The Next Generation of Print Management

The best technology

The original Print Manager Plus® software was developed in 1994 as the first of its kind native to the Windows operating system. Still the only technology with this claim, Print Manager Plus® 9.0 takes its leading technology to the next level by enabling printing to be more than just a managed cost. It helps companies to leverage print management to the benefit of business through greater transparency, control, compliance and intelligence.

Enhanced ease of use

From the start, Print Manager has been celebrated by its users as accessible and seamlessly supported. Those same qualities continue to drive the development of the Print Manager Plus® software today. Print Manager Plus® 9.0 is easier to use and better supported than ever, from installation and integration through scalability and reporting.

Next-generation accessibility

Print Manager Plus® 9.0 reflects years of carefully collected customer input, a deep understanding of changing business needs, and a focus on the future of technology. The software provides next-generation accessibility, mobility, and technical quality with web-based printing and cloud integration: Quite simply, it’s a modern technology for the modern worker.

Increased cost saving potential

For decades, customers have been experiencing immediate ROI with the Print Manager software. Print Manager Plus® 9.0 takes cost savings to the next level by enabling companies to take control of a critical cost generator and put savings back into the IT budget.

Robust environmental reporting

Print Manager is—and always has been—an inherently green technology. The software immediately eliminates wasted printing materials and energy, helping companies to hit green targets and garner both the cost and reputational benefits of reducing waste. Print Manager Plus® 9.0 provides the additional benefit of easy and robust environmental reporting.

To find out more download infomational material below regarding the benefits of Print Manger Plus® 9.0.

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  • Live Auditing

    Live Auditing

  • Quota and Budget Tracking

    Quota and Budget Tracking

  • Restrictions and Rule Setting

    Restrictions and Rule Setting

  • Web-based Reporting and Scheduling

    Web-based Reporting and Scheduling

  • Release Station with Payment Options

    Release Station with Payment Options

  • Mobile Printing via Cloud

    Mobile Printing via Cloud

  • Client and Project Billing

    Client and Project Billing

  • Environmental Impact Reporting

    Environmental Impact Reporting

The Benefits in Brief

  • Immediately cuts printing costs
  • Immediately reduces printing waste
  • Reduces total cost of IT infrastructure
  • Saves IT staff and user time
  • Supports organizations' compliance with regulations like HIPAA, Sarbanes-Oxley and Data Protection Act intelligence.

Features

Basic
Standard
Premium
Overview
Editions      

Editions

Print Manager Plus® 9.0 can be installed as a Basic, Standard or Premium edition, which is licensed per printer audited. The product install changes nothing in the Windows infrastructure and relies only upon the standard Windows print subsystem. Larger enterprises running Windows Cluster, Core Services, Terminal Services or CITRIX based networks are also fully supported.

Licensing      

Licensing

Print Manager Plus® come in Basic, Standard and Premium editions. Copies of the software can be installed on as many computers, servers, etc. as necessary; however a license must be purchased for each printer audited by the software.

Scalability      

Scalability

Print Manager Plus® 9.0 can be easily engineered, installed and administered for any size workgroup, network, or enterprise.

Usability and Installation      

Usability and Installation

The product usability is simple with an easy installation and setup, and complete integration with Windows. Print Manager Plus® 9.0 will literally run itself.

Auditing
Printer Data Audited      

Printer Data Audited

Print Manager Plus® parses separate print languages written by manufacturers for their hardware. This enables the software to track the data needed for a complete audit of all printing traffic for any printer type.

