Print and imaging solutions vendor Lexmark has revealed that its channel partners have delivered a record uptake of connected printers throughout 2020. Its Australian and New Zealand channel partners saw a 72.5 percent year-on-year increase in cloud-connected printers at the end of 2020, tracking along with the global growth rate of 73 percent. The printers are connected to Lexmark’s Cloud Fleet Management platform, which allows channel partners to remotely monitor, manage and secure a customer’s print infrastructure. “One of the biggest catalysts for the sharp increase in the percentage of cloud-connected devices through channel partners was the COVID-19 pandemic,” Lexmark ANZ managing director Stephen Bell said.