Mission-Critical Mobile Printing: A Case For Reliability

By Datamax - O'Neil

Without Question, Resellers Have Countless Issues Impacting The Success of their companies. Faulty and undependable products are more than mere annoyances; they affect nearly every layer of business, from wasted time, to repair costs, to lost opportunities, and arguably the most important of all: loss of reputation.

VARs who support mobility applications — in particular printers — have an even greater need for reliable products. The mobile workplace is the most challenging of all due to the environmental demands placed on its equipment. Frequent drops, extreme vibration, constant jarring, and excessive dust are just a few examples of the regular abuse mobile technology endures. Selection of the wrong hardware for this environment almost assures application failure.

Despite the maturity of the dominant vendors in the mobile printing space, significant differences persist in how these players design for reliability. Designing for mobility requires a profound understanding of the environment and a dedication to circumventing potential points of failure before the products are placed on the market.