2014 Appstore Growth by Number of Apps 220 180 Google Play Amazon Appstore IOS Appstore 200 Google Play Amazon Appstore IOS Appstore 170 160 180 150 (%) 160 140 130 140 120 120 110 4 01 4 ov .2 01 N pt .2 20 (a) Se y Ju l ay 20 14 14 4 01 M ar .2 M .2 01 4 01 4 01 ov .2 N pt .2 Se 20 14 14 y 20 Ju l ay M ar .2 01 4 4 01 M .2 Ja n 4 100 100 Ja n (%) 2014 Appstore Growth by Number of Developers (b) FIGURE 4. The 2014 Appstore growth (a) by number of apps and (b) by number of developers [4]. (Figure 7). It is very evident from these examples that an application like Workbook Composer will greatly improve users' productivity, eliminating steps in the process. These productivity and ease-of-use improvements have become possible because of the expanded functions of the MFP and the mash-up of the Android and the MFP. MOBILE-CENTRIC WORKFLOW The traditional printer workflow generally relied on PCs to send the information to print and scan documents. These workflows were completed using network share drives, a print server, and a number of legacy protocols such as line printer remote protocol or port 9100 in the case of printing and server message block or FTP for scan jobs. Because of the quantity of mobile devices and tablets, the document source or destination for print and scan is shifting from the PC to mobile devices. This shift in mobility from communication to productivity devices has created new requirements for the printer/MFP. The simplest mobile workflow is the action of sending printing data to a printer from mobile devices. Users want the ability to multitask, printing a document while reading the latest news or The simplest mobile workflow is the action of sending printing data to a printer from mobile devices. browsing through their photos, actions easily achieved with this new generation of smart MFPs. As would be expected, the scanning function of an MFP can be initiated from mobile devices and scanned image files (a) (b) FIGURE 5. The (a) scanning and (b) editing scanned image file. july 2015 ^ IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine 45