Let's be honest, "printer" sounds like a commodity. It sounds like something that does something, not something that helps someone. As a standalone term, "printer" is inadequate to describe most printers today.
Marketing Services Provider: More and more printers are calling themselves MSPs. During the past few years folks in our industry have debated whether this label goes too far. Are printers calling themselves MSPs in part because they're looking to downplay—or obscure completely—their core printer identities?
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