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For years now, Chromebooks have been the go-to computing choice for the education sector. In their prime, Chromebooks experienced a 180 percent increase in total shipments, which surpassed the shipment totals of other top OS competitors. Known for cloud-based email, built-in security, and storage, Chromebooks quickly became the answer for enterprise organizations trying to speed […]

**Originally published on August 15, 2014** There are many reasons deploying printers via Group Policy fails: Faulty MSIs Incorrect permissions Driver conflicts Nightmare-inducing spooler vulnerabilities The truth is GPO printer deployments offer a lot of limitations and potential failure points, often resulting in calls to the helpdesk to resolve the issue.  This article will cover […]

**Originally published on December 5, 2018** Print mapping, as many folks in IT will be able to tell you, is the process by which a user or admin associates a client computer with a network printer to give that client printing capability.  As a term, print (or printer) mapping tends to be used interchangeably with […]

As an IT professional, you wear a lot of hats in your organization.  Your influence on company success may as well dub you The President of Productivity and Processes. You’re responsible for analyzing technical problems, solving issues with innovative IT solutions, and evaluating user needs based on feedback. You have a hand in everything and […]

**Originally published on Oct 4, 2016** Every so often, it’s important to revisit your current print management solution to see if it’s still working for you. What might have been a welcome improvement five or ten years ago might no longer be effective as your print environment and workplace have continuously evolved. There’s even a […]

January 2021 marked the beginning of something special: no more Google Cloud printing.  Google Cloud Print offered Chromebook users an easy way to print, but let’s be honest, it wasn’t exactly the most robust printing application on the market.  Why is Chromebook printing important? Chromebook printing is important because Chromebooks generally offer the same memory, […]

**Originally published on December 3, 2014** Not to be confused with pull printing, secure printing has become a household name in the print management industry. Internal document theft is up. The financial damage caused by data breaches is getting harder to swallow. And companies are taking note.    So what are secure printing solutions, and why […]

**Originally published on April 26, 2016** Enterprise print management is tough enough when you have a single location. In distributed environments, print management can be downright overwhelming because it calls for remote administration (a challenge in and of itself, even in this age of cloud computing) and a dedicated IT crew with print management tools […]

**Originally published on Aug 12, 2016** Printer installations are about as routine as it gets in print management. That being said, you’d think the glaring kinks would have been worked out by now. One can always dream, right? While many printer installations tend to go relatively smoothly, printer installation problems aren’t uncommon. On an enterprise scale, […]

Between the anticipation when Punxatawney Phil sees his shadow (or doesn’t) and the colorful festivities of Mardi Gras, February has a lot going on. However, nothing takes the cake quite like Valentine’s Day. It has it all: love, flowers, chocolate, and reserving a table at a restaurant where you can’t pronounce the names of the […]

**Originally published on January 7, 2019** We live in the age of Big Data. Massive upticks in the amount of information organizations are tasked with collecting and analyzing can no longer be conceptualized using run-of-the-mill, traditional methods.  Though, with the right tools, you can gain unprecedented insight into activity, costs, and trends that were invisible […]

**Originally Published May 12, 2020** There’s no question that the pandemic played a huge role in making enterprise mobile printing the new “cool kid” at the lunch table. But, it hasn’t exactly been a walk in the park to implement. The reason for this is simple. When the mobile revolution meets enterprise printing, it can […]

**Originally published July 12, 2017** When you hear folks talking about cloud printing, it’s hard not to get a little excited. The key benefits, such as access to select printers from almost anywhere and simplified printing from mobile devices, are impressive—particularly in light of today’s dynamic, mobile, and ever-changing workplace. But there’s a big difference […]

**Originally published on October 17, 2019** Over time, enterprise print environments can turn into big, unwieldy beasts. Printer fleets tend to keep growing. The number of print servers keeps increasing to scale. And then, of course, sometimes you need multiple IT printing solutions to handle specialized tasks. The larger and denser our print environments become, […]

**Originally published on May 12, 2020** Many organizations still view print servers as the unavoidable cost of corporate printing. According to Quocirca’s Cloud Print Services Study, the cost of acquiring and provisioning a print server hovers around $2300. They also require ongoing running costs of close to $1700 per year—not exactly chump change.  And the […]

**Originally posted on July 25, 2017** Enterprise print management would be a lot simpler if it just involved printers. Unfortunately, they’re just one piece of the elaborate puzzle. One of the main reasons for IT headaches is printer driver management.  It’s true, especially when you’re left dealing with a diverse printer fleet and so many […]

**Originally published on June 21, 2018** There are an unlimited amount of reasons printer deployments can fail. You couldn’t find the appropriate driver. Point and print restrictions weren’t configured correctly. Or you recently added a new user to Group Policy only to discover printers aren’t showing up.  Thanks, PrintNightmare. These issues leave admins wondering, ”What’s […]

We are pleased to announce that PrinterLogic has achieved ISO 27001:2013 certification. Awarded by Consilium Labs, an accredited third party, this certification is proof that PrinterLogic has passed extensive audits and has met rigorous requirements for standardization and quality assurance.  Widely considered one of the world’s top print management solutions, PrinterLogic believes data security and […]

Originally published on August 19, 2015 When you’re working toward streamlining your enterprise print environment, centralized printer management should be one of the highest priorities on your list. That’s because implementing centralized printer management addresses several key areas that are crucial to the process of simplifying and consolidating networked printers—and reducing IT burden.  It’s particularly […]

What’s the proper way to deploy printers post-PrintNightmare? It’s the million-dollar question on almost every IT-filled social feed.   Following PrintNightmare and the endless flow of patch releases that ensued, everything in traditional print environments felt broken. Deployments via GPOs became a chore. You received error messages when trying to install printer drivers, despite the drivers […]

**Originally published July 22, 2016** If you’re a managed service provider (MSP), you want to deliver the best experience to your customers at the best possible price. That seems pretty self-explanatory. And when your specialty is print management, you leverage the most efficient, cost-effective, flexible, feature-rich, and robust print management solutions to accomplish that goal. […]

