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Security and mobile
printing enhanced in new
version of UniPrint Infinity
UniPrint 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 is a printing virtualisation specialist and provider of a PDF-based universal printer driver
that enables ‘any platform, any device’ printing from all makes and model of networked or locally
attached printer.
Installed on the application server, the driver provides a single virtual print queue and compresses
data by up to 90% to reduce bandwidth requirements and speed up application access across Citrix,
Microsoft, VMware VDI and cloud computing environments.
Since introducing its universal print driver, UniPrint has brought out additional functionality so
that the UniPrint Infinity solution now also offers mobile/BYOD printing, cloud printing and secure
pull printing.
Together, these capabilities enable customers to speed up printing – a major selling point for
users in remote locations – improve data security and reduce print costs by 35%.
UniPrint Infinity Version 9 incorporates the largest number of enhancements ever made to the
product. 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 a disaster.
Print management
in the cloud takes off
The proportion of UK-based organisations
using cloud services for print and file
management has increased by almost 50%
since 2014, according to new research from
the Cloud Industry Forum.
Its survey of 250 IT decision-makers found
that 28% of organisations that have a file and
print management service currently host it in the
cloud, up from 19% in last year’s survey. A further
16% plan to move to the cloud in the future.
The proportion of organisations using cloud
for document management also grew, up to
38% from 30% in 2014.
Joe Doyle, marketing director at Annodata,
said: “For all talk of the paperless office, the
printed page shows no sign of going away. But
the fact is that no one really knows what the
next year will bring, let alone the next five years,
so investing in agile technology solutions is
critical. Cloud-based Managed Print Services,
which can scale both up and down in line with
business demands, allow businesses to remain
agile and maintain competitive advantage,
unencumbered by unnecessary print resources
and the time needed to manage them.”
Is 3D printing bad for your health?
Clean Strands has
started a Kickstarter
campaign to
raise funding for
emissions testing and
certification of plastic
filament used in 3D
printing. The LA-based
company argues that
although PLA and ABS
plastic emits fumes
when heated in a 3D
printer, very little
research has been done into the effect on indoor
air quality.
Clean Strands plans to work with the Built Environment
Research Group (BERG) at Illinois Institute of Technology to
find out what chemicals are being emitted into the air and in
what concentrations. Testing will measure ultra-fine particles
and total volatile organic compounds produced by PLA and ABS
filaments.
It will also work with environmental consultancy Ramboll
ENVIRON to set standards for safe indoor air quality when
3D printing. Plastic filament that is deemed to be safe will
be awarded the Clean Strands Seal of Approval. Testing and
certification is scheduled to begin in September.
Recycled from the
start
Dutch start-up Refil is inviting
businesses to minimise the
environmental impact of 3D
printing by using recycled
filament made from plastic
bottles (translucent) or used
car dashboards and door panels
(black). Refilament string
contains no toxic dyes and
comes wrapped around a 100%
recycled cardboard spool. Refil
co-founder Casper van der
Meer said: “Using our refilament
instead of ordinary filament
instantly makes everything you
print recycled.”
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in brief
A fix in time
The benefits of remote diagnostics on modern
print devices are highlighted in new service
statistics from managed print service provider
Balreed. In the first five months of this year
its Remote Managed Service technicians fixed
up to 30% of client faults remotely within an
hour of their discovery. In other instances, they
identified problems before they occurred and
delivered replacement parts to avoid printer
downtime.
Market leader
Nuance Communications is named as the
market leading ‘global device and print
management independent software vendor’ in
a new report by IDC,
Worldwide and U.S. ISV
Device and Print Management Market Shares,
2014: Large Players Remain Strong
. Nuance’s
Equitrac, SafeCom and Output Manager print
management software enable organisations to
control, manage and monitor their entire print
environment to reduce costs, bolster security
and improve ease-of-use.
nuance.co.uk
