移动打印需求势头增强

随着企业的移动办公阵容越来越庞大，也让提升工作效率与生产力的解决方案赢得越来越多商机。在打印周边设备领域，由于有越来越多的企业使用者通过移动设备来存取资料，因此估计在接下来五年，包括智能手机与平板电脑等设备，将会对特定打印功能有所需求。

根据市场研究机构IDC的一项最新调查，有39%的受访者表示他们会出差，这意味着有不少企业人力会开始对打印功能有新需求。该调查发现，那些出差的企业员工会有资料打印的需求，而且打印数量不断增加；此外，智能手机使用者也会希望能直接打印他们手机里的资料。有52%在工作中使用智能手机的受访者表示，他们现在无法直接打印手机里的资料，但需要这样的功能。

“我们正处于移动打印技术扩充版图的临界点，同时企业用户将会此产生需求，并希望自己的移动设备能提供资料打印功能；”IDC分析师Jonathan Bees表示，“摆脱对只能使用桌上型电脑或是笔记本电脑进行打印的依赖，将会让移动设备使用者取得所期待的驱动力，而且这会驱动对打印量的需求。”

根据IDC调查，出差频率一般的企业员工，反而会觉得有越来越高的打印量需求；但相反地，时常出差的企业员工打印需求量反而最少。而有越来越多的企业也承诺建设移动打印基础设施，以满足越来越多的移动办公需求。

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Mobile printing gains momentum, says IDC

Julien Happich

As the mobile workforce continues to expand, so too do the opportunities for increased efficiency and productivity. In the hardcopy peripheral space, the proliferation of smart phones and tablet PCs will have a significant impact on print volume as more business users access information through their mobile devices and begin to demand certain print capabilities over the next five years.

According to new survey findings from International Data Corporation (IDC), 39% of respondents say they travel for work, which represents a large and evolving workforce that has new requirements for print.

Those who travel clearly need to print and the IDC study found that moderate travel is most associated with increasing print volume. The research also found that smartphone users are eager to print from their devices. Fifty-two percent of respondents who use smartphones for work said they cannot currently print from their device, but want to.

"We are on the verge of a mobile print expansion, and business users will demand and eventually expect print capabilities from their mobile devices," said Jonathan Bees, research director, U.S. Hardcopy Device Usage Trends. "This shift away from dependence on desktop PCs and laptops for printing will provide users with the access and mobility they're looking for. Furthermore, mobility is driving print volume."

Workers who travel moderately are the most likely to report increases in print volume. Conversely, workers who travel heavily are the least likely to report increases in print volume. More and more companies are committing to building out a mobile printing infrastructure to enable the increasingly mobile workforce.