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Adobe has become the
latest company to introduce
desktop print optimisation
software designed to reduce
the financial cost and
environmental impact of
printing.
Suitable for use with all
desktop and network printers,
Adobe LeanPrint can cut
toner and paper consumption
by 40% by reformatting
document layouts and colours
when printing from popular
applications and web browsers
including Microsoft Word and
Excel, Adobe Reader, Adobe
Acrobat, Internet Explorer and
Firefox.
Plug-ins installed within
supported applications provide
an alternative print path, with
previews so that users can
see the final document before
sending it to be printed.
LeanPrint has two print
modes: Toner Saver, which
reduces ink and toner
consumption; and Super Saver,
which saves both toner and
paper by reformatting.
Instead of shrinking pages or
using hard-to-read draft mode,
LeanPrint reformats pages to
make best use of space and
optimise readability. Colour
charts and graphs are converted
to black-and-white patterns;
text is laid out in newspaper-
style columns; Excel charts
are reformatted to keep most
graphs intact; and Web pages
are printed without display ads.
Adobe LeanPrint also
tracks print jobs and costs;
and analyses paper and
toner savings arising from its
use at document, user and
organisational levels.
Toshiba America Business
Solutions is selling the software
in the US at a cost of $99 per PC
or for an annual subscription of
$36 per user. It is also offering
a free 30-day trial on its website
(http://business.toshiba.com).
www.adobe.com/products/
lean-print.html
spring 2012
THE PRINT, MFP & SOFTWARE MAGAZINE FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONALS
Editor:
James Goulding
07803 087228 [email protected]
Advertising Director:
Ethan White
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Publishing Director:
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internationally recognized standards and
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managed forestation.
Cut print costs by 40% with Adobe
Lexmark is launching a new
app that can be used to
create customised workflows
for smartphones and tablets
in just minutes.
The ‘mobile workflows’
app has a menu of tasks
represented by icons that can
be dragged and dropped into
a customised workflow in the
order you want them to be
completed.
The workflow can then be
emailed to and used by any
smartphone with the app
installed.
The app makes creating
a workflow for the capture
of expenses receipts with
a smartphone camera as
simple as choosing icons for
User Prompts to ensure the
user enters data required for
processing; Capture to take an
image of a receipt; and Email
for routing the image and data
to the accounts department.
www.lexmark.com
Brother has appointed Phil Jones to
head its UK business operations.
On April 1, he took over operational
responsibility for the 180-strong
Manchester-based company from Hiroshi
Miura, who is returning to Japan after four
and a half years as UK managing director.
As UK Country Head and Deputy Managing
Director, Jones will lead Brother’s strategy
and commercial operations, reporting
to the Managing Director of Brother
International Europe who will assume the
UK MD statutory functions.
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* In November Ricoh
announced its own solution in
this space. Print&Share Eco
reduces the environmental
impact of print jobs by
automatically deleting
unnecessary pages such as
web pages with just a URL
footer. It can also condense
the content of a document to
fewer sheets, reducing both
TCO and carbon emissions.
Sister programme Print&Share
is designed to make it easy for
users to personalise, archive,
print or distribute business
documents via email or fax.
www.ricoh-europe.com/
products/software/output-
management/index.aspx
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