Printers Audited include:

  • Dot Matrix Printers (All Manufacturers)
  • InkJet Printers (All Manufacturers)
  • Laser Printers (All Manufacturers)
  • Large Format Printers (All Manufacturers)
  • Plotters (All Manufactures)
  • Multifunctional Printers (All Manufacturers)
  • Label Printers (All Manufacturers)

Print Job Metrics Audited Include:

  • Number of Total Pages
  • Number of Black and White Pages
  • Number of Color Pages
  • Number of Copies
  • Page Size
  • Color vs. B/W Pages
  • Duplex
  • N-Up Pages
  • Document Title
  • Printing Bandwidth
  • Date and Time
  • Large Format Printer by Area
  • Large Format Printer by Job Length
  • RAW/Plain Text
  • Metric System
  • Printer Name
  • Printer IP Address
  • Printer Port
  • Printer Manufacture
  • Printer Driver / Model
  • Printer Location
  • Printer Groups
Network Data Audited      

Network Data Audited

Print jobs routed through a Windows Print Server and Workstation will be audited no matter the originating operating system. Once the print job has spooled through the print driver, auditing of network sources is completed.

Network Data Collected includes:

  • Active Directory Supported
  • Ldap Supported
  • Custom Active Directory LDAP Fields
  • User Name
  • Full Name
  • Domain
  • User Object-Guid
  • Workgroup and Local Users
  • Custom Users
  • User Group
  • Custom User Group
  • Department
  • Organizational Unit
  • Server Name
  • Workstation Name
  • Workstation IP Address
  • Email Address
Printing Costs Audited      

Printing Costs Audited

Print job data is translated into specific datasets that can be used for full featured auditing and cost analysis.

Assign Printing Costs to include:

  • Set Cost per Color vs. B/W Page
  • Set Cost by Page Size
  • Set Cost by Squared Unit
  • Set Cost by Total Length
  • Set by Cost Profile
  • Assign Cost Profile by Model or Manufacturer
  • Specify Custom Balance by Printer or Cost Profile
  • Exclude Printer from Balance Checks and Deduction
  • Discount Cost for Duplex printing
  • Discount Cost for N-Up printing
  • Discount Cost for Draft Mode. (Currently supports Hewlett Packard Economode.)
  • All Currencies Supported
  • Worldwide Paper Size Standards Supported
  • Create Custom Paper Sizes
  • Auto Learning of new Page Sizes
Administration
Reporting      

Reporting

The Web-based reports enable easy and precise budget planning and flow data.

Reports, Charts, and Dashboards Features include:

  • Web Based Reports and Dashboard
  • Select Date and Time Range
  • Export Reports and Charts in PDF, CSV, XLS and many other formats
  • Print Reports and Charts
  • Schedule Reports daily, weekly and monthly
  • Report Delivery via email, or file share
  • Drill Downs
  • Sort, View and Filter Options
  • Search Options
  • Quick Reports on User, Group, OU, Printer, Client and Server from Administrator
  • Report Filters and Options saved for quick Rerun
  • User Reports
  • Department Reports
  • Organizational Unit Reports
  • Workstation Reports
  • Server Reports
  • Printer Reports
  • Printer Group Reports
  • Bandwidth Reports
  • Savings Reports
  • Environmental Impact Reports
  • Administrative Reports
  • My Reports - End User Individual Reporting

Customized Print History and Export:

  • Build your own custom Detailed or Summary Report
  • Export to CSV or XLS
  • Customize Columns and Sorting
  • Customize Grouping
  • Reports by Custom LDAP Fields
Administrative Rights      

Administrative Rights

Print Manager Plus® has been fully integrated with Active Directory. The product can be set up to have multiple views of the interface. The system’s admin rights allow for a master administrator to assign rights to lower lever managers.

Administrative Right Features include:

  • Assign Admin rights by existing Active Directory user
  • Assign Admin rights by Custom User
  • Restrict management and reporting of Users by Domain, Groups and Organizational Unit
  • Restrict management and reporting of Printers by Print Server and Printer
  • Allow Admins and Managers to View or manipulate Certain Functions
  • Allow Admins and Managers only to run reports on their Assignments
  • Allow Report Scheduling per Admin
  • Allow Administration of Clients and Project Settings, Accounts and History
  • Allow Retract and re-credit of Balance
Administrator Interface      

Administrator Interface

The Print Manager Plus® interface is divided into tabs depending on how the software is integrated.

