Using Equitrac Express, we help schools manage their print usage with software-based reporting for all printing and copying expenses. Allocating these costs to the appropriate account, or charging for their usage, encourages everyone to promote responsible printing, as well as minimize wasted paper and toner.
Clearwater, FL (PRWEB) December 18, 2006
Most printer manufacturers don’t make much from the sale of printers, according to industry observers. Most essentially recoup their production costs on the sale of each printer. They make the bulk of their profit selling ink, toner, and paper to businesses, schools, and offices, which typically lack the ability to track and control their printing costs. The more ink, toner, and paper that printer manufacturers sell, the greater their profits. So can you expect the printer management software bundled with branded printers to control network printing as effectively as a third-party network management software solution?
The answer is no. Printer manufacturers often include some printer management software with their printers. But these controls are typically limited to their brand or an individual machine, as they aren’t true network management software solutions. This limits their effectiveness in most business, school, and office environments, which tend to use multiple printer brands across their networks.
And consider this: even as computer prices have steadily dropped, the cost of one high-tech necessity has remained stubbornly high. Printer and toner cartridges are so costly that one printer giant has long made more than two-thirds of its profit from selling them. Because printer manufacturers essentially sell inkjet and low-end laser printers as loss-leaders to generate a high-margin revenue stream from consumable ink, toner and paper, relying on them to control printing costs is like putting the fox in charge of guarding the henhouse.
A company called Software Shelf is trying to change all that with a third-party network management software solution. Software Shelf makes a product called “Print Manager Plus”. It’s a simple, inexpensive way to control network printing. It not only allows administrators to restrict printer users by dollar amount, job size, file type, or other specifiers, but also gives them an easy, centralized way to view essentially everything printed on the network, see how much it costs, who’s doing it, which printers are used, and so on.
Unlike printer software that works on a single machine or just with a specific brand, Print Manager Plus can track, manage, control, and account for the cost of printing on all printer brands across the network, and is a true network management software solution. As the only purely native Windows printer control software, it offers greater stability than non-native Windows options. Because it’s licensed by print server, each license covers unlimited printers, users, and workstations across the network.
Print Manager Plus is used by thousands of corporations, small businesses, and organizations worldwide to control their printing costs, including Hyatt Hotel, Commerzbank, Capital Blue Cross, and Aventis Pharma Canada. As network management software, it is the only third-party software included in Microsoft’s Learning Network Manager, and was granted Microsoft’s “Solution of the Month” for 14 straight months on the company’s Public Sector Website.
For more info in North America or to try Print Manager Plus free for 30 days, go to www.softwareshelf.com and download a free trial version. Call 800-962-2290; fax 727-445-9223; Or write to Bill Feeley at Software Shelf International, Inc., 601 Cleveland St., Suite #710, Clearwater, FL 33755, United States
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Palo Alto, Calif. (PRWEB) February 27, 2007
More than 2 million copies of HP’s Universal Print Driver have been downloaded from hp.com , allowing users and IT departments to realize time-saving and productivity benefits when managing printers.
The HP Universal Print Driver for Windows®, which works with virtually all networked HP LaserJet printing devices, enables IT staff to focus on more strategic enterprise issues and projects, reduce the number of calls to help desks and improve productivity for those who print.
The easy-to-use, self-updating driver provides both users and IT departments a single, intelligent “universal” print driver to manage. The driver automatically recognizes upgrades to HP devices, so IT professionals do not need to manually update drivers on each device on a network. For business travelers, the HP Universal Print Driver eliminates the need to locate and download drivers for remote company offices since they are already able to print to most HP LaserJet printers, regardless of location.
“Issues related to printer drivers are daily time-sinks for IT professionals, but the HP Universal Print Driver eliminates these headaches by simplifying printing and reducing IT and help desk calls,” said Vince Ferraro, vice president of worldwide marketing, LaserJet Business, HP. “As the industry’s only truly single universal print driver, the HP UPD allows customers to concentrate on their real business of printing valuable documents – not supporting and managing their printer fleets.”
