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How to choose the best office scanners

Navigating the world of business document scanners can be daunting given the variety of options available. This guide is designed to help you choose the right business scanners for your needs, covering mobile scanners, compact desktop scanners, and sheetfed and flatbed scanners, as well as graphics scanners. Which office scanner do you need? To decide on the right scanner for your business, you need to understand the different types of scanner available to you.   Mobile and compact desktop scanners Compact, portable and easy to move, these scanners are ideal for anyone who works on the go or has limited desk space – but still needs significant scanning capabilities. Sheetfed scanners Ideal for busy offices, sheetfed scanners are perfect for high-volume, highly reliable scanning of multiple media types and formats. Flatbed scanners Robust, versatile and high-speed scanners that can scan many different sizes and media types. Graphics scanners High-quality scanners for sharp and accurate image reproduction, in industries where precision and detail are vital. What is a mobile scanner used for? You’ll typically find A4 mobile scanners being used by field workers, or professionals working in compact, space-challenged environments. In the case of Epson’s mobile business scanner range, performance is a key factor, providing scan-anywhere capability with lightweight devices that are optimised for fast,…

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The Epson promise – enriching education through technology

The Epson promise – enriching education through technology This year’s COP27 Summit in Sharm El- Sheikh will bring world leaders, governments and businesses together to put plans in place to mitigate the impact of climate change and support the climate action we urgently need.  As climate change continues to rapidly intensify, we urgently need to accelerate global efforts and shift from pledges to actions to avert a climate disaster. Ahead of the summit, we surveyed respondents from 28 of our markets to help understand people’s perceptions and actions being taken to tackle climate change. Our data revealed that businesses play a powerful role in raising overall awareness of climate change. In Africa 75%, and in Europe 55%, of respondents cite company and community sustainability initiatives as influential on climate attitudes and actions. Now more than ever, there is an increased need for collective action to raise greater awareness of climate impacts, as we continue to work towards a more sustainable future. The power of education Education is a powerful agent for change and plays a key role in tackling the climate emergency. In Africa, we work closely with government, industry and community partners to deliver projects that provide printing technologies, sustainable power, local skills hubs and educational materials. We are working with World Mobile…

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Why on demand labelling has sticking power as a sustainable solution

European businesses could annually save 28.7 million kWh – the equivalent of lighting 95,960 homes or a reduction of 6.7 million tonnes of CO2.  They could also eliminate 180 million square metres of label waste, the equivalent covering of 25,264 football pitches, and cut ink waste by an estimated 619 tonnes, the equivalent weight of 41 double decker buses. These are the among the figures reported by Smithers  following its comparison and evaluation of the sustainability of different print processes to see how brands can achieve key goals. It analysed businesses using a range of commercial, thermal transfer and in-house colour inkjet printing processes and calculated their impact from label stock to application. It found major commercial and operational benefits of using inkjet to print labels inhouse along with the demonstrable reduction of: Energy consumption as commercial print processes are energy intensive with a traditional flexo label printer using around 39 kWh per 1000 square meters of labels printed. If that label has variable data printed using thermal transfer the combined energy use is 41 kWh per 1000 square meters. Inkjet can use just 1% of that energy for the same volume. Waste with Smithers estimating up to 11% of label materials are wasted from label stock to final application due to start up…

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Epson, galardonada en los Premios Byte TI 2021 a la solución más innovadora con PaperLab

El pasado jueves 15 de octubre Epson recibió el galardón a la “solución más innovadora” por PaperLab en los Premios Byte TI 2021, que reconocen a los mejores productos, soluciones y servicios del mercado TIC. Sergio Aguasca, Market Development Manager en Epson, fue el responsable por parte de la compañía de recibir el galardón durante la ceremonia, que se llevó a cabo en el Círculo de Bellas Artes de Madrid. PaperLab es el primer sistema seguro para el reciclado de papel en la oficina que convierte el papel usado en papel nuevo mediante un proceso prácticamente en seco utilizando la exclusiva tecnología Dry Fiber de Epson. Esta revolucionaria solución bajo demanda permite a las empresas destruir información confidencial con el nivel más alto de seguridad, reciclar, reducir su impacto medioambiental y social, y controlar los suministros de papel, todo ello de forma segura. Asimismo, mejora el rendimiento medioambiental conservando recursos hídricos -el papel de PaperLab requiere de un 95 a un 96% menos de agua que en procesos tradicionales-, preservando recursos naturales como la madera y reduciendo emisiones de CO2 vinculadas a la extracción de este mismo recurso, a la transformación y producción de papel y a los transportes. Además, cabe destacar que PaperLab incluye un componente de extrema necesidad para las empresas: la…

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Five Misconceptions Around Automated Label Printing

