In preparation for Lyra’s 11th annual Imaging Symposium January 28–30 in Rancho Mirage, Calif., we have put together a list of the top technological trends that have the greatest potential to disrupt the printer market in the coming years. Supplies and hardware vendors alike need to anticipate how each of these trends will impact their businesses.
New technologies are changing every corner of the imaging industry. The proliferation of wireless handheld devices and inexpensive flat-panel displays are a potential threat to printing — why print it when you have it on your Blackberry? And, when it comes to printing in the enterprise and at home, will new technologies such as page-wide inkjet array printing, low-cost ink formulations, and monochrome and color laser printing price parity become viable threats to the established razor-and-blades business model on which everyone from OEM printer and copier makers to aftermarket cartridge consumables has relied? The following mega-trends are something for vendors to plan for. It’s just a matter of time.
Trend 1: Inkjet displaces laser
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