According to Scott Hunt, product line manager at Brigham Young University, “The HP UPD met many of the objectives that we sought out, allowing us to expand easily, providing our customers and consumers with greater flexibility and reducing our support costs.”
HP has deployed the Universal Print Driver to its employees nearly worldwide. Results from the deployment include:
Two-week rollout to more than 100,000 HP employees;
A 20 percent reduction in help desk and printer-related support calls in the first three months;
HP was able to “retire” 225 redundant print servers costing approximately $ 2,900 per month per server – enabling a savings of $ 7.8 million per year;
Nineteen IT people gained back up to 45 percent of their time.
HP also found that changing default settings to duplex printing (double-sided printing) in the HP Universal Print Driver:
reduced the company’s paper usage by 25 percent; and
is expected to save more than $ 6 million and reduce annual paper usage by more than 750 tons, when implemented globally as a standard.(1)
The HP UPD is also beneficial to organizations deploying Windows Vista as it enables IT departments to virtually eliminate the need for testing, qualifying and distributing hundreds of different printer drivers when they migrate to Windows Vista.(3)
“The existence of multiple printer drivers within an organization can bring a number of challenges for IT personnel, the help desk, the end-users, and the organization as a whole. The answer to these challenges would be an implementation of a driver aimed at becoming the ‘platform’ driver for an organization,” said Jon Reardon, group director, Office Document Technology Services, InfoTrends. “HP appears to understand this need and the attention the company has paid to this area is encouraging.”
InfoTrends published an industry white paper on the HP UPD, titled “ One Driver to Rule Them All: The Universal Print Driver ,” which states that it should be clear that this driver pays off for organizations in a number of business-critical areas.
The HP Universal Print Driver was recently recognized by Industry Analysts, Inc., receiving the firm’s first Technological Innovation Award. Industry Analysts is a marketing and management consulting firm specializing in research and training for the office automation industry.
To download or to receive more information about the HP Universal Print Driver, visit www.hp.com/go/upd. Join the conversation about the driver by participating in the LaserJet blog at http://h20325.www2.hp.com/blogs/laserjet.
About HP
HP focuses on simplifying technology experiences for all of its customers – from individual consumers to the largest businesses. With a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure, HP is among the world’s largest IT companies, with revenue totaling $ 94.1 billion for the four fiscal quarters ended Jan. 31, 2007. More information about HP (NYSE: HPQ) is available at www.hp.com.
Note to editors: More news from HP, including links to RSS feeds, is available at www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/.
(1) Based on internal HP findings.
(2) HP’s Windows Vista enabled Universal Print Driver is expected to be available in early 2007. Visit www.hp.com/go/windowsvista for the most recent Windows Vista drivers and downloads.
Microsoft, Windows and Vista are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
This news release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. If such risks or uncertainties materialize or such assumptions prove incorrect, the results of HP and its consolidated subsidiaries could differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements and assumptions. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements, including but not limited to statements of the plans, strategies and objectives of management for future operations; any statements concerning expected development, performance or market share relating to products and services; anticipated operational and financial results; any statements of expectation or belief; and any statements of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. Risks, uncertainties and assumptions include the achievement of expected results and other risks that are described from time to time in HP’s Securities and Exchange Commission reports, including but not limited to the risks described in HP’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended Oct. 31, 2006 and other reports filed after that Form 10-K. HP assumes no obligation and does not intend to update these forward-looking statements.
© 2007 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein.
Editorial contacts:
Alison Graves, HP
+1 512 263 5972
Jeff Nessler
Porter Novelli for HP
+1 404 995 4514
HP Media Hotline
+1 866 266 7272
www.hp.com/go/newsroom
Hewlett-Packard Company
3000 Hanover Street
Palo Alto, CA 94304
www.hp.com
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Zebra’s Mirror printer management tool insures that networked printers are updated automatically. This saves time and money while keeping operations running smoothly.