Interface Features include:

  • Intuitive and User friendly Interface
  • View Users, User Groups, Ous, and Devices
  • Change Views and Sort functions on each screen
  • Sizable Columns for easy Viewing
  • Rearrange and turn columns on and off
  • Items Grouped by Category
  • Search and Filter Functions
  • View Live Lists of Active Directory Users, Groups and Ous
  • View Live Lists of Print Queues and Devices
  • Live Services Tab for Device Inventory, Licensing and eUpdates
  • Health Status Checks on Services and Devices
Printing Security      

Printing Security


Printing Security includes:

  • Authenticate by Workgroup
  • Authenticate by Active Directory
  • Authenticate by Ldap
  • Authenticate by custom Print Manager Plus® Users
  • Delete, Pause, Hold or Confirm Print Job if User not recognized
  • Hold Print Job for User Verification via Client Pop-Up Message
  • Delete, Hold, or Allow Print Jobs if No Verification is completed
  • Allow End Users or only Administrators and Manager to Release Print Jobs
Financial & Environmental Saving
Printing Quotas and Budgets    

Printing Quotas and Budgets

Organizations can set hard quotas on a single user or multiple users via user groups and organizational units, as well as advanced secondary cash quotas when charging for printing. Budgets can be set on user groups, and organizational units, essentially setting a soft quota.

Quota and Budget Features include:

  • Set User Quota by Curreny Balance
  • Set User Quota by Secondary Cash Balance
  • Set User Quota by Page Count
  • Create Custom Quotas
  • Set Quota used per Printer or Cost Profile
  • Exclude certain printers or cost profiles from quota checks
  • Supports Negative Balance (Soft Quota)
  • Set a Printing Budget Balance on User Group or Organizational Unit
  • Pause, Delete, Hold, Allow or Confirm Print Jobs when quota is insufficient
  • Notification via Print Client Pop-Up Message and/or Email
Printing Restrictions and Rules    

Printing Restrictions and Rules

Organizations can set printing restrictions or rules by printer or per users directly or user groups, and organizational units. Printing rules can be created and saved, allowing multiple restrictions to be set and placed in a selected order.

Printing Restrictions and Rules include:

  • Restrict Users, Groups, OUs and Printers
  • Create Customized Restriction Based Rules
  • Restrict Number of Pages per job
  • Restrict Number of Copies per job
  • Restrict Duplicate Printing
  • Restrict Page Size
  • Restrict Print Job Size (Whitelist or Blacklist)
  • Restrict Print Job Cost
  • Restrict or Allow by Text Strings in Document Title (Whitelist or Blacklist)
  • Restrict or Allow Duplex
  • Restrict or Allow Printing by Time of Day
  • Restrict if Print Job contains Color
  • Restrict if Print Job is only Black and White
  • Pause, Delete, Hold or Confirm job upon Restriction
  • Customize Order Rules and Restrictions are checked
  • Allow Restrictions and Rules provide exceptions to other rules and restrictions
  • Customize Rule and Restriction Action and Message per User, Group, OU, Printer
  • Notification via Print Client Pop-Up Message and/or Email
  • Notification Administrator when Rule is met via Email
  • Save copy of job when Rule is met
Client and Project Billing  

Client and Project Billing

Many professional services organizations need to bill back their printing expenses to their clients, projects or departments. Print Manager Plus® offers a complete software-based billing system that supports printing and billing needs, offers transparency and ease of use to every level of user and changes nothing about the network configuration.

The software allows for clients, accounts and codes to be billed back to a central database each time a user prints from a workstation or through the web portal from a mobile device. Keeping track of all print job characteristics allows the system to create statements for automatic emailing.