The demands placed on IT professionals in retail organizations are a bit unconventional compared to other industries. Locations spread across different regions or countries make routine visits to remote sites time-consuming and more expensive. Printer troubleshooting is more urgent to maintain high customer and employee satisfaction. And retail-specific printers like point-of-sale and label printers add […]

Managing printers across multiple customers and diverse IT infrastructures can be one of the most challenging problems modern MSPs face.  Something seemingly as simple as printing can cause countless hours of headaches with endless helpdesk calls and tickets resulting in frustrated customers and wasted time.  Traditional print management solutions have changed little in the last […]

We often get asked what we see as the primary benefit of PrinterLogic. This can be a difficult question for us because most of the time the better question is, “Why wouldn’t you switch?” In fact, PrinterLogic has been consistently proven to bring so many benefits that it’s hard to narrow it down to just […]

2022 has come and gone, folks. And it was a doozy. Here’s a quick list of notable moments from this year: Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard gave us a real-life soap opera, Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars, we experienced record inflation,  and the average cost of print-related breaches rose to over $750,000! […]

Originally published on July 25, 2016 Have you ever heard of a little thing called PrintNightmare? Of course, you have—everyone has following the migraine of a breach that first reared its ugly face in June of 2020. The endless saga continues to shine a light on printer vulnerabilities, bringing us to the critical topic of […]

Do you know that feeling of being picked last amongst your peers to play in a team sport?  Your office printers get this same treatment when your company discusses its security initiatives. They’re usually the last endpoint on every checklist.  From the outside, printers are about as simple as it gets in terms of office […]

**Originally published May 3, 2017** Enterprise cloud printing has become a popular choice for organizations that want to stay on the cutting edge. And not without good reason. Cloud printing, like cloud services in general, makes us more mobile and is more flexible for hybrid and remote workforces. In fact, it frees us from the […]

There’s so much to love about the holiday season. Vacations, family time, gift-giving, and that overwhelming feeling of realizing that Mariah Carey’s All I Want for Christmas Is You is the only song you’ll hear from Thanksgiving until Christmas. If you’re not in the office during the holidays, you can count on a coworker to […]

Hybrid workforces are now pretty common in a post-pandemic world. And with hybrid workforces come many challenges and costs. Printing can be expensive in general, but distributed teams can push print budgets to the breaking point, especially when dealing with security concerns. Thankfully, there are a few things you can do to minimize overall print […]

You’re struggling to keep up with print-related helpdesk calls. Your IT budget is tight. Updates and patch installations are exhausting. You’ve run yourself ragged, just hoping for a way out of the madness.  The problem is you know there’s a proven solution out there that’ll make your life easier, save time, and reduce costs. You’ve […]

**Originally published January 27, 2017** If you’re having problems with your print spooler, you are not alone. In fact, like many others, you may even be intimately familiar with that dialog window that says it’s no longer running (which of course means your print spooler has likely crashed). Sadly, print spooler crashing is a very […]

***Originally published on November 1, 2016*** Hospitals and healthcare organizations around the world rely on the Epic software suite for managing their electronic health records (EHR) and other information vital to staff operations and patient care. These systems are obviously vital for keeping hospitals, clinics, and doctor offices running smoothly. And though Epic has advantages […]

**Originally Published October 21, 2015** You know that familiar saying about guests and fish? The inventive guy who coined it—Benjamin Franklin, as it happens—clearly had the unrelenting demands of hospitality in mind, but the sentiment behind it could just as easily apply to enterprise print environments. No, guest printing has never been particularly pleasant for […]

Between PrintDemon, PrintNightmare, and SpoolFool, print spooler vulnerabilities have been a significant problem for many companies in recent years. But it may be even worse than you thought. The truth is print spoolers have been a constant source of vulnerabilities in recent years, and things appear to be getting even worse. While you may think […]

**Originally published on December 14, 2016** Depending on the implementation, pull printing goes by many names, including Release Printing, Personal Printing, Secure Pull Printing, Secure Release Printing, and others. This puts the term pull printing up there with other popular terminology debates: soda vs. pop, suckers vs. lollipops, and rotary vs. roundabout to name a […]

**Originally published on June 7, 2017** Do you feel a lingering presence haunting your enterprise? That chill isn’t the drop in temperatures, but a loOoOoming ghost printer. This is the term for a deleted printer that keeps reappearing even though you’ve tried all the customary methods to remove it. And, like ghosts, their presence can […]

**Originally published on October 30, 2018** Are you still experiencing mind-numbingly slow print speeds in 2022?   As consumers of modern technology, it’s natural to want instant gratification. Think of Veruca Salt, the spoiled little rich girl from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, sing-shrieking, “I don’t care how, I want it NOW!” and you’ve successfully […]

**Originally published on December 12, 2018** All IT managers and system administrators who manage print environments must eventually choose between print servers or configuring direct IP printers on their endpoints. There are trade-offs for either approach, and several factors come into play when deciding which method is best.  Company Size Matters If your company only […]

Originally published on January 13, 2016 IT professionals have started asking the same questions about their print environment as they do when they try bungee jumping for the first time. Is it safe?  Is the equipment secure?  Is it worth my time?  How much does it cost? Organizations have taken a different approach to print […]

Nothing makes us more upset than unknown costs. We’ve all been there.  Bought a ticket to a sporting event recently?  You choose your desired seat, pay $60, and before you know it, you’re hit with an extra $22 for a “just because you were born” fee followed by a “because we can” fee. You’re stuck […]

Big news! We’re excited to announce PrinterLogic’s new Off-Network Cloud Printing feature, a secure cloud-centric alternative to our popular Off-Network Printing capability.  This feature is the latest addition to our Advanced Security Bundle, described here. The new capability is available now with support for HP and Lexmark printers. Additional printer support is coming soon. As […]

Let’s start by defining logic in its simplest form: a reasonable way of thinking about something.  Like most of history’s innovative thinkers, many of their inventions were powered by logical thinking. Apple, for example, was on the brink of bankruptcy for 12 consecutive years until 1997, when Steve Jobs returned to the company. Why was […]

