Need to control the cost of printing? Who doesn’t? We recently subjected the PretonSaver Print Management solution from Preton Ltd. to a Hands-On Test and found that it offers a wide variety of ways for virtually any company (with IT staff or not) to monitor, track, control, apply printing rules and save toner/ink when printing […]
Xerox Named Leader in Managed Print Services Market by Quocirca
Xerox was named the leader in worldwide managed print services (MPS) market for the fourth consecutive year by market-research firm Quocirca, which released a report detailing its findings on May 8th. The report cites Xerox’s lead due to continued expansion and investment in its MPS platform and the unrivaled geographical depth, breadth, and consistency of its offering in […]
OKI Data Americas to Resell PaperCut MF Print-Management Solution for Reducing Print-Environment Costs
OKI Data Americas will be reselling PaperCut MF print-accounting and management software developed by PaperCut Software International. PaperCut MF works with OKI open-platform single- and multifunction printers (MFPs). Designed to support work environments of all sizes, the PaperCut MF software solution helps organizations account for – and recoup the costs of – printing and copying. Papercut MF can […]
GreatAmerica Selects Print Audit as Additional FleetView Provider
GreatAmerica Financial Services, a $1.4 billion national commercial-equipment finance company, has added Print Audit Premier as an offering under its FleetView brand of device remote-monitoring and management. Previously powered by either PrintFleet or FM Audit, the FleetView expansion with Print Audit allows resellers to not only monitor devices, but also influence print behaviors through its rules-based […]
Muratec to Market NewField IT’s Asset DB Print-Management Solution
Muratec America has entered into an agreement with U.K.-based NewField IT to promote NewField’s Asset DB print- and asset-management solution. NewField’s Asset DB is a managed print services (MPS) tool, owned and developed by NewField, and is designed for assessing and managing print environments. Asset DB takes a visual, floor-plan based approach to identifying installed devices […]
PretonSaver Capabilities for Gathering Print-Usage Data Incorporated into NER Data’s Print4 MPS Solution
NER Data Corporation today announced a distribution and integration agreement with Preton, a provider of software for reducing printing costs. Preton develops PretonSaver, a print-management software application focused on providing detailed print-usage data for optimizing toner and paper consumption and controlling printing activity. PretonSaver gathers user-focused reporting data from all network- and locally connected printers […]
Ringdale Enhances its FollowMe Embedded for Xerox
Ringdale, a provider of secure document-output management solutions, has announced what it’s calling a significant enhancement to its FollowMe Embedded for Xerox’s Extensible Interface Platform (EIP) open-development platform. The enhancement enables the FollowMe Embedded client to use the FollowMe USB attached identification (ID) card readers in supported Xerox EIP-enabled MFPs, without requiring additional controller hardware. […]
ECi FMAudit Announces New Professional Services Offering
ECi Software Solutions (www.ECiSolutions.com), a provider of industry specific information technology solutions, has announced that its MPS data collection software, FMAudit, has added a new offering: FMAudit Professional Services. With over 3.6 million devices monitored by more than 126,000 FMAudit Onsite software installations, Professional Services (PS) provides strategic partnerships for both the dealer and reseller […]
Print Audit Premier Dealers can now Perform Unlimited Print-Environment Assessments
Print Audit is now providing all of its Premier subscribers in North America with the ability to run an unlimited number of 60-day print assessments with Print Audit Assessor at no additional cost. Premier is a subscription program that gives office-equipment dealers access to all of Print Audit’s products for one monthly price. With an […]
Supplies Network to Distribute Toshiba e-STUDIO MFPs
Toshiba America Business Solutions reports that it’s expanding its U.S. domestic distributor channel by partnering with IT supplies wholesaler and managed print services company Supplies Network. Supplies Network, which is located in Saint Louis, Missouri, will distribute Toshiba’s e-STUDIO MFPs to Toshiba’s Business Products Center partners and authorized dealers. Under the agreement, Supplies Network will also […]
Pitney Bowes Wins MPS Contract with Cooperative Purchasing Network
Pitney Bowes reports that its Management Services business unit was selected by The Cooperative Purchasing Network (TCPN) in Houston, Texas. Under the authority of the Texas Region 4 Education Service Center (ESC), the lead agency responsible for the bid, Pitney Bowes Management Services was awarded a contract for managed print services (MPS). Under this agreement, […]
Pharos Rolls Out Blueprint Enterprise 5.1 Print-Management Solution
Pharos Systems International is rolling out Blueprint Enterprise 5.1 print-management software, which adds a number of new enhancements: 1. Delegate printing - Managers can enable their assistants to collect print jobs on their behalf. 2. Encrypted storage of print jobs – Print jobs are encrypted while awaiting release, ensuring important business information remains confidential. 3. Support […]
OKI Launching Managed Network Services Program ‘Network Operations Center’
OKI Data Americas will be rolling out a new network services program for office-equipment dealers, called Network Operations Center (NOC), that it’s billing as a complete office IT solution for small businesses. Under the program, OKI and partner ISS Solutions provide small businesses with a fully configured network infrastructure. OKI developed NOC in cooperation with and powered by ISS […]
A Look at Memjet’s Managed Print Services Channel
Those close to the printing and imaging industry know the Memjet saga has been a long and winding one. Memjet and its (former) parent, Silverbrook Research, went public in 2007 with a stunning technology story supported by thousands of patents, dramatically fast printing demos and a business model that offered a far less expensive cost […]
Verdiem’s Print & Power Analyzer Software Tracks Printer and PC Energy Consumption, Network and Local Printer Use
Verdiem has introduced new software, Verdiem Print & Power Analyzer, which tracks end-user printing, identifies both local and networked printers, and measures printer and PC energy consumption. Verdiem Print & Power Analyzer software provides the following via a single dashboard: Discover Local and Networked Printers - Verdiem discovers all actively used local and networked printers regardless […]
Print Audit Issues Update for Facilities Manager
Print Audit has released an update for its Information Collection Engine (ICE), the scanning engine that powers its remote meter-reading solution, Facilities Manager. Information Collection Engine (ICE) 1.14 includes fixes for issues found in the previous release, as well as greater scanning accuracy with numerous manufacturers’ devices. ICE gathers information for Facilities Manager by tracking […]
Toshiba Launches New A4 Color MFPs with Barcode Printing
Billing them as a “super” managed print services/managed document services platform, Toshiba TEC of Japan launched new A4 color A4 MFPs for both office environments, and, with integration of Toshiba’s Barcode Label printing, for supply-chain applications. The new e-STUDIO287CS, 347CS, and 407CS also feature easy installation with a Universal Printer Driver deployment, and also incorporate Toshiba’s e-BRIDGE Open […]
Managed Print Services is Slow to Catch on in Japan, Reports IDC
International Data Corporation (IDC) has published the results of its Japan Managed Print Services Market User Survey 2012. In the survey, 862 respondents involved in spending-related decisions for the Japan enterprise printing environment were asked about their implementation criteria and vendor selection criteria for Managed Print Services (MPS). MPS is an outsourcing service that includes enterprise […]