Client and Project Billing Features include:

  • Create Accounts, Projects and Pin Codes
  • Import Accounts, Projects and Pin Codes
  • Create Sub Accounts and Projects
  • Import Sub Accounts and Projects
  • Add Full Contact Details of Account
  • Active or Non-Active Settings
  • Billable or Non-Billable Settings
  • Set Cost Markup by Percentage on Billable Jobs
  • Password protect clients and projects
  • Force Client Billing Module when Printing on Workstation
  • Set Print Job Timeout and Auto Delete if Print Client Ignored
  • Allow Batch Billing of from Print Client
  • Allow Client Creation from Print Client
  • Allow selection of Billable/Non-Billable from Print Client
  • Allow comments for Print Jobs from Print Client
  • Supports Client and Project billing on top of Existing Authentication and Confirmation Options
  • Create Account Statements from Reports
  • Create Expense and Income Reports
  • Schedule Automatic Delivery of Statement via Email or Save to Folder Share
  • Export Statements in PDF, XLS and other common formats
  • Bill past print jobs to Clients from History Web Page

End User Billing Client:

  • Client Billing Module for Workstation Pop-Up.
  • Choose a Client and Sub Account based on Server settings
  • Auto Complete for Quick Billing
  • Save commonly billed Clients and Projects to Favorites
  • Full Job Information and Metrics Shown
  • Displays Billing timer
  • Shows number of jobs left in Queue to be billed by User
  • Turn on Batch Billing for all Jobs in Queue, or for a time period
  • Create new Clients, and Sub Accounts when printing
  • Optionally add job comments
  • Ability to Cancel Pending jobs
Control
Release Station    

Release Station

The release station is a web portal designed to allow jobs held for release by a Print Manager Plus® rule, restriction or setting to be viewed and released from the Web by the end user, manager or administrator, depending on configuration.

Release Station Features include:

  • Web Based Release Station for Network printing
  • Attended Release of Print Jobs
  • User Rights setting who can view and release jobs
  • Print Job Timeout and Auto Cleanup of old jobs
  • Supports Locally Attached Printers on Workstations
Events and Delivery Notifications    

Events and Delivery Notifications

Print Manager Plus® can deliver notifications through a desktop-based print client tray icon, pop-up message, email, and/or via log-in to the web portal.

User Notification Features include:

  • Desktop Print Client providing Quota and Print Job Information
  • Web Based Quota and job information via Web Portal
  • Send Payment Receipts via Email
  • Low Quota Notification via Print Client Pop-Up Message and/or Email
  • Quota Exceeded Notification via Print Client Pop-Up Message and/or Email
  • Restriction Met Notification via Print Client Pop-Up Message and/or Email
  • Rule Met Notification via Print Client Pop-Up Message and/or Email

Administrator Events and Notification Features include:

  • Rule Met Notification via Email and save spool file automatically.
  • Printer Error Notification via Email to Administrator (Offline, Error Printing, Paper Jam, Paper Out, Paper Problem, Low Toner, Toner Out, Out of Memory, Printer Door Open, Printer Not Available)
  • Print Manager Plus® Service Error Notification via Email to Administrator
  • Automatic Emails on Health Status Checks on Services and Devices
  • Schedule Reports, Charts and Statements Delivery via Email
  • Schedule Reports, Charts and Statements Delivery to a shared directory
Printing Cloud  

Printing Cloud

Through the web portal, users can log in from inside or outside of the intranet. Once they log in using their network credentials, they are walked through a simple wizard that allows them to upload or select an existing document, choose a printer and print options, and then submit the print job for printing.

Printing Cloud Features include:

  • Web Based Administrative Interface for Mobile Printing
  • Web Based Mobile Printing Wizard
  • Preview Print Jobs
  • Printer Status
  • Set Print Options including Color, Grayscale, Duplex, N-Up (multiple pages per sheet) and page ranges
  • Allow upload of documents to be saved and Printed later
  • Optionally hold web prints for Web Release
  • Authenticate Mobile Uploads by Workgroup
  • Authenticate Mobile Uploads by Active Directory
  • Authenticate Mobile Uploads by Ldap
  • Authenticate Mobile Uploads by custom Print Manager Plus® Users
  • Upload Print Job via Web Page
  • Upload Print Job via iPad App WebPrint
  • Upload Print Job via Web Page from Android, ChromeBook, Slate and Surface Tablets
  • Upload Print Job via Print Manager Windows Driver for Desktop or Laptop
  • Most common document and image file types supported for upload
  • Group Printer Locations by Windows Location field, Print Server or Printer Group
  • Automatic Cover Sheet Option for Job Accountability
  • Enforce Windows Permissions for Mobile Printing
  • Bill WebPrints to Clients and Projects