In the last year, you’ve probably heard ‘Zero Trust’ creep into more and more of your conversations. So what does that mean? Is it “trending” as the kids say these days, or is it becoming a pillar of cybersecurity as we know it? (Here’s a hint: it’s the latter!) The need to implement a Zero […]

In part four of our Zero Trust series, we discussed how to make your VDI environment Zero Trust compliant and how most third-party VDI printing solutions leave less to be desired in terms of flexibility and ease of use.  In the final part of our series, we’ll share how we integrate with next-generation operating systems […]

In part three of our Zero Trust series, we discussed VDI environments, their security risks, and how remote printing has added an extra security painpoint for organizations to worry about.   Blog four of our five-part series focuses on how you can make your organization’s VDI environment Zero Trust compliant by implementing small changes and why […]

*Updated – Originally published March 09, 2016* For many print management solutions, security and convenience are considered mutually exclusive. You can have secure mobile printing and secure document printing (provided those features are offered at all), but that security comes at the expense of ease of use. Just to print a document, end users have […]

Organizations have gravitated toward virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) solutions like VMWare and Citrix to operate following a shift in workforce demands. For various reasons, they’ve become a permanent fixture of enterprise IT strategies. VDIs help companies reduce costs and infrastructure while maintaining flexibility and access to important features. They also help combat security vulnerabilities and […]

A little over a year ago, the IT community was hit with a massive vulnerability that affected way too many companies. It was known as CVE-2021-34527, colloquially called PrintNightmare. Most companies still run print servers, which require spoolers to do their jobs properly. Unfortunately, this vulnerability was exposed within the spooler, allowing anyone to execute […]

This is part two of a five-part blog series centered around Zero Trust. In our first blog, we covered the basics of Zero Trust, its core principles, and how to begin your Zero Trust journey. This article ties in how endpoints are security vulnerabilities and why printers are a good start for companies wanting to […]

Roughly 12 years after the term was coined in 2010 by John Kindervag, a Forrester researcher and thought-leader, Zero Trust has finally reached mainstream popularity. His game-changing philosophy transformed organizations’ perceptions about network security and how to mitigate risk as data breaches become more routine. However, IT companies and professionals have exhausted the term Zero […]

Originally published on November 17, 2016 Education printing solutions and enterprise printing solutions are one and the same. They both require reliability, scalability, security, and ease of use for administrators and end users. They also need all the bells and whistles to integrate with the ever-changing tech industry.  For example, mobile devices are used more […]

Originally published on December 19, 2017 You’re an end user sitting at a Citrix workstation. You’ve just finished typing a document, and now you want to print to a local printer. It sounds simple enough, right? But, like many end users, you’re underestimating the intricacies of Citrix printing, where even the simplest, most straightforward scenario […]

Originally published on December 27, 2017 On this blog we’ve previously shared fixes for when your redirected printer is not showing up in a remote desktop session, solutions for when remote desktop printer (RDP) redirection is not working with Server 2012 and general tips for configuring universal RDP printing. And that’s just within the past […]

Originally published on October 31, 2018 Since it’s Halloween, let’s dive into something scary. What follows is a true story about my cousin’s friend. We’ll call him Tyler. Tyler was a consultant a few years back, digging through the creepy maze of a poorly maintained enterprise print environment. He was tasked with finalizing some reports, […]

Originally published on January 30, 2018 PrinterLogic comes with a built-in network scan tool that allows IT staff to scan their subnets to locate network attached printers. It creates a csv file that contains the printer’s IP Address, Hostname, Model, and Serial number. Using this data, you can then easily add the printers into the […]

Originally published on March 8, 2019 None of us truly believe IT fairies exist. But most of will swear that IT goblins are real! IT goblins are those issues that seem sporadic, spontaneous, and almost impossible to pinpoint the root cause. And it feels like print servers are the ideal nesting ground for these IT […]

Originally published on October 3, 2016 MEDITECH is the software backbone for thousands of healthcare organizations across the globe that maintain comprehensive databases about their internal operations along with electronic health record (EHR) systems on their patients. MEDITECH is used to store, access and view a whole host of information about the organization in its […]

Originally published on Feb 22, 2019 Server 2019 is Here! For those of us who have been operating in the Windows server space for a while now, it may feel odd that a new server version is already being released! Since 2003, IT organizations have had almost 4 years between the stress of server upgrades. […]

This article is up to date and was originally published April 28, 2017. In every organization that continues to rely on print servers for its print management needs, it eventually comes time to upgrade those print servers. That upgrade process involves costs, time and other resources that might be better spent on a more efficient […]

Originally published on June 2, 2020 The remote desktop protocol (RDP) is a popular way for companies to provide their employees with a consistent computing experience. Even though “remote” is in its name, RDP isn’t just for telecommuters and mobile users. Many enterprise organizations use RDP exclusively because it’s easier to manage and more scalable. […]

Originally published on May 2, 2018 In many enterprise printing scenarios, including remote-desktop environments, printer redirection is a commonly used print-management strategy. But the reports of redirected printers not working are frequent, and there are numerous glitches associated with printer redirection that cause problems for admins and end users alike. What is a redirected printer? […]

Originally published on November 17, 2017 Remote desktop printing can often feel like it’s more trouble than it’s worth. Make no mistake: There are a lot of benefits to remote desktop protocol (RDP) environments. A leaner infrastructure, more flexibility and centralized management, to name just a few. At the same time, the advantages of RDP […]

Originally published in July 2017 and updated with recent information on Feb 14, 2020 Even as we’re seeing more and more organizations switching to PrinterLogic as their preferred enterprise print management solution, there are clearly many who are still using print servers—despite the vast numbers of persistent Windows Server 2012 R2 printing problems. That comes […]

Originally published on June 23, 2020 When your network printer is slow to respond, you might find yourself wondering what causes slow network printing. This is a common scenario. Here are a few established workarounds for slow network printing.   How to fix slow network printing We’ll go over a quick step-by-step of how to […]

