Print Director for Educational Institutions

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Track paper output on printers, photocopiers and multi-function devices
Recover costs – charge for printing
Reduce waste produced in your office
Discover optimal deployment of office equipment
Centralise management of printing infrastructure
Benefit from better supplies management
Control access to office equipment
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Charge For Printing
- Accept cash from users to replenish their accounts. Printing is denied when their balance reaches zero
- Users can see their balance on their workstation or on the LCD panel of the printer
Extensive Graphical Reporting
- Summary and detailed information with usage analysis
- Automatic, scheduled emailing of reports in Excel, PDF or Word formats
- Up to 3 levels of grouping by any attribute (User, Device, Department, Region...)
Rule Based Printing and Alerts
- Limit users and/or devices when certain thresholds are met per month, week, day or any calendar period
- Educate users via popups or emails with advice on duplex or black & white printing
- Alert management via email when certain user or device, total or colour thresholds are met
- Automatically change email print jobs to black & white or large print jobs to duplex
Administrative Automation
- Integration with Active Directory
- User defaults (Rules, software access) automatically inherited from their Department
- Send user PINs directly from software
- Auto-load user email address for Scan-to-Me. No manually loading device address books
- Offline operation if connection to central database is lost (very effective in WAN environments)
Google Cloud Print Integration
Print from Android, iOS, Windows, Chrome from anywhere in the world and have your documents routed into your ‘Follow Me’ printing system
No Extra Hardware
Embeds on to Konica Minolta and Lexmark devices
‘Follow Me’ Printing
Print and then release your print queue at any device
Detailed Print Information
View detailed print information per user such as date, document name, device name, login name, account code, workstation, duplex, colour, paper size, number of pages and the price
Detailed Call Information
View detailed call information per user such as call date, direction, extension, number, number group, login name, account code, trunk, dialed acc, dialed auth, call duration, and amount (price)
Colour Output Analysis
View a detailed colour output analysis for each user including the number and percentage of pages printed, the colour in which it was printed, and the percentage of total colour used

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