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Ladera Ranch, CA and Haifa, Israel (PRWEB) July 1, 2008
Nexcopy Inc., a leading manufacturer in USB Duplicator equipment and TrusCont Ltd. a leader in copy protection and Digital Rights Management solutions, announced the release of the world’s first USB duplicator with copy protection capability.
Based on TrusCont security technology, Nexcopy offers the TSFD Publisher Kits for on-site customer creation of USB copy protect flash drives with advanced functions such as USB CD-ROM emulation and USB Read Only partitions. The Nexcopy TSFD Publisher Kits bundle TrusCont Secure Flash Drives, TSFD Copy Protection software and Nexcopy’s 20 port USB duplicator.
With increased popularity of USB flash drives as a means for document distribution, software publishing and other digital content distribution the need for companies to secure their intellectual property on USB drives are becoming more prevalent and critical. With TrusCont Secure Flash Drives and Nexcopy’s USB200PC USB duplicator, companies now have an in-house, turn-key hardware and software security solution for USB sticks.
“Digital Rights Management for USB is an emerging requirement for many corporations and Nexcopy is proud to partner with TrusCont to offer such a unique in-house solution. Nexcopy TSFD Publisher Kits bundle a complete solution which empowers the end-user to facilitate in-house USB copy protection, USB duplication, production of USB dongles and USB device partitioning – all of which are functions traditionally done at the manufacturer level,” says Greg Morris, President of Nexcopy.
Morris continues, “We have never seen this level of control and functionality at the end-user level for copy protection and security to USB devices. It’s an ideal solution for short run USB publication and duplication.”
“Nexcopy and TrusCont have gone to great lengths to insure compatibility and functionality between the TSFD copy protection technology and duplication features of the USB200PC system,” reports Eyal Cohen, TrusCont CEO. “We are confident this bundled solution is the most feature rich and advanced USB copy protection and USB duplication system available in the market today.”
The TrusCont copy protection software with advanced features is a true DRM solution which includes the ability to copy protect software and PDF documents. Advanced features include layers of protection such as anti-copy, anti-rip, time limits and password protection. For PDF documents, additional protection features allow copy and paste restriction and document printing rights. Copy protection may be applied to files on the USB drive in the Open partition or files in the USB CD-ROM partition or USB Read Only partition.
User ready TSFD drives for in-house USB copy protection with true DRM functionality and USB partitioning are available and ready for purchase. Bulk pricing and various capacities available. Nexcopy TSFD Publisher Kits are certified and tested by TrusCont and include the Nexcopy 20 port USB duplicator and bundled TSFD drives in quantities of 100, 300 and 500 units.
There are more features and benefits to the TSFD security technology and certified Nexcopy TSFD bundled Kits. Learn more at: http://www.nexcopy.com/usb-copy-protection/.
Nexcopy’s complete line of TSFD Publisher Kits and USB Duplicators are available through a world-wide network of authorized resellers.
About Nexcopy Incorporated:
Nexcopy Incorporated specializes in developing and manufacturing the finest and most feature rich flash memory duplicators in the market. Pioneering the solid-state memory duplication market, Nexcopy supplies Central and South America, Europe, India, Asia, Pacific Rim and serves the U.S. market through it’s U.S. headquarters at: 27762 Antonio Parkway Suite L1120, Ladera Ranch, CA 92694.
About TrusCont Ltd:
Started in 2007, TrusCont develops and markets copy protection and digital rights management solutions worldwide. TrusCont cooperate with leading hardware and media manufactures for delivering cutting edge security and publishing solutions for digital content.
For more information, please contact:
For Nexcopy Incorporated
Mr. Greg Morris
+1 949 481 6478
gregm @ nexcopy.com
http://www.nexcopy.com
For TrusCont Ltd.
Mr. Eyal Cohen
+972 4 832 05555
eyal @ truscont.com
http://www.truscont.com
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Rochester, New York (PRWEB) February 7, 2006
Pharos Systems International has designed the most sought-after print cost management software solutions accessible directly from multifunction printers.
