DIGITAL COPIERS & PRINTERS -- The Urge to Converge

Corporations with facilities for printing bills and statements are looking to do other work to bring up utilization rates, Broadhurst says. Meanwhile, commercial printing operations want to start doing some billing work to both balance and expand their workloads, he adds.

When it first explored realigning its business segments, Océ found there was almost no overlap between the existing customer bases for its office products and production system units. However, Broadhurst expects technology to change that going forward.