Forgotten or misprinted documents around the office is an obvious sign that money is being wasted in paper, toner and power. Regardless of the organization’s size and number of printing devices, FollowMe enables enterprises to save money by reducing unnecessary printing and optimizing the print process. It also delivers environmental cost savings which can be measured in an enterprise’s carbon footprint reduction program.
FollowMe requires the user to authenticate when releasing their print job, giving that additional opportunity for the user to decide if their documents should be deleted or printed. This level of accountability encourages users to make responsible print choices.
Organizations are often faced with a printing environment where the management of printers, copiers and scanners, from multiple manufacturers, is fragmented across departments and office locations. This makes it difficult, or often impossible to effectively manage the printing environment, resulting in time being lost to administrating servers and printers.
Working with output devices from any printer manufacturer, FollowMe simplifies the printer network, enabling administrators to take control of the entire printing environment.
Many administrative tasks that were once a responsibility of IT or Operations have been automated in order to save valuable time and reduce workload.
With an increasingly mobile workforce, it is critical for employees to have the ability to print regardless of their location.
FollowMe creates a virtual environment for printing and allows users to roam and print securely when and where they require, totally independent of geographic location. If an output device fails of is out of service, there is no reason why this should affect user productivity, as FollowMe Printing allows users to simply walk to another device and release their print jobs.
Assistants, who find it time consuming and frustrating when they are unable to operate fully on their manager’s behalf, will benefit from the Delegated Printing feature, which enables assistants to print securely on behalf of their managers. Delegated printing also enables departments to be productive during times of staff absence, as other staff can print on behalf of those who are absent.
With an increasingly mobile workforce, it is critical for employees to have the ability to print regardless of their location.
FollowMe’s Mobile Printing feature brings the power of printing to mobile phones, supporting users to print securely whilst on the move. Documents can be submitted for print via e-mail, web-client and from any mobile phone or tablet device. Users can print from their iPhone, Blackberry, Android, Windows Phone, or any other mobile or tablet devices.
This driverless printing technology gives users the freedom to print, without the need for a print driver, connection to the corporate network or even a computer. Users working from home or on the road, no longer need to plan their time around when or where they can print.
The costs associated with office printing are often hidden, where many organizations don’t know how much they are spending on printing. If these costs are left unmanaged they can quickly eat into an organization’s profit margin.
FollowMe gives the transparency to see how much each department, user and device is costing the organization, so any potential savings can be identified and realistic budgets can be set and managed.
For organization’s which charge customers for printing costs, FollowMe’s provides intelligent billing capabilities to bill customers accurately.
It is a common occurrence for users to press print and forget to collect their documents from the printer, where confidential data is potentially being put at risk from prying eyes. With FollowMe the user must be present to release their print jobs, which means no document is left vulnerable in the printer’s output tray.