PRINT DIRECTOR | OFFLINE OPERATION

A database hiccup shouldn't stop the office printing

If the connection to Print Director's central database drops, printing carries on. Work keeps moving at the site, and the central records catch up once the connection is back, so a network blip doesn't bring the office to a halt.

Resilience. A dropped link to the centre doesn't stop people getting their printing done.

The printer and the Print Director server are both online and printing continues, while the link on to the central database is down.

The problem

Networks wobble. Work shouldn't stop.

  • In large or multi-site setups, the link to the central database isn’t always perfect.
  • If a print system depends on a constant connection, a brief outage means people can’t print.
  • A stalled printer during a busy period costs real time across a whole site.
Offline Operation keeps things moving when the connection to the central database drops.

How it works

Keeps working, then catches up

Three steps: The link to the database drops, printing carries on, everything reconciles.

  1. The link to the database drops
    A network issue or scheduled maintenance makes the central database temporarily unreachable.
  2. Printing carries on
    Rather than stalling, Print Director keeps working at the site through the outage.
  3. Everything reconciles
    When the connection returns, usage keeps its place and the central picture catches up, so your tracking stays complete.

Key Benefits

Why Offline Operation matters

  • A database outage isn’t an outage for users
    Losing the central database doesn’t stop people printing.
  • Built for multi-site
    Especially valuable where sites depend on links that aren’t always up.
  • Nothing lost to a blip
    Usage keeps being recorded and reconciles when the connection returns.
  • Business as usual
    Staff keep working through short outages, often without even noticing.

Works with what you already have

Resilience across your sites

  • Keeps functioning when the connection to the central database is interrupted.
  • Especially valuable across multi-site and remote environments linked over a WAN.
  • Design the resilience in. Where a site runs its own Print Director server, that site keeps printing even when the link to head office is down. Where sites reach their server across a WAN, that link matters, so it is worth planning where the servers sit. We will help you work that out.
  • Complements directory sync and department cost tracking, which resume seamlessly once reconnected.

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