Pharos, an HP Solution Business Partner, integrated HP technology into its software, which places job accounting, departmental chargeback, security, flexibility, and color access control functionality at a user’s fingertips. Pharos Systems leveraged the innovative technology within HP printers, including HP LaserJet 4345mfp and the HP Color LaserJet 4730mfp, to deliver Uniprint® technology directly into the HP integrated Multifunction Printer (iMFP), the fastest-performing and most cost-effective solution on the market today.
Pharos Systems print cost management software solutions are the first choice for those organizations and higher education institutions serious about leveraging the cost recovery opportunities that exist through proper management of print and copy assets. The Pharos Systems iMFP solution places powerful software solutions directly inside the iMFPs. Following easy ID or proximity card authentication, users can immediately take advantage of these applications via a single touch-screen user interface.
The Pharos iMFP solution makes access to a wide range of printing and copying services easier than ever before, allowing users to charge back print and copy costs to a department, grant, government contract, or to a personal account. To address the needs of mobile users, Pharos Systems designed the PrintHere™ feature to allow users to print a job and then pick it up at the iMFP that’s most convenient for them, regardless of where they’re located. Secure Release ensures that documents are only printed from the iMFP when the user who printed them is present to pick up the jobs. And the iMFP’s built-in print release capability and ID card devices save IT staff time, money, and effort in setup, configuration, and maintenance.
Fred Schempp, Director, Pharos Custom Solutions, says “The combination of our in-demand print cost management software with HP’s cutting-edge print and copy technology delivers a wholly unique print and copy device to the marketplace. The iMFP solution provides cost control, convenience, and confidentiality in one easy-to-use device, and we’re thrilled with the results of our collaboration with HP.”
“Pharos Systems is a valued HP partner engaged in integration activities to produce innovative print cost management solutions for HP customers,” said Vince Ferraro, Vice President of Marketing, LaserJet Business, HP. “Pharos, by building integrations with HP’s market-leading multifunction printer devices, provides HP customers with convenient, secure access to a wide range of printing and copying services, through a solution that is easy to set up, configure, and maintain.”
About Pharos Systems International, Inc:
Pharos Systems International, Inc is the recognized industry leader in providing print asset management and cost-recovery solutions to both corporate office and higher education environments. With over a decade of experience, we help customers track, measure, and control their print assets to reduce waste, optimize performance, guide the purchase of new devices, including multifunction printers, and make the most of existing ones. As a result, over a thousand companies in 22 countries are currently benefiting from optimized printing environments, and are experiencing significant expense reduction. Visit Pharos Systems on the Web at www.pharos.com.
Media Contact:
Kristi Gaylord
Pharos Systems
585-249-8978
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Xerox – Phaser 3300MFP Network-Ready Duplex Laser Printer/Scanner/Copier/Fax – Sold As 1 Each
Network-ready multifunction provides printing, scanning, faxing and copying capabilities for an entire workgroup. Remote management tools allow access to controls, including toner status, device setup, e-mail and fax address book management. Authentication and IP filtering help prevent unauthorized access to machine. Character recognition software converts hard copies to editable documents. Two-sided printing improves productivity and reduces paper use. Send scanned documents directly to e-mail. Print Technology: Laser; Maximum Print Speed (Black): 30.0 ppm; Maximum Print Speed (Color): N/A; Network Ready: Yes.
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Registered Dietitians Play Essential Role In Effective Management Of Type 1 And Type 2 Diabetes In Adults
Proper nutrition therapy is essential for the successful management of type 1 and type 2 diabetes and registered dietitians (RDs) can play a key role as part of the health care team. An article in the December issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association reviews the evidence and nutrition practice recommendations presented in the American Dietetic Association Nutrition Practice …
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Computer technician Martin Barnoski, a deployed Department of
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24, 2008, at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. Barnoski is a member of the U.S.
Army Communications-Electronics Command Life Cycle Management Command
Forward Repair Activity in Kuwait. Known as the "Tobyhanna FRA," the
volunteer team from Tobyhanna Army Depot, Pa., provides maintenance
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associated peripheral devices. The FRA staff has serviced and repaired
nearly 3,200 items this year. U.S. Army photo by Jim Hinnant.
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