The Key Point Blog

09/09/2020
Eve Padula & Colin McMahon

Annual Event Goes Virtual Amid Pandemic Concerns

The annual thINK conference is an invitation-only event designed for Canon Solutions America inkjet customers and prospects. This blog explores the key topics from this year's conference.
09/02/2020
Colin McMahon

How Printed Fans Represent New Opportunities for Print Service Providers

This blog attempts to show a silver lining during the COVID-19 pandemic. Here, we show a creative way to use print in new and creative ways.
09/01/2020
Jamie Bsales

DaaS Can Enable Remote Workers Anywhere and Cut IT Costs

During the pandemic, a niche cloud offering is finding itself in the spotlight: Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS). This blog explores recent DaaS offerings and future use.
09/01/2020
German Sacristan

New Color Digital Presses Offer Image Quality and Productivity Enhancements

According to Keypoint Intelligence’s most recent US Production Printing Market Forecast, placements of this color segment are expected to rise from 960 in 2019 to 1,261 in 2024, demonstrating a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.6%.
08/27/2020
Aaron Hale

Traditional OEMs and Dealers are Expanding Service Offerings to Remain Competitive

Until recently, security was relegated to protecting multifunctional devices and printers and the output that they produced. This blog explores the other security methods that have developed since then.
08/25/2020
Jamie Bsales

Eliminating Physical Interaction with the Copier’s Control Panel

This blog explores a number of touchless MFP solutions currently available. Many vendors have introduced solutions that will all but eliminate the need for users to touch the control panel.
08/24/2020
Ryan McAbee

COVID-19 Moves the Market Down Over 5% in 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic is causing disruption in the global print production workflow market as supply chains are strained globally and print operations are interrupted locally. This blog details findings from our Forecast and the coronavirus' effects on them.
08/20/2020
Ryan McAbee

The Effects of COVID-19 Have Hit the Industry Hard

The second quarter of 2020 was not kind to the printing industry’s economic outlook or print companies’ financials.This blog explores the financial outlook for the printing industry.
08/18/2020
Aaron Hale

The Controversy Surrounding TikTok and WeChat

Technology can help us to grow our businesses, educate our children, increase the speed of gathering information, and facilitating important research, but it also puts our personal information at risk. This blog explores these dangers using TikTok and WeChat as examples.
08/17/2020
Eve Padula

Ongoing Shifts Bring Challenges, Spark Debates, and Introduce More Questions

After the COVID-19 outbreak, many schools and businesses were forced to shut down. This blog explores the pros and cons of working from home.