We’ve all taken part in or witnessed office supply violence: thrown staplers, ripped paper, or aggressively closed laptops. But nothing takes more physical and emotional abuse than a printer.   When an office printer doesn’t perform its most basic functions, it’s easy to place blame on the printer itself. However, it’s important to acknowledge that most […]

Originally published on Mar 15, 2016 In a competitive world where companies are fighting to stay one step ahead of the other by making everyday processes smoother and more efficient, it’s surprising that companies still find it difficult to gain control of their print environment. Ignorance probably isn’t to blame; however, if enterprises put as […]

PrinterLogic is pleased to announce the release of an all-new Control Panel Application (CPA) for select FS, TASKalfa, and ECOSYS series multifunction printers from Kyocera. The introduction brings to 10 the total number of MFP brands supported by our SaaS and Virtual Appliance platforms for secure printing. The Kyocera CPA follows our recent announcement of […]

This is the third and final post in a series covering five main security concerns and how PrinterLogic addresses them. And as I said at the end of my second post, this one might even be the most important. It’s about cyberattacks. It wasn’t all that long ago that cyberattacks seemed like a peripheral threat. […]

This is the second in a three-part series of blog posts discussing five security concerns that are top of mind for today’s CIO or IT director.  My first post examined attack surfaces and data protection as a jumping-off point. This post will expand on that by delving into Zero Trust and remote work—two very recent […]

Whether you’re a small business with 100 employees or a multinational enterprise with a workforce of 10,000, you have a shared priority: safeguarding the security of your network. There’s good reason for that. According to reporting from Harvard Business Review, ransomware attacks rose by 150% between 2019 and 2020, and that deeply worrying trend shows […]

PrinterLogic’s healthcare customers value our serverless printing solution for the secure, unified print management that it provides. We help tame the complexity of conducting general office printing alongside EHR/EMR solutions, which almost always come with their own print infrastructure and framework. As part of our efforts to make that day-to-day experience even better for clinicians, […]

Originally published on August 29, 2017 Printers are often an afterthought when the subject of security arises. When, in reality, they’re central to how an organization operates. Sending a print job containing sensitive information begins with the end user, but the in-between channels are where that sensitive information is subject to be viewed (intentionally or […]

Originally published on January 20, 2017 Let’s face it. There’s no perfect way to get a job done. While Electronic Medical Records (EMR) software like Epic, MEDITECH, and Cerner are undoubtedly valuable tools for accessing and maintaining medical records, they don’t make print management a walk in the park. Instead, they often turn print management […]

Originally published on May 19, 2016 Network technology has taken colossal strides since the advent of the telegraph and is heralded for its potential to break down physical barriers and overcome geographic distances. But as most IT veterans will tell you, physical barriers and geographic distance still pose several challenges to distributed enterprise environments. Additionally, […]

I’ve been focusing on PrinterLogic K-12 education solutions for five years, and the number one request I’ve heard from prospective customers is the ability to set limits on how much a user can print. This stems from scenarios like these: A student clicks “Print” but doesn’t immediately hear the printer start whirring. In their impatience, […]

We’re excited to announce some feature updates that are now available with PrinterLogic. Check out what’s new in serverless printing:  Secure Release Printing Updates New Ricoh and Fuji Xerox printer support. We recently launched new CPAs for Ricoh and Fuji. The Gen 2 CPA for Ricoh means SaaS now supports the manufacturer’s MP-series printers. In […]

In 2019, when PrinterLogic first previewed its integration with two leading cloud-based Identity Providers, we were ahead of the pack. At the time, no other enterprise print management solution supported Okta and Azure AD.  Since then, the roster of IdPs we support has expanded to 10 providers, including Ping One, Ping Federate, CyberArk (formerly Idaptive), […]

As companies move to the cloud, they often retire their legacy LDAP systems and begin using SaaS Identity Providers (IdPs), a topic discussed in an earlier blog. One of the specifications required by many IdPs is SCIM, a System for Cross-domain Identity Management. SCIM synchronizes data related to which employees are authorized users of an […]

Mobile Printing When I was in high school, my math teacher assured me that I needed to learn the mathematical concepts she was teaching because, in the future, I wasn’t going to consistently have a calculator with me to run calculations for me. Little did she know…the advancement of technology would give me exactly that—and […]

This month, Vasion released its PrinterLogic Control Panel Application (CPA) for the ApeosPort series of Fuji Xerox multifunction printers. The PrinterLogic app installs on the printer and provides a flexible secure-printing experience for IT administrators and end users. The new CPA supports more than 60 printer models, listed here. Any Fuji Xerox ApeosPort model that […]

Epic Systems Inc. is the leading supplier of Electronic Medical Records (EMR) software in the U.S. and is expanding its customer base worldwide. It’s a highly trusted solution for many healthcare organizations.  Despite Epic’s many strengths, managing printing in this environment is often challenging for IT because Epic queues are handled separately from other forms […]

Technology is the fuel for our digital world and integrated into every professional field. It’s a universal necessary component for employees to communicate, complete tasks, and make over-arching advances. None of this is possible without an IT department in each workplace managing an organization’s devices, networks, and cyber security. To do all this, each company […]

In our technology-rich age, what is print management and how has it evolved from its earlier iterations? What does enterprise print management look like in an organization that’s well-positioned to meet future challenges? To a large extent, the answer to those questions lies in self-service printing. This is an approach that empowers end users to […]

Cutting costs and improving efficiencies are top of mind for any organization. But when it comes time to make changes, reducing printing costs often isn’t at the top of the list. It’s natural to address more prominent expenses like labor, equipment, or workspace facilities first. However, reassessing your organization’s printing process can provide immediate and […]

It’s probably not surprising to hear that remote workplaces are working. Although a day in the office now includes pets as coworkers and business casual means a robe with slippers, working from home is a viable and efficient option for many companies these days. Upwork reports over 1 in 3 U.S. employees will be working […]

