Whitepapers

PrePrint converts Kyocera Prescribe documents into industry standard formats, including PDF, PostScript and PCL, on a per-queue basis. PrePrint is supplied as a standalone single application embedded appliance or a VMware image and provides a reliable and cost-effective method of migrating from the Prescribe page description language.

Processing Prescribe documents could not be easier: conversion to PDF, PostScript or PCL is done simply by printing documents using LPR or raw port printing. Drag and drop hot folders are also supported, which makes conversion of document batches simple. Converted data can be routed automatically to any network printer or optionally stored as a PDF archive for emailing as an electronic document.

PrePrint queues can be configured in minutes using the intuitive, user-friendly interface. Default printer settings can be specified, including replacement of Prescribe cassette/paper tray selection commands with digital print stock or PostScript paper selection tags. 

Uniquely, PrePrint supports any output printer, as individual printer PPD files can be associated with each PrePrint queue. This allows users to takeadvantage of all the printers’ functionality, including tray and cassette selection, output bin selection, duplex and stitching.

Executive Summary

Apple AirPrint is a driverless printing technology introduced with iOS version 4.2 in November of 2010. It enables Apple’s iOS® devices including iPhones®, iPads®, iPod® Touches, and Mac® OS X® to print without the need to install drivers or download software. AirPrint uses familiar, well-established technologies already in use today including Bonjour®, IPP, PDF and JPEG.

One of the big benefits of AirPrint is that it gives users the speed and convenience of direct print capability from their iOS-based wireless devices without cloud services or proxy devices in the print path. AirPrint works best in flat Wi-Fi networks, which are typically found in home and small offices. Using AirPrint in mid- to large-size enterprises may require making some changes to your network infrastructure to allow this service to traverse the multiple subnets found in enterprise environments.

Many Xerox customers have expressed an interest in taking full advantage of the AirPrint capabilities that are available for Xerox® ConnectKey™ devices. Unfortunately, subnets or multiple smaller networks that are designed to enhance efficiency, space allocation and security issues are not well understood. Ideally, users want AirPrint to “just work" – as it already does on their own home networks. To allow this to happen, it is imperative to set-up an environment that allows the end user’s Apple iOS devices to find and access network printers that are AirPrint capable.

This white paper provides some insight into the ways in which you can help your network infrastructure support AirPrint.

Executive Summary

Xerox Corporation developed a breakthrough print driver platform that significantly reduces costs and increases the efficiencies of enterprise printer management and support. This new platform has changed the way that IT administrators view and manage enterprise print drivers.

Our core driver platform (the key component of this new strategy), helps make you more productive by streamlining the user interface and ensuring a consistent experience across the majority of our product lines. This consistency has greatly simplified print services delivery and reduced end- ser training and support requirements, and lowered the cost of IT print services as a result.

Two of the most innovative print drivers built on the new platform, the Xerox Global Print Driver and Xerox Mobile Express Driver, have been upgraded:

• Xerox Global Print Driver (X-GPD) is a universal print driver that offers unprecedented ease of use for network administrators managing a diverse array of print devices across the enterprise. It greatly reduces the time and effort required to deploy and upgrade print drivers on a network.
• Xerox Mobile Express Driver (X-MED) allows mobile professionals to quickly and easily find and use printers in any new location, without timeconsuming driver installation and costly support calls.

Unlike proprietary “universal” print drivers, X-GPD and X-MED support both Xerox and non-Xerox printers, which is an important advantage for IT managers administering the typically diverse mix of print devices on today’s enterprise networks. These drivers also support 100 percent of the feature sets of most Xerox printers.

Executive Summary

Findings from a recent IDC study indicate that documentdriven processes — the business processes that are governed and controlled by documents in electronic or paper format — have a profound impact on companies’ customer-facing functions. Furthermore, reengineering these document processes can yield strategic, top-line benefits including revenue growth and improved market responsiveness, which this study found to be the highestrated business priorities for enterprises today. Despite the belief held by many business executives that documentdriven processes relate only to “back office” functions, IDC research indicates that this conventional wisdom is off the mark and that optimizing document-driven processes presents a significant revenue growth opportunity.

IDC’s recent global study of 1,516 document-driven business process owners and information workers suggests that common perceptions around document-driven business processes are mistaken. Businesses have placed a great degree of focus on improving their business processes, and many may believe they have achieved optimum efficiency in their document-driven processes. While it is true that improving document-driven processes can have a strong impact on reducing operational costs — and this study shows there is still room for improvement in this area — it can have an even greater impact on an organization’s top-line potential for revenue.

Specifically:

• Over 83% ofstudy respondentsindicated that optimizing customer-facing document-driven business processes would increase revenue — on average by 10.1%.This could be achieved by improving customer communications, streamlining the sales and customer onboarding process, and improving customer support.
• In theirrole as consumers,more than half of the respondents are dissatisfied with the document-driven processes in six of the seven industries studied: business services(64.9%), government (63.9%),healthcare (63.1%), education (62.3%),insurance (54.3%), and telecommunications(51.8%).