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Efi has recently announced the launch of
PrintMe®Mobile, a mobile print solution that is breaking down the
barriers to printing from tablets and smartphones in businesses.
EFI Eliminates the
Barriers to Enterprise
Mobile Printing with
PrintMe Mobile
PrintMe Mobile is a cost-
effective, scalable and secure
on-premises mobile printing
software solution that is easy
to use, deploy, support and
manage. Users don’t have to
download any software to their
Apple, Android, Blackberry and
other tablets and smartphones
to print on any networked
printer. IT departments can
install PrintMe Mobile and
deliver mobile printing on
any printer connected to the
network in as little as 20
minutes.
“The tablet phenomenon in
the enterprise will only continue
to gain momentum,” said Tim
Bajarin, president of Creative
Strategies, a Silicon Valley-based
technology consulting firm.
“As devices become a more
widespread business tool, there
will be a natural need to support
printing. EFI is getting out ahead
of this enterprise IT requirement
with PrintMe Mobile.”
Research shows that two-
thirds of businesses adopted
tablets in 2011 and 65 percent
of companies added five or more
new mobile apps in 2011. This
growth in smart device usage
is also driving demand for the
ability to print from mobile
devices. According to a February
2011 report from InfoTrends, 56
percent of CIOs are considering
implementing a mobile print
solution. Unfortunately, no
true enterprise-class mobile
print solution to date has
addressed both the end-user
and IT challenges for printing
from mobile devices. Solutions
have been costly or complex to
implement and manage, and
printouts do not always look the
way a user expects them to look.
EFI PrintMe Mobile shields
end users from the technological
complexity of mobile printing
and lets them solely experience
the benefits. This simplicity and
flexibility eliminates end-user
frustration, and improves user
efficiency and productivity in
the workplace. Users are not
required to leave the application
in which they are working in order
to print. PrintMe Mobile uniquely
enables all printers on an
enterprise network to be capable
of direct wireless printing from
Apple iPads and iPhones. The
solution is printer and device
agnostic, integrates seamlessly
into a company’s network
infrastructure without impacting
network security policies, and
supports both new and legacy
printing infrastructure. With
high-fidelity file conversion,
PrintMe Mobile preserves fonts
and layouts so that printed
documents look like they should.
PrintMe Mobile enables users
to print based on their work
style with three flexible ways of
printing from mobile devices,
without installing printer drivers.
Options for printing include:
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Direct to Print:
enables Apple
and Android devices to print
directly to any existing printer
on the network through the
company’s secure Wi-Fi network.
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Email to Print:
allows users
to print an email, including all
attached files, by simply sending
or forwarding an email.
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Release to Print:
protects
security and confidentiality by
holding the print job until the
user releases the file with a
retrieval code. The user controls
when and where the file is
printed so personnel, financial or
other sensitive documents don’t
sit in the printer tray unattended.
PrintMe Mobile is built on
proven EFI technologies. EFI
first introduced a direct-to-print
feature for Apple iPad and
iPhones on its Fiery Driven™
printers and multifunction
peripherals (MFPs) from Canon,
Konica Minolta, Kyocera Mita,
Ricoh and Xerox. EFI PrintMe,
a cloud-based printing service,
launched 10 years ago and
has thousands of installations
worldwide with millions of pages
printed.
For more information visit
www.efi.com
Photo courtesy of Apple
Photo courtesy of Apple