The ongoing pandemic has brought with it widespread disruption. Companies are adjusting to a “new normal” that consists not only of remote or hybrid work environments, but an increase in digitization. Alongside this evolution of a more digital presence for businesses and organizations comes the inherent threat of cyberattack. As more information is transformed into digital form, data miners and hackers are using increasingly sophisticated techniques to access it.

The ongoing pandemic has caused many businesses shift operations to include remote or hybrid workspaces and learn to reach consumers through marketing in new ways. However, print marketing remains a powerful strategy to position a business for competitive success.

Whether your company is marketing direct to consumers or to other businesses, creativity is the name of the game when it comes to marketing. And, with businesses still struggling to bounce back from the pandemic and adjust to the disruption brought with it, smart marketing is more important than ever. Many markets are saturated and businesses are continuing to pivot to new strategies to boost sales and revenue.

Globally, paper production has been on a downward trend since 2017, even with the world population continuing to rise.  Why then would paper prices be on the rise?

Laser printers are undoubtedly the workhorses of the business world. With their long life spans, higher speed outputs, and less need for refilling, they have outpaced inkjet printers. However, LED printers are a category of printer also differentiated from the ubiquitous inkjet, but less widely known. Both laser printers and LED printers can print documents in both black and white and in color and can handle crisp text and color graphics. So what is the defining difference between the two and which is best for your business application?

As the news continues to report on the dire consequences of our changing climate, more people than ever understand that unless our out-of-control carbon emissions can be curbed, our planet and the way we live will be severely impacted. Not only has this knowledge spurred many consumers to change the way they work, live, and play to leave a lighter footprint on our world, but it has also created an expectation that the business world will also focus on the kind of sustainability that will help preserve our precious natural resources — and the health of our planet.

When you have a lot of correspondence to get out, batch printing can be a lifesaver. Batch printing is the ability for a user to print many documents at the same time, based on a pre-defined data set. This feature can greatly simplify the task of printing multiple document items and does not require constant oversight by the user, so they can attend to more mission-critical tasks.

The commercial real estate market is exploding, with prices skyrocketing as demand increases. For many businesses, this is not such a good thing, as it is accompanied by a high rate of inflation that is driving up lease prices. For that reason, many businesses are looking for ways to maximize or even reduce their current office space — a practice that often comes down to better inventory management.

Modern businesses handle extraordinary amounts of information in a typical workday. Invoices, budgets, accounting policies, security policies, contracts, human resources documents, and more all must be processed on a regular basis. While manual entry is still one of the most common ways to process this data, it is a technique that is labor intensive, slow, and fraught with errors.

As 2022 continues, we can see that it’s a year with many surprises and challenges. In production printing many new trends have come onto the scene to impact the way that print shops and other businesses are using print technologies.