Print is Not Dead for Small Businesses in the US
Small businesses in particular are still reliant on printing, with 8 in 10 around the world declaring them necessary to conduct their daily operations. In fact, half of all businesses surveyed say they cannot operate at all without a printer.
Overworked Consumer-Grade Printers
The research was conducted by Lexmark – a provider of printing and imaging products, software, solutions and services – and collated into an excellent printing stats infographic by design agency Nowsourcing. One of the issues the study discovered was that many small to medium-sized businesses don’t invest properly in business printers anymore and instead rely on consumer-grade printers which then end up being overworked.
The research found that 53 percent of people who own printers own a model that breaks down at least once a month. Around the world, a total of 69 percent of small business owners said they find it difficult to source reliable office supplies such as printers. read more here