Print in the Channel – Issue #34

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Demand for wide format printing and printers is growing across a range of retail sectors, and the types of application being used is also growing, including short run items, and printing on various types of textiles and boards. Wide format printers – p34

Publishing Director Justin Penn 07816 573 186 justin@ printinthechannel.com Editorial Dan Parton 07941 979 845 dan@ printinthechannel.com Advertising Sales Martin Jenner-Hall 07824 552 116 martin@ printinthechannel.com Market Analyst Wickus Bester wickus.bester@ stockinthechannel.com

Secure MPS – p42

Managed print services continue to grow in popularity, but a key concern for many customers is ensuring that it is kept secure. Increasingly, specialist MPS and cloud management security solutions are seen as the way forward. Printing is still a crucial part of everyday operations for education providers, and multifunctional printers provide an effective option – but their demands are evolving, which resellers should be alive to.

MFPs for education – p28

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Making Tax Digital – p48

Business intelligence – p52

With Making Tax Digital being gradually introduced for SMBs, it presents opportunities for resellers to create new revenue streams with data capture and workflow automation solutions, says Andrew Graham, channel development manager at PFU (EMEA).

From handheld units at retail checkout to rugged scanners in warehouses and logistics hubs, barcode readers are the backbone of real-time inventory, checkout efficiency and automated stock movement, keeping goods flowing and tills ringing without a hiccup.

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