What is a multifunctional printer?
Multifunctional printer, sometimes shortened MFP, is a versatile device that prints, faxes, copies and scanning. Multifunction printers are generally sold to owners of small businesses and home offices as the only integrated device that can replace several bulky individual equipment. The multifunctional printer is also known as Mopier or All-in-One (AIO).
The first multifunctional printer was introduced at the beginning of the 90's. Based on the inkjet technology technology, the equipment was expensive and relatively unreliable and produced medium quality printing. Since then, prices have decreased and quality has improved as the main manufacturers such as Hewlett-Packard, Canon, Lexmark, Xerox and Brother, have entered the market.
The multifunctional printer focused on general consumers is still based on Inkjet technology. During slow printing, these devices allow high -quality color output. Some devices now come with Media Reader slots , allowing users to insert memory cardsFlash from their digital cameras. This allows you to print digital photos without having to access your computer. Recent models can also come up with a standard port known as Pictbridge . Pictbridge allows users to connect virtually any recent digital camera directly to the printer and bypass the home computer.
for the SOHO market (Small Office, Home Office) is probably based on laser printing technology. Laser printers, although they cannot offer photorealistic inkjet application output, produce a sharp razor text, print much faster than inkjet and are much less for operation. In recent years, models based on available color laser printers have also been introduced.
SOHO multifunctional printer can also have built -in networks. This allows the printer to share everyone in the local networkI without having to give a specific computer for printNG. It can also be supplied with large hard drives, which allows you to use documents for permanent storage. If the multifunction printer comes with OCR or 0ptic character recognition software, scanned paper documents can be automatically turned into standard computer files.