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About the Print Director Suite

  • ANALYSIS MODULE - Provides reports on printer inventory, device volumes, budgets, cost baselines and printing workflow issues on the network
  • REDUCTION MODULE - Rules-based printing handles re-direction of print jobs to the most efficient devices and controls printer usage and feature availability
  • RECOVERY MODULE - Associates the costs of printing back to users and clients for billing purposes
Major Applications
  • Can be deployed in companies of any size looking to understand, control and save on user printing costs
  • Facilitates charge-backs for copying and printing within an organization
  • Optimize existing and future printing equipment investments
Benefits
  • Identifies bottlenecks and inefficiencies on the network by providing a "snap-shot" of all printing devices, their volumes, and use costs
  • Notifies users (via custom pop-up messages) of print job costs and recommended printing devices and settings to reduce expense
  • Automates the process of allocating costs back to clients for printing and copying
Using Print Director
  • Tracks all printing (silently in the background) including local, networked and direct to IP print jobs
  • Manage and set budgetary account limits for copying and printing by user
  • Easily establish printing rules such as page limits by device, color usage, duplex, restrict access to certain settings, and more
  • Setup customizable pop-up messages for users to support printing rules
  • More than 35 built-in graphical reports showing breakdown by user, date/time, printer, cost, etc.
  • Reports can be exported to PDF, XLS, XML, and CSV
Implementing this Solution
  • Installs on a networked computer and can then be pushed out to any number of PC or Macintosh computers on the network
  • Network authentication integration - supporting Windows, Active Directory, and Novell Directory Services
  • Runs in the background on client systems and is nearly transparent for employees
  • Print Director integrates with accounting systems


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