Centralized Direct IP Printer Management
- Central Management: Centrally manage all of your organization’s printers from a single web-based administrative console, with or without domains or trusts
- Create Printers: Create new printer and have them automatically deployed to end users
- Modify Printers: Modify printers settings (driver, port, name, duplex option, etc.) and have changes automatically made to printers on end user workstations
- Delete Printers: Remove printers from workstations automatically
Self Service Portal
- Single Enterprise Portal: Provides a single consistent Printer Installation portal across the entire enterprise with or without domains and trusts
- Floor Plan Maps: Optional floor plan maps with single-click self-service printer installation
- Auto Opens to Location: Enables end users to easily find nearby printers by auto opening to their current location
- Reduce Helpdesk Calls: Empower end users to install printers on their own and reduce help desk calls
Mass Edit / Create / Manage Printers
- Mass Create: Create 10 or 10,000 printers
- Easy Management: Manage all of your printers and their attributes quickly and easily
- Find & Replace: Use find-and-replace function to change hundreds or thousands of printer object’s deployment assignments, drivers, ports, comments, etc.
Automated Printer Deployment
- No GPOs or Scripts: Manage printer deployment assignments without GPO’s, scripts, or print servers
- Set Default Printer: Dynamically set the correct default printer
- Eliminate Slow Logon: Automatic printer installation occurs post logon, eliminating slow log on times
- Dynamic Deployments: Deploy printers by AD user, computer, group, container, OU, hostname or IP address range
- Proximity Printing: Automatically install nearby printers
- Citrix & VMware Support: Supports Citrix and VMware session and other virtual technologies
Printer Driver Profile Management
- Pre-Configure Drivers: Configure driver settings such as dpi, duplexing, paper size, paper source, paper trays and so on
- Advanced Settings: Displays actual driver’s interface so you can configure every possible function of the printer
- Re-Apply Settings: Apply profile configuration only during first install or each time a user logs on or even after each print job
Port Management and Redirection:
- Port Redirection: Redirect all print jobs from one printer to a similar printer via a single port redirection change
- Advanced Options: Supports standard ports and others like LPR
Print Job Auditing
- Print Job Reports: Quantify which network printers are the most utilized
- USB Support: Supports auditing USB print jobs and provides reports
- Advanced Data Points: date, time, printer, user, computer, color, monochrome, and document name
- Coming soon – generate department based charge back reports and other advanced audit reports
SNMP Monitoring
- Status View: view the online status of printers individually or for the entire fleet
- Monitor Status: Capture SNMP notifications like ink low, paper low, paper empty, tray open, and more.
- Alerts: Coming soon – receive custom SNMP notification alerts
Role Based Access Control
- Distributed Management: Delegate printer management roles and permissions with optional AD and LDAP directory integration
- Auditing: Complete administrative auditing of changes made by Printer Installer administrators
Queue Management
- Central Queue Management: Identify and delete stuck print jobs from end user’s local workstation across the enterprise from the central administrator portal
- Simplify Management: Because there are no print servers hosting printer queues, it is simple to search for the printer name in the administrator to manage it’s print jobs
Citrix / VMware Session Support
- Deploy Printers: Deploy printers into Citrix sessions based on the name / location of the end point device connecting to the session
- Self-Service: Enable session users to quickly install desired printers.
- Printer Management: All of the features outlined above are supported in the Citrix / VMware environments
Driver Management
- Universal Support: Works with all printer drivers and manufacturers
- Driver Management: Centrally manage all of your printer drivers in a single driver repository and have driver updates automatically pushed to printers on end user workstations.
APIs
- API: Integrate with other application by using the URL API’s provided
- Integration: Add printers from other applications that contain printer names, physical location, and IP address
Printer Driver Caching
- Plug-n-Play: Integrate with existing WAN caching technologies to avoid cross WAN driver download
- Driver Cache Support: Cache drivers at multiple sites to support limited WAN connections
High Availability
- No Single Point of Failure: Maintain printing enterprise wide during WAN outage or Printer Installer host server failure with native direct IP capabilities
- Redundancy: Configure a warm standby Printer Installer server for management high availability