Managing printers and controlling costs

This time round we consider the costs and difficulties of managing printers, and how to control their associated costs.

So, how many printers does your company own? How many people are on staff, and how many pages do they print each day? Do some people use those expensive color printers for everything they print? Try to add up the cost of paper, toner, ink cartridges, the maintenance, wear and tear on the equipment, and you begin to get the picture! Despite this huge expense and its impact on profits, most organisations both big and small just view it as “the cost of doing business” since it’s impossible to control without the right information and tools.

There is an easy solution to these “hidden” printing expenses. They can be easily managed – Print Manager Plus.

Print Manager Plus allows you to monitor Users, User Groups, and Printer usage for a complete print management solution. This system gives you control over these valuable resources, namely printers, paper and toner. No more wasted budget resulting from uncontrolled and irresponsible printing. You’ll be amazed how much you can save by just tracking this outflow.

Print Manager Plus allows you to monitor and reporting on all printing activity on a Windows NT/2000/2003 network. It will track pages being printed from Windows 2003/2000/NT 4.0, 3.51, Windows XP, Windows 98, Windows 95, Windows 3.1, DOS, Macintosh, UNIX (all flavors), and OS/2 clients.

Print Manager Plus installs in seconds on any Windows Print Server or Work Group and is so cost-effective it often pays for itself within 10 days. If you run on budgets and especially if you are responsible for printing, you need Print Manager Plus.

Print Manager Plus:

• Tracks, controls and reports printing usage and costs across networks.
• Budget or restrict users by dollar (or any currency) amount, number of pages per job, job size and file type.
• Restrict printers by number of pages per job, job size and file type.
• Complete cost and usage accounting.
• Complete reporting.
• Client Billing and Authentication Module available.
• Simple licensing. The product is licensed by print server. Each license covers UNLIMITED printers, users and workstations.

If you would like to learn more about what Print Manager Plus can do to hel;p you manage your printers more effectively, please visit http://www.purplerage.com/printmanagerplus. A 30-day trial is also available from our site at http://www.purplerage.com/download1.php?prod=080.