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Lockdowns Caused 2020 Printer Activity to Plummet 14%: IDC

The COVID-19 pandemic and its “dramatic shift” to work from home sent the volume of pages printed from home or office devices plummeting 14% in 2020 from 2019, reported IDC Tuesday. IDC canvassed about 4,700 full-time employees whose work location…

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was affected by COVID-19, finding about half the pages printed by office workers working from home during the pandemic were work-related documents, it said. "Pages printed at home will not offset declines in offices as organizations and governments continue to pursue paperless initiatives and digital transformation agendas," said IDC analyst Ilona Stankeova.