UK 'slow' to adopt all-in-one printers

[wraggster]

Distributor says Brits have not been as fast as the Continent in abandoning traditional devices
The UK has been slow to take up multi-function printers, but this could change as prices drop, a distributor has said.
Micro-P’s printer product specialist, Phil Miller, told PCR that Brits have been behind the continent in moving away from traditional printers.
“The UK has been slow to adopt the transition from single function to multifunction printers in the home and small business, compared to our European counterparts,” he said, adding that he expects to see “a further significant increase as the price of multi-function printers continues to fall.”
Many vendors are prepared for this turnaround. Canon’s recent sales data already reflects the growing trend of multi-function devices, showing that they are now more popular than standalone printers. Meanwhile, Kodak is so confident that the future lies in integrated printer-scanners that it no longer produces single- function machines.

http://www.pcr-online.biz/news/33060...n-one-printers

[Darksaviour69]

funny just bought my mum a printer/scanner 2 days ago

[phsychokill]

it's also funny I didn't know you could actually still get a separate printer and scanner :rofl:

as for price reduction making them more common super markets have been selling them for as low as about £30 for a few years now, (is nearly always one on special in my local morrisons and they aint actually bad printers) if that's not low enough they are just going to have to start sending them to every1 in the country for free.