New network strategies pose printing challenges In the past, users accessed network printers via onsite network login credentials and Virtual Private Network (VPN) software. However, new network security measures and more reliance on remote workers and contractors have led to the prevalent use of Zero Trust Network Access. With Zero Trust, even regular full-time employees […]

​​At this time in history, all eyes are on the healthcare industry as the global pandemic forges on. In a field where each second is valuable, there isn’t time for outdated and time-consuming print processes. During these turbulent times, we at PrinterLogic decided to focus on how we could help IT administrators working in healthcare […]

Remote working was initially an unexpected turn of events in early 2020 in response to the global pandemic; however, it quickly became an effective option for the workplace—or lack thereof. IDC has predicted that mobile workers will come to dominate the US workforce over the next four years. By 2024, their number is expected to […]

St. George, UT (Aug. 24, 2021) – As the workplace undergoes a massive transformation, IT professionals are searching for tools to support the shift to a hybrid work approach and maintain productivity. According to McKinsey, 52 percent of U.S.-based employees say they prefer a hybrid work model, making the need for secure and mobile printing […]

In early July, a new issue was discovered with Microsoft print servers. PrintNightmare, documented in CVE-2021-34527, is a remote code execution vulnerability in the Windows Print Spooler. This vulnerability is exposed through specific inbound Remote Procedure Calls (RPC), which fails to properly restrict the administration of printers and related drivers. This can allow a remote […]

*UPDATE: Originally published March  24, 2020* There’s a widespread assumption that enterprise print management goes hand-in-hand with print servers. In fact, nothing could be further from the truth. At PrinterLogic, we’re all about challenging conventional wisdom. We’ve shown thousands of customers that serverless print management is not only possible, it’s actually superior to traditional enterprise […]

The recent uptick in remote work has highlighted both the promise and the pitfalls of our connected world. Many of the same technologies that give work-from-home employees and contractors access to enterprise networks also create gaps that hackers and other malicious actors can exploit. To lock down network security without causing productivity to take a […]

Last year’s sudden shift to distance learning revealed underlying deficiencies in IT infrastructure. In the K–12 sphere, entire school districts quickly discovered that they didn’t have the resources to fully support virtual classrooms for every student. For many, the short-term fix was simply to channel more infrastructure toward the problem. Schools everywhere redirected their finite […]

For the past couple of months, organizations have been evaluating their annual IT budgets and choosing which projects will take precedence in 2021. Now that the new year has begun, it’s time to start implementing those top initiatives. And this year, it’s no surprise that the events of 2020 will have an outsized influence on […]

ST. GEORGE, Utah, Oct 20, 2020—PrinterLogic, the world leader in Serverless Printing Infrastructure (SPI), today announced it is rebranding as Vasion. The new name encompasses the expansion of cloud-based serverless software that will address the broad digital transformation market and build upon PrinterLogic’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offerings to help companies digitally transform. Vasion is primed to […]

At PrinterLogic, we have one overarching mission: to eliminate print servers. They’re a huge pain point for print environments of every shape and size, a resource vortex that devours time, money and effort with very little to show for it. IT departments and help desk staff would have a lot less headache if print servers […]

There’s a widely shared idea, especially among non-technical folks, that a virtual private network (VPN) represents the height of computing security. That might explain the popularity of all those banner ads screaming, “Protect your identity with a VPN!” Workplaces have been guilty of this kind of thinking too. As the adoption of software as a […]

This has been a big year for organizations moving their business processes to software as a service (SaaS). Recent corporate surveys have indicated that 80% of all businesses were already using at least one SaaS solution. By the start of 2020, close to three-quarters of organizations anticipated a full-scale shift to SaaS solutions. The events […]

Like any budgeting process, creating your IT budget involves walking a tightrope. Despite the constant pressure to reduce IT costs, it’s equally vital to ensure that priority areas get the funding they need. This year, managing your IT budget for success while also cutting costs is especially challenging. According to a Spiceworks Ziff Davis report […]

With the exciting release of our Virtual Appliance, you might be asking yourself which PrinterLogic solution is right for you. Would your organization’s print management benefit most from our cloud solution, PrinterLogic SaaS, or our next-gen hypervisor solution, the PrinterLogic Virtual Appliance? To answer that question, it helps to understand the key differences between the […]

Long before distance learning became a necessity, Chromebooks were already taking over classrooms. The education sector accounted for 72% of the overall Chromebook industry share in 2014. Just three years later, over half of all mobile computing shipments to United States K-12 institutions were Chromebooks. Today the massive shift to remote education has made these […]

Throughout the second half of the 20th century, the workplace looked pretty much the same. Then, all at once, came a bunch of technological advances. We’re talking mobile devices, high-speed Internet and powerful video-conferencing software. Old office models started to change and diversify. These days, the workplace looks very different. It would be hard to […]

ST. GEORGE, Utah, Oct 20, 2020—PrinterLogic, the world leader in Serverless Printing Infrastructure (SPI), today announced it is Chrome Enterprise Recommended. This designation means our customers can get access to best-in-class Chrome OS solutions that have been extensively tested and verified by Google.  Today’s workforce spends more time than ever in the cloud. And unpredictable […]

In 2019, the online training platform Skillbox sent a rogue print job to unsecured network printers. To do that, they relied on a search tool called Shodan that discovers vulnerable Internet-connected devices. It was the very same tool that a prankster known as HackerGiraffe had used to hijack 50,000 network printers a few months earlier. […]

ST. GEORGE, Utah, September 30, 2020—PrinterLogic, the world leader in Serverless Printing Infrastructure (SPI), announced today that it has achieved Amazon Web Services (AWS) Digital Workplace Competency status. This designation recognizes that PrinterLogic has demonstrated deep experience helping customers build a digital workplace on AWS to free end users from the pains of print servers […]

