Surprising Security Threat: Take Steps Now to Safeguard Print Devices and Printed Data by CDW Corporation
Shared access, made possible by networking, lets IT replace and consolidate single-user desktop printers with a smaller number of workgroup or departmental devices. These products typically offer far better cost-per-page, higher page-per-minute speeds, reduced service costs and better print quality.
Shared printers also make it easier and more affordable for companies to offer color, both document-quality and graphic quality, larger paper capacity (which can accommodate larger print jobs) and document-finishing options like folding, collating, stapling and binding.
But shared network printers and multifunction printers (MFPs) also open the door to security threats that...