Network Know-How

All-in-One Devices

Most offices perform several different paper-handling activities: copying, printing, scanning, and faxing. All of these activities use some combination of the same core functions, so it often makes sense to combine several activities in a single machine that can send a digital file or scanned image to either paper or another digital file. The category of device that combines these functions is called, rather grandly, an all-in-one device, or simply an all-in-one. An all-in-one device almost always costs less and occupies less space than a separate printer, scanner, copier, and fax machine; however, the large number of features and functions often means that it's more difficult to operate than a simple single-function device. ...