Office Automation |
| In spite of immense potential benefits, Office Automation has lost a lot of its initial advocates due to reasons like lack of standardization, software availability, and pace of obsolescence. But despite these problems, the trend towards Office Automation persists albeit slowly than as predicted by experts. With increased digitization, consumer-driven features’ enhancements, need for networking, and growth in multi-function peripherals (MFP) segment, the software content in the Office Automation industry
is growing at a fast pace. |
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Increase in software content is being witnessed in all the three layers, i.e. application layer, device driver layer, and inside the device. The major development areas for embedded development include: |
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Component layer (paper and page handling, printer head control, user
interface etc.) |
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Controller layer (image processing, network interface etc.) |
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Host computer layer (device driver, security etc.). |
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| A new array of practical user-friendly applications will again rejuvenate the industry in the long run. |
