{"id":2236,"date":"2021-02-16T10:18:52","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T10:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stacked.ie\/?p=2236"},"modified":"2022-01-19T16:31:04","modified_gmt":"2022-01-19T16:31:04","slug":"printing-in-a-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stacked.ie\/printing-in-a-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Printing in a pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The past year has seen a huge shift in how businesses across the world operate, with many now having to manage remote or hybrid workforces and all the complexities that brings. Organisations had to pivot fast to survive and sometimes, especially in small and medium sized businesses where resources are limited, that meant that details were overlooked. Many business owners are now playing catch up with the consequences of the changes that were necessary in the early days of the pandemic.<\/span><\/p>

Understandably, for most businesses printing was not one of the areas that was prioritised when employees moved to remote working. Most managers and HR departments asked one of two questions; Do you have a printer at home? or Do you need us to supply a printer? If it was the latter, the cheapest model was chosen, something with no frills that would get the job done. After all, there was no budget put aside to kit out employee\u2019s home offices and it wouldn\u2019t be required for more than a few months anyway \u2013 right?<\/span><\/p>

Not the case, as you know. The pandemic has changed the world as we know it and it continues to do so daily. Many businesses are now accepting of the fact that a remote or hybrid workforce will become a permanent part of their structure and as a result employee contracts, BYOD policies and processes must be updated to protect both the employees and the business.<\/span><\/p>

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Quocirca is a global market insight and research firm specialising in analysing the convergence of print and digital technologies in the future workplace.<\/span><\/p>

Excerpt from Quocirca, Home Printing Trends, Executive Summary, 2021<\/b><\/h5>

\u201cIn November 2020, Quocirca conducted a study of 455 UK and US home workers to explore what impact the sudden, forced migration of workforces from offices to working from home had on printing. The research targeted employees who were printing in the office before the pandemic and excluded those who didn\u2019t print at all pre-pandemic.\u201d<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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