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The market for scanners
like Brother’s ADS 2100,
is expected to double in
three years

BOSS Today, with people usually “We have a model that can put
being sceptical. a pin through a hard disk, so
But Locke at Olivetti thinks it is. it cannot be used any more,
“I still print out my emails at the and data cannot be recovered,”
moment, but I can’t remember says Legge. “Electronic wiping
the last time I printed out a through software or degaussing
presentation,” she says. “Everyone has been the most popular
knows they can use their OliPad technology to date, but it is not
and USB keys.” always 100 per cent reliable.” IN THE
In fact, it might not be just The move to a sleeker,
paper that offices are eager paper-free, risk-free office
to dispose of. In response to goes on.
demand, both Ideal and HSM
have been expanding their ■ FOR MORE INFORMATION NICHE
ranges of shredders to include VISIT www.brother.co.uk;
models that are capable of www.olivetti.co.uk;
destroying credit cards, CDs www.hsm-shredder.com;
and even hard discs. www.ideal.de.
Touchscreen technology is now
Ideal’s deskside shredder
makes disposal of waste easier making its way into labelling
machines as well

Developments in more niche products – guillotines,
laminators, and label machines – are reported to
be more static. Ideal does a range of guillotines,
which Legge says have only really evolved over
the past few years by becoming more safety
conscious – which is not surprising really, when
education is their main market.
But even here, the trend for ease and speed of use
is growing. In April Dymo launched what it claims
is the UK’s first standalone label machine that can
be operated by touch screen technology. The Dymo
LabelManager 500TS is twice as fast as previous
LabelManager models, and can print labels in
widths varying from 6mm to 24mm. It’s a grand
evolution from anyone who remembers Dymo from
their schooldays in the 1970s as machines that just
embossed names on plastic strips.

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