and Published By Alok Chaturvedi on behalf of SiliconMedia Technologies Pvt Ltd and Printed at Precision Fototype Services at Sri Sabari Shopping Complex, 24 Residency Road Bangalore-560025 and Published At No. 124, 2nd Floor, Surya Chambers, Old Airport Road, Murugeshpalya, Bangalore-560017. Editor Alok ChaturvediCopyright © 2018 SiliconMedia Technologies Pvt Ltd, All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher.advertise@siliconindia.comGroup Art DirectorAshok KumarNoidaAshu Sethi Garima Anand Circulation Manager Magendran Perumal Abinas Patnaik Felisha Rita Rohit Kumar Ashwini D Naik
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