Printing Cloud Client Support

Upload and submit print jobs from the following supported sources
  • Browse Document Upload from Internet Explorer, Chrome Safari, Firefox and more from any operating system
  • Chromebook Google Docs support using Open Authentication support
  • WebPrint for Print Manager Plus® iPad Uploader app
  • Windows WebPrint driver allowing printing from any Application
Payment Portal  

Payment Portal

Users can deduct print jobs from their existing Print Manager Plus® cash balances or pay for individual jobs through PayPal or Credit Card transactions. Users can also purchase additional printing credits within the same interface.

Payment Portal Features include:

  • Integration with PayPal Payments Pro and PayPal Payflow Pro gateways
  • Authorize.Net payment API integration
  • Attended or Un-Attended Release of Print Jobs Dashboard and Cashier Interface
  • Send Payment Receipts via Email
Flexibility
Informational and Configuration APIs  

Informational and Configuration APIs

An object-oriented set of .NET APIs provides access to a basic user directory and tracking information for Print Manager Plus®.

Informational and Configuration APIs Features includes:

The following types of objects can be queried and configured:
  • Users
  • Groups
  • Organizational Units
  • Printers
  • Cost Profiles
Settings and options can be viewed, changed and set on each object type as supported.
  • Balances
  • Restrictions
  • Default and Custom Actions
  • Page Costs
 

Our Customers Include

    • Investa Property Group
    • Information Network Inc
    • ECIL Group
    • Ask Jeeves
    • Invesmart
    • Dealix Corporate
    • Ashley Furniture
    • Ping An Insurance Group
    • ICON Clinical Research
    • Winged Keel Group, Inc.
    • Sand Pebble Builders
    • Camiros Ltd.
    • AMB Productions
    • Schwans Consumer Brands UK Ltd
    • Miramar Mining Corp.
    • Wallace Bishop Jewellers
    • Mattamy Homes
    • Pacific Services
    • Norplas
    • Newmont Peru Limited
    • Salt River Project
    • Electrolux Home Care Products
    • Grundfos Pumps Corp.
    • Appleton Area School District
    • Ausable Valley School District
    • Baldwin UF School District
    • Baldwin Woodville School District
    • Brisbane Waters Secondary Schools
    • Chippewa Falls School District
    • Duluth Public Schools
    • Elkhorn Area School District
    • Fairland Local School District
    • Indianola Community Schools
    • Jurong Secondary Schools
    • King's Manor Secondary Schools
    • Langley Secondary Schools
    • Leon County Schools
    • Liberty County School System
    • Los Angeles Unified School District
    • Marysville School District 25
    • Mason City Community School District
    • Milwaukee Public Schools
    • Monroe Public Schools
    • Mount Carmel Area School District
    • Norwood Public Schools
    • Plymouth Joint School District
    • Shek Lei Catholic Secondary Schools
    • South Windsor Public Schools
    • Spooner Area School District
    • Spring Lake Public Schools
    • Sweetwater School District
    • Tecumseh Public Schools
    • Towanda Area School District
    • Troy School District
    • Tyrone Area School District
    • Wallingford Board of Education
    • Watertown School District
    • Waunakee Community School District
    • Wilmot School District 54-7
    • Arizona State University College of Law
    • Avramopoulos & Partners Law Firm
    • Bates and Carey LLC
    • Bellamy Roberts LLP
    • Betts Austin PLLC
    • BPP Law School
    • Chicago Partners
    • Estudillo Law Firm PLLC
    • Law Office of Frederick S. Mittelman
    • Law Offices of Richard A. Saffir
    • Law Offices of Robert Scott Shtofman
    • Lynn Leonard Attorney at Law
    • Marten Law Group PLLC
    • Nurenberg, Paris, Heller & McCarthy
    • Rudolph, Fine, Porter & Johnson, LLP
    • Stanford University School of Law
    • The Law Firm Of Wendy R. Morgan
    • Touro Law Center
    • Wright Law Firm