PrinterLogic CPA brings Secure Release Printing and Advanced Features to Sharp OSA®-enabled Multifunction Printers MONTVALE, NJ September 16 2020—Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America, a division of Sharp Electronics Corporation, and PrinterLogic, a global leader in Serverless Printing Infrastructure, today announce that PrinterLogic has received Sharp OSA Validation of its Control Panel Application (CPA) […]

When planning their enterprise print management strategies, most organizations try to take a long-term view. They look to purchase cost-sensitive workhorse printers for their fleet and printer management solutions that will support and integrate with their wider IT infrastructure for years to come. What’s wrong with traditional print management? The problem is that traditional enterprise […]

Together with leaders from Amazon Web Services, we’ve examined what a modern print management solution looks like. IT needs a solution that meets the demands of a modern digital workplace. Modern print management should support every OS and any printer. It should also support modern identity and access management technologies. If it checks those boxes, […]

Corporate printing should work for your employees. But that’s not always the case. A lot of times that relationship is upside-down. Employees are forced to adjust to the printing environment instead.  Mobile printing is a good example of this. Enterprise surveys show that employees really want to use their own devices. More than half of […]

Google’s Cloud Print solution will be phasing out at the end of the year. Meanwhile, Chromebooks are quickly gaining ground in the enterprise. This leaves a big opportunity for a scalable printing solution that is up to the task.  Imagine a serverless printing infrastructure that supports Chromebooks right alongside all other endpoints. That’s what PrinterLogic […]

Saber Healthcare Group consults with about 125 long-term nursing facilities plus a smaller number of assisted-living facilities and physical therapy services. We’re based just outside of Cleveland, Ohio, but you can find these facilities across the eastern United States. Around 2014, Saber started growing through a string of new locations. Over the next six years […]

What does your corporate printing environment look like? Do you have a lot of different printers? Are they spread out over many locations? Maybe you have print servers too. Here’s the good news. Your print environment isn’t unique. Many companies have a big mix of print hardware. But not all the news is good. Diverse […]

There are four current trends in enterprise printing that aren’t just changing the way we print. They’re also transforming the modern workplace for IT and end users alike. BYOD and mobile printing Advanced reporting Print security Infrastructure reduction We’re going to take a brief look at each of these trends below. We’ll also see which […]

As much as some folks like to brag about their ability to multitask, we all know by now that multitasking just isn’t efficient. Our brains prefer to focus on a single task rather than be pulled in different directions. That applies to IT departments too. When IT staff are busy leaping from one urgent task […]

Although breakups can be hard, we always love to see companies urging people to part ways with their print servers. We’ve been showing enterprises how to do that for a decade. For PrinterLogic, “Eliminate print servers!” is a battle cry we’ve been sounding for years. And now that enterprise software giants like Microsoft are starting […]

Server sprawl is the quiet scourge of enterprise IT environments. Like its name suggests, it’s what happens when organizations deploy more and more hardware/software infrastructure without also taking counter-steps to consolidate. Because rolling out additional print servers is a quick fix to support new locations or growing print demand, server sprawl can disproportionately affect corporate […]

Most studies on enterprise technology trends have found that somewhere around 75% of companies deem mobile devices to be essential to their operations. Those same studies also point out that a similar percentage of companies struggles with BYOD adoption. No wonder so many enterprise IT professionals have a love/hate relationship with mobile devices. One of […]

As recent world events have shown us, the healthcare industry is unlike any other. Medical and administrative staff work under intense conditions that can change in a split second. They have to be flexible and adapt quickly, because their primary goal—patient care—is more than just a service. Lives hang in the balance. For healthcare employees, […]

Around the world, we’re in a period of massive change. To say that the modern workforce is adapting is the understatement of the year. As employees slowly return into the office, there’s more interest in dynamic workplace models like hoteling. Those new models create new challenges for IT. First, let’s answer an important question: What […]

You can probably imagine how eliminating print servers also helps to end single points of failure. This means increased printer availability and more printer uptime at your organization. A welcome bonus? Fewer calls to the service desk. That said, most printer-related service requests aren’t complaints about a single unavailable printer. They actually have to do […]

Print servers are the go-to choice when it comes to a corporate printing infrastructure.   Conventional direct IP printing is different than server printing. With direct IP, printers are managed on a workstation-by-workstation basis. Print servers bring some degree of manageability to the print environment. If your organization operates from multiple locations, manageability and oversight […]

While I don’t want to get down on employees (after all, I’m an employee myself), it’s no secret that their printing habits can be kind of, well, careless. The average worker prints about 34 pages a day, yet 17% of those pages go unused. Close to two-thirds of the documents they do print are thrown […]

Corporate printing costs can get expensive. These costs can amount to as much as 3% of annual revenue (some estimates even go as high as 12%). It’s important to keep those costs in check. And with print security becoming an increasingly urgent priority for enterprise organizations, keeping tabs on what’s happening across your print environment. […]

As print security becomes a higher priority, enterprise organizations are generally using two methods to combat data loss in their print environments. One is pull printing. The other is secure release printing. At first, pull printing and secure release printing seem pretty similar. That’s because they share a common two-step format. It looks like this: […]

By 2025, 80% of organizations are expected to have migrated their on-prem data centers to colocation and the cloud. Enterprise printing has proved harder to shift, though, because many cloud printing solutions fail to address a key piece of the puzzle: print management. They fall short in crucial areas like security and ease of use. […]

Ever since I can remember, all descriptions I have heard or read about an “office of the future” included a common attribute. The future office is always, without fail, paperless. No paper is needed in the mythical office of the future because all information there is managed and stored in digital format. That sounds completely […]

It’s tempting to think of corporate security mostly in terms of locking things down: restricting access, closing loopholes, patching vulnerabilities. Those are the necessary steps you take to reduce potential exploits before they happen. Another crucial aspect of security is oversight. That’s a more active, interventional way to catch suspicious activity. To give an example, […]

Thanks to the increased adoption of serverless printing, companies now have real choice when it comes to picking the perfect print-management solution. For many years, conventional direct IP printing or print servers were the default approaches to print infrastructure. Each of those legacy models has limitations on how the print environment can be managed. Recently, […]

