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Infinity, especially for its ability
to provide secure printing to
doctors, nurses and support
staff who are increasingly
mobile and may use tablets
and other mobile devices
to access electronic medical
records.
“We are talking to different
regions in the NHS about
Secure UniPrint,” said Fung.
“Making sure that the printer
follows the healthcare worker
is a huge challenge, especially
in the virtualisation world.
How do you make sure that
healthcare workers print to the
printer closest to them? To allay privacy
concerns, you don’t want patient records
to appear on the wrong printer. Also, you
want to track who prints what and make
sure that no one else has access to the
prescription you have just printed.”
As well as ensuring that the printer
follows the user, with the option of pull
printing and encryption, UniPrint’s printing
virtualisation and print stream compression
technologies increase printing speed. This
is a major selling point for users in remote
locations, as is Infinity’s support for secure,
mobile and cloud printing.
Complete solution
Fung says that by providing such extensive
functionality, UniPrint Infinity addresses
the changing priorities and concerns of
customers with a streamlined, centralised
solution that is consistent with key
trends in business today, including the
replacement of desktop computers with
mobile devices or thin/zero clients and
greater emphasis on data security.
Commenting on today’s mobile
computing trends and the rise of Apple
in particular, he said: “The mobile is
here to stay. A lot of people use Mac as
their mobile devices and in a virtualised
environment. Mac is very stringent in
terms of how it prints, and now, with our
additional features, you don’t have to buy
an AirPrint-compatible printer in order for
that Mac or iPad to print natively. With
our software you can make any printer
– including some of your legacy printers –
Airprint-compatible.”
Fung added that growing concern
about data security was yet another reason
why customers were attracted to UniPrint
Infinity: “I was talking to a CTO over lunch
in New York City and he was saying that
the US Government was asking financial
companies: Are you sure that your entire
organisation is secure, including when you
print? Is that print job that travels over
the network encrypted? Is it secure? Can
anyone tap into your print stream? How do
you make sure the end device is secure?
How do you make sure the print file you
store on your computer is encrypted? All
this opens up a whole new opportunity
for companies like ourselves who focus on
secure printing and mobile printing.”
A new opportunity for UniPrint – and
for its resellers.
How do
you make
sure that
healthcare
workers print
to the printer
closest to
them?
Printing virtualisation leader UniPrint, a
division of ACCEO Solutions Inc., has brought
out a new version of its Infinity managed
print solution for ‘anywhere, any time, any
device’ secure pull printing across different
platforms, offices and geographies.
UniPrint Infinity replaces all manufacturer
printer drivers with a single PDF generator to
promote faster, more efficient printing across
Citrix, Microsoft, VMware VDI and cloud computing
environments.
UniPrint says Version 9 incorporates the largest
number of enhancements ever made to the product,
bringing improved performance, efficiency, security
and cost efficiency.
Major updates include:
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Improved printer driver performance and
efficiency;
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New mobile printing capabilities, including Apple
iOS and OS X printing, delegate printing and email-
to-print functionality;
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Enhanced high availability with load balancing
capabilities for uninterrupted printing; and
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A 256-bit encryption scheme that provides added
security to the print stream travelling over the
network.
In addition, UniPrint is soon to launch a backup
and restore utility allowing easier upgrade and
faster recovery from any disaster.
Canon has enhanced its training
and education programme for print
service providers (PSPs) and in-
house print departments with new
themed workshops and curriculum-
based education packages.
The Essential Business Builder
Program (EBBP) provides access to a
suite of industry-leading guides, together
with local educational workshops and
independent mentors to help PSPs improve
performance and increase profitability.
New workshop topics include:
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Digital marketing and how PSPs can
maximise opportunities across new
communications platforms;
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Business management – to identify
existing business models and competitor
offerings; and
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Planning for change – separate
dedicated workshops for in-house
operations and graphic arts environments.
In addition, Canon is complementing
its workshop-based training with on-
going reading, tools and logical action
plans that can be accessed on Canon’s
Digital Dimensions customer portal.
Andrew Harris, European & UK
Professional Print Marketing Manager,
Canon Europe, said: “While EBBP has
been providing customers with support
for business growth for a decade now, we
are constantly looking at ways to enhance
our offering to ensure it remains ahead of
trends and developments to give printers
the best possible opportunities to adapt,
diversify and continue to thrive.
“Our new themed workshops and
packaged bundles have been introduced to
maintain a topical relevance to reflect the
latest market developments. The syllabus
has also been devised in such a way that
customers have the flexibility to join the
programme at whatever stage they are in
their own development journey.”
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