Printer Peer is a professional tool that allows IT administrators to quota and track user and printer usage. Printers, ink, toner and paper are valuable resources and the cost associated to irresponsible printing may be as much as 40% of the total cost of ownership of computer systems. Taking control over the usage of these resources allows you to significantly cut the costs and make the job easier for IT administrators and end users.
Printer Peer's server-based system can be installed very easily even by inexperienced personnel. The installation does not require any alteration of existing networks and does not require special hardware or software. Printer Peer is the only product you need in order to add auditing and quota management functionality to your corporate network.
This product can accommodate networks of virtually any size. The clients that use the printers may be scattered across buildings or offices. As long as there is network connectivity, Printer Peer is able to track users and enforce quotas.
Printer Peer was designed with security in mind, from the ground up. Being a server-based solution, the user cannot tamper with the proper functionality of the program in any way because there is nothing to install on the client machine. Printer Peer works by intercepting the incoming communication that contains information to be printed, at the server level. Other similar products claim that their client-side implementations are tamper-resistant. In practice, there is always a way to get around such schemes, so be careful about this aspect when evaluating similar products.
Deploying Printer Peer on your corporate network is as easy as it can be. Upon downloading the product, you will essentially be doing the following:- Install
Once downloaded, Printer Peer's setup program will be executed on the central print server. The installation is fully-automatic and there is nothing to set at this point.
- Set-up
Printer Peer can be easily configured through its user-friendly interface. You are able to choose which printers to monitor (yes, you may choose to ignore some of the printers), selectively choose which users to allow or disallow access to printers, establish printing quotas, alerts and many other exciting features. Take the time to create the printing scenarios that best suit your needs. You will only do this once.
- Watch
The system works independently of human interaction. All you have to do is watch the detailed reports, check the printing log and ensure that everything complies with the rules that you enforced.
- Cut printing costs
Having a set of rules to be enforced basically means cutting unnecessary expenses. Why print invoices on your latest color laser printer, just because the accountant is fond of it? Why print large documents single-sided when printing them double-sided halves the paper waste.