Corporate printing can pose any number of security risks if it’s not managed correctly. These risks include: Unauthorized access to administration settings: GPOs and rights management can be hard to dial in, which might lead admins to loosen access to upper-level management settings. Unfortunately, that’s like leaving your keys in the door for the sake […]

What’s worse than a print job that takes ages to get to the printer? Your employees probably have an answer or two. For most people, slow network printing ranks up there with root canals and being stuck in a long line at airport security as their flight is boarding. Although slow printing speeds usually result […]

From an IT standpoint, healthcare environments can be more complex than many other industries. Medical staff often work in shifts, putting in long and irregular hours. Frontline medical professionals like doctors and nurses also tend to be highly mobile. That can make it hard for IT to ensure that they always have quick and seamless […]

As cloud adoption gains a bigger foothold in the enterprise, security remains a major concern. A survey conducted by Techvangelism on behalf of the privileged access management provider Centrify found that 60% of businesses identified security as the top challenge for their cloud-migration projects. In its 2019 Guardians of the Cloud report, data security company […]

Almost a decade ago, my Co-Founder and I established PrinterLogic with the mission to eliminate print servers off the face of the earth. Between our work and the general advancement of enterprise IT architectures, eliminating print servers from any modern IT environment has become table stakes and we’re proud to be the clear market leader […]

With the sudden increase in remote work due to COVID-19, it’s more important than ever for organizations to have an easy, cost-effective and secure way for their home-based users to print. Traditionally, a virtual private network (VPN) has been the standard approach to accommodate remote workers. A VPN enables them to connect securely to the […]

The complexity of technology and the speed at which it’s evolving have a big impact on our lives. Not only do we have more powerful devices on our desks and in our pockets, those digital devices are more integral to everything we do. That ups the risk of sensitive information getting exposed to outsiders. To […]

As IT professionals look to move away from legacy print solutions, the idea of a serverless print infrastructure is becoming more widespread. That’s true even in large enterprise organizations, where print servers were a necessary evil for far too long. A serverless print infrastructure brings more flexibility, greater scalability and increased resiliency to the print […]

Enterprise print environments have two things in common: They have printers, and they have employees who want to print to those printers. That’s where the similarities end. Every company is different and has different enterprise printing needs as a result. And those needs change over time. That’s why trouble-free printing and optimal printer management hinges […]

ST. GEORGE, Utah, April 30, 2020—PrinterLogic, the world leader in Serverless Printing Infrastructure (SPI), today announced it has achieved Advanced Technology Partner status in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Partner Network (APN). PrinterLogic is also the first print management platform to pass the rigorous AWS Well-Architected review and is aligned with the AWS Well-Architected Framework […]

By 2021, cybersecurity damages are estimated to hit $6 trillion annually. If you were to break down that global tally, you’re looking at an average cost of $3.92 million per data breach—a figure that’s risen by 12% in the past five years alone. The increasing severity and scale of enterprise data breaches has fueled that […]

One of the biggest contributors to inefficiency is fragmentation. Without unified control and oversight, you waste a lot of time doing individual status checks and performing repeat actions. That’s as true when dealing with technology as it is with people. Fragmentation has long been the enemy of the enterprise print environment. And yet the enterprise […]

Slow printing on networked printers is probably one of end users’ biggest enterprise printing pet peeves. That makes it one of IT’s biggest pet peeves, too, because they’re the ones who have to deal with all the support tickets. What causes slow network printing? The culprits can vary depending on your printing solution, but it […]

Pull printing is a feature that divides the typical printing process into two parts. First, the end user prints as usual, but the print job is held instead of printing automatically. Second, the user “releases” that print job on their chosen printer. You might be saying, “Hold on. We’re always trying to make printing easier […]

Print servers are one of the top sources of frustration in business printing. Just look at any online tech forum. Odds are that it’s full of threads started by IT professionals who’ve been driven to distraction by one or more printing issues. Printers are disappearing from workstations. Group policy deployments aren’t working like they should. […]

In the album Deltron3030, Teren Delvon Jones (aka Deltron) drops the line “I want to devise a virus to bring dire straits to your environment. Crush your corporations with a mild touch, crash your whole computer system and revert you to papyrus.” In case you think it’s placed for it’s lyrical content alone, consider the […]

End users are always a consideration in decisions that involve business printing and print management. How will they respond to a change in the printing workflow? Will they be able to understand and use a new device or feature? Will they actually stick to a certain practice? Questions like these come up again and again. […]

Do you know how much printing is costing your company? That’s a question that we’ve posed many times before. And we’ve answered it by delving into the “unseen” costs of printing or the total cost of printing (TCP). We’ve even shown how increased security and lower printing costs can go hand in hand. Here the […]

When we launched PrinterLogic’s all-new Control Panel Platform last summer, we were super excited about how it would augment the secure release printing capabilities of our serverless printing infrastructure. Our customers were excited, too, because it meant their end users would be able to view and release print jobs more quickly, conveniently and securely than […]

One of the biggest root causes of printing problems in the enterprise is print drivers. That’s why it’s never surprising to hear IT horror stories of a single driver wreaking havoc across an entire organization. Rogue drivers can bring print spoolers to their knees, force end users to the brink of insanity and make life […]

With all the disruptions in the world today, it’s easy to overlook important new developments in our SaaS platform. Last week, our Product Marketing Manager, Tom Darnall, interviewed two of our Systems Engineers, Ken Sivori and Kevin Merrill, to get a sense for what they’re hearing on the front lines with customers. Here’s the gist […]

ST. GEORGE, Utah, March 31, 2020​—PrinterLogic, the world leader in Serverless Printing Infrastructure (SPI), today announced a new integration with Okta, the leading independent provider of identity for the enterprise. This integration allows IT professionals to eliminate print servers and identity-related infrastructure by connecting the Okta Identity Cloud into PrinterLogic SaaS for SCIM provisioning and […]