When you think of robotics in the workplace what image springs to mind? A highly sterile secure laboratory? A huge production line managing an array of components? Or a small to medium print production environment that delivers a range of applications? I am sure the latter was not your first thought, but it is a reality that is increasingly being made possible for small-to-medium sized enterprises (SMEs) by affordable robotic solutions and label printers. The sales of professional service robots is on the rise and the International Federation of Robots (IFR) expects the market’s annual compound annual growth rate (CAGR) will be 26% in 2023.   The IFR also predicts the pandemic will be a digitalization booster creating growth opportunities for the robotics industry worldwide.   This in turn can support SMEs as they shape their post-pandemic operation.   It can enable print production environments – particularly colour product label printing – to integrate the numerous time and labour savings offered by robotics, coupled with socially distanced and automated operations.   When talking to SMEs about these opportunities we have noticed five common misconceptions.   1. I am too small an operation to benefit In fact, the greatest benefit tends to be with small and medium sized businesses, where flexibility is an important competitive…

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We shouldn’t be making-do with makeshift offices

We shouldn’t be making-do with makeshift offices Like most, I’ve been working from home for over a year now. It certainly has its benefits: the five-second commute, home comforts on hand, the extra time to spend with my family.   In fact, we recently carried out a survey amongst 1,000 of our customers across Europe and it revealed that one in twenty people have admitted to having a nap during work hours, taking a relaxing lunchbreak to new heights. I’m sure none of them were Epson employees.   Sleeping aside, if you’d told me at the very start of the pandemic that I would still be sat working in my home office a year later, I would have put more thought into my set-up from the beginning.   Our recent survey shows that people have worked in less than ideal conditions throughout the lockdowns. More than half admitting to working on surfaces other than a desk. Meanwhile, 55 per cent say they have set up in unconventional spaces around the home, such as hallways, bathrooms and gardens. When offices were only expected to be shut for a few weeks or months, this may have seemed tolerable, perhaps even a novelty. However, it can’t go on.   There may not be much that can be…

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Blended home and office working calls for better set-ups

It seems increasingly more likely that many businesses will adopt a blended or hybrid-working model once the pandemic ends. The new model will allow employees to choose how and where they work and allows this to vary as needed.     However, while many enjoy the comforts and flexibility that home working has to offer, it’s not all smooth sailing. A recent survey carried out by Epson, revealed that nearly a quarter of workers have found their motivation has decreased since the start of lockdowns and a further 45 per cent believe that their motivation will decrease further as home working continues. This is in part due to a lack of suitable equipment – in fact, 42 per cent of current home workers claim that a lack of appropriate equipment has impacted their productivity.   So, if employees are to be given the option of where they work, then both the office and home environment need to enable them to do so effectively. To achieve this, employees must be armed with the tools to stay as motivated and productive while working at home.   Of course, businesses will not have an endless pot of money to supply equipment and not all employees need the same tools, so it’s vital that consideration is given on…

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Turn Down the Heat Day: new awareness day on 17th February invites people to consider their environmental impacts

2nd February, London, UK – A new awareness day to promote the significance of energy efficiency and its role in reducing impacts to the environment has originated with Turn Down the Heat Day on 17th February. According to National Geographic scientist Katey Walter Anthony[1], the world’s permafrost – the frozen ground beneath the polar regions of the earth – will thaw entirely by 2100. This will drastically change ecologies, raise global sea-levels, and release over 950 billion tonnes of methane into the atmosphere. Turn Down the Heat Day exists to raise awareness for the impacts can be made across homes and offices to help prevent this from happening. Initially coined within the technology sector, Turn Down the Heat Day serves as a platform for consumers and businesses across all sectors to consider how their day-to-day decisions are impacting the environment. Craig Melson, Associate Director for Climate, Environment and Sustainability, said: “"techUK is a strong advocate of a collaborative process between industry, people, and society that will allow us to reach net zero goals by 2050 and welcomes innovative initiatives such as Turn Down the Heat Day as a chance to promote this more widely. By encouraging people to make small, attainable changes in their day-to-day life, we can make a greater difference and provide…

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Education in isolation: what we can learn from prior predictions and a current implementation

Despite most families currently restricted to their homes, and a vast number of parents still working, our children continue to be educated. At considerable effort from teachers and schools, children across the world are being educated via adapted lesson plans and leveraging existing platforms in new ways. Parents too have stepped in to fulfil the role of educator for younger children, delivering the prescribed lessons provided by teachers. And older students themselves are taking responsibility for their learning; some may argue, in a way that will better equip them for their working futures. While these are less than ideal circumstances, the shift to remote, virtual learning was something already anticipated by experts and those working in the field. A previous study run by Epson three years ago looked at the expected changes ahead for the education sector, and at that time 78% of those we spoke to believed that technology would challenge the traditional way of doing things in education. I’m under no illusion that the ideals seen by some at the time of our study and the opportunity afforded by new technologies for the education sector, are being realised at this time. This is a time of massive transformation, driven by necessity and not desire, leveraging available solutions and nots ideals. But it’s…

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