Printing Efficiently & Greener: February 2011

Wednesday 23 February 2011

m3i Maestro

m3i, is a complete software platform for Ricoh machines. Via a solution developed using m3i, m3i Maestro, it does link to PaperCut MF which is a competitor to Pcounter, Safecom etc.

m3i Maestro is actually is a single sign-on, integrated UI (copy,scan,print etc) which does not require use of the standard ricoh UI and is customisable.

Other m3i developments include the m3i Access Module which allows remote control of Ricoh MFDs via anything with a browser e.g. PC, laptop, Smartphone.

http://www.selectec.co.uk/

Friday 4 February 2011

Simple and efficient print management with central print servers

Central print management and bandwidth-friendly printing

ThinPrint .print guarantees an optimized central print management. Thanks to our patented V-Layer^TM technology, installing native printer drivers on PC workstations is no longer necessary. Only the virtual printer driver, the ThinPrint Output Gateway is installed. The original printer drivers are centrally deployed and administered on the print server. This significantly reduces the time required for installation and allows branch offices to be easily integrated.

Thanks to ThinPrint .print, you can easily use your printer in mixed 32/64-bit environments. With high compression of print data of up to 98%, ThinPrint products enable bandwidth-friendly and high-quality printing.

Advantages for organizations

§ Reduce administration costs with central print management and optimize one or more servers specifically for printing.

§ Say goodbye to print preparation and difficult installation of printer drivers on application servers.

§ Errors in the printing process no longer directly affect applications. Increased system stability allows your employees work more efficiently.

§ By reducing the load on the server, more users per server can be accommodated, reducing your hardware costs.

§ Your employees print effectively as competing TCP/IP access to network printers can be avoided. PC workstations without printer drivers minimize the support required.

http://www.thinprint.com/Topics/Centralprntmanagement.aspx