When we talk about PrinterLogic and all the advantages of its serverless printing infrastructure, we like to emphasize one thing above all else: It eliminates print servers. That’s super important to us. And it’s even more important to our customers. PrinterLogic’s serverless printing is what has helped them overcome the limitations, hassle and expense of […]

Of the dozens of IT pain points, one of the most common has to be ensuring compatibility between all the components that make up an IT environment. Compatibility would be less of an issue if everything were uniform throughout the entire organization. But we all know that’s not how things work in the real world. […]

There are seven pillars of wisdom and seven types of ambiguity, so maybe it’s not surprising that there should be seven common enterprise printing problems. These are the infuriating—but ultimately solvable—hassles that IT experiences on a regular basis when using legacy printing and print-management solutions. The most common enterprise printing problems In this blog post […]

In tech circles, certain software solutions are often described as platform-agnostic. Which is a shorthand way of saying that they work with pretty much any operating system. PrinterLogic SaaS is one of those solutions that could be called platform-agnostic. Our serverless printing infrastructure works across macOS, Windows, Linux, ChromeOS and even VDI environments to provide […]

PrinterLogic has partnered with Okta, the leading cloud-based Identity Provider, to offer customers their first free Okta account via an embedded feature known as Okta Embedded Integration.  Streamline your SaaS transition As more companies embrace a cloud-first strategy, they face challenges with supporting a mix of legacy (on-prem) and cloud-based applications. Two of those challenges […]

To manage your print environment effectively, it’s essential to truly understand your print environment. And that understanding can only come about through insight into print activity and printer usage as well as micro- and macro-level printing trends. That’s why we developed PrinterLogic Insights, a reporting and monitoring feature for PrinterLogic SaaS customers who want to […]

The cloud came with a lot of promises. You’d be able to reduce physical infrastructure, manage everything from one place, enjoy more flexibility and features. Migration to the cloud would free up IT resources and be more cost-effective. As most IT professionals know, printing was one thing that proved harder to shift. You can take […]

There are plenty of ways that companies can wind up with multi-vendor printer fleets. Sometimes it’s an unintentional accumulation of printers from a variety of manufacturers over the years. This is a common outcome of mergers and acquisitions. Other times it’s deliberate, because different printers serve different enterprise printing needs. For instance, healthcare organizations need […]

As humans, our brains are hardwired to avoid pain. We have a natural urge to pull back our hand if it gets too close to a flame. We instinctively walk gingerly on our leg if it’s injured. We sometimes even go out of our way to avoid uncomfortable situations. Which is why it’s kind of […]

PrinterLogic, the world leader in Serverless Printing Infrastructure (SPI), has announced General Availability of Version 1 of its integrations with the cloud-based IdPs Okta and Azure AD. For PrinterLogic SaaS customers, this release provides support for SAML 2.0-based federated authentication.  PrinterLogic gives organizations the ability to eliminate print servers and provides a centrally managed direct […]

Among IT professionals, it’s no secret that printers represent an overlooked security threat. When the research firm Quocirca surveyed 240 enterprise organizations across the United States, the UK, France and Germany for its 2018 report on managed print services, around half of the respondents stated that print security was part of their overall information security […]

MEDITECH has a large and devoted customer base of healthcare providers, thanks to the company’s industry-leading electronic medical records (EMR) solutions. However, as many IT professionals will tell you, it can be challenging to ensure smooth, reliable EMR printing in certain MEDITECH environments. That’s partly because EMR printing in general is tightly regulated. As such, […]

With Windows 7 now officially past its end of life, OS upgrades and migration are on everyone’s minds. For IT departments and providers of managed print services, that’s not always a good thing. Migrations in general are a lot of work Sure, the process has gotten a little easier over the years, but it’s almost […]

There’s a common saying in IT that most enterprise printing problems start with print drivers, not printers. How true that is will probably vary from environment to environment. But one thing’s for sure: Print drivers are a constant pain point. Some of the Biggest Print Driver Headaches In traditional print environments, driver updates are one […]

Print servers have been the default solution in enterprise printing for a long time. Too long. Admins and other IT professionals are certainly aware of the problems with print servers. These are shortcomings like single points of failure, limited manageability and ongoing licensing costs. But print servers have managed to stick around in spite of […]

Increased security comes with added costs, right? Not necessarily. By implementing pull printing through PrinterLogic, you can actually end up saving money while boosting the security of your print environment. Part of that comes down to pull printing itself. But the real cost savings start to add up when it’s combined with our serverless printing […]

Convenience, cost-efficiency and security don’t always arrive as a set. You might find an IT solution with two out of the three if you’re lucky. But scoring the hat trick is rare. When it comes to your print environment, pull printing with PrinterLogic is a proven way to achieve all three. Pull printing is an […]

At a time when we seem to have data on everything, enterprise print environments can still be something of a mystery.  Organizations might track page counts, which is common practice when using managed print services. Or they might keep track of the total cost of consumables like paper and toner. But comprehensive, actionable data on […]

We’ve flipped the page on our calendars and welcomed in the new year. So with 2019 in the rearview mirror, it’s a good time to take a look back at what happened over the past 12 months. 2019 delivered a monster year for PrinterLogic customers. Here’s a brief look at some of the very best […]

First print management solution to receive validation of FIPS 140-2 compliance by independent NIST-approved testing laboratory ST. GEORGE, UTAH, January 8, 2020—PrinterLogic, the world leader in Serverless Printing Infrastructure (SPI), announced today it has received its Common Criteria Certificate for validation of compliance with the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2 for its PrinterLogic Web […]

At this point, very few people are left questioning the importance of mobile devices in the enterprise. When 500 senior IT executives, CEOs and other senior managers were polled as part of a 2018 Oxford Economics survey, the vast majority (75% or more) said that mobile devices were vital to their workers’ effectiveness and their […]

At the end of the day, printing issues equal printing costs. Every time IT is called to reboot a crashed print server or install a new printer, it takes their attention off bigger things. That amounts to lost productivity for them as well as the end users who aren’t able to print. That lost productivity […]

When we talk about PrinterLogic and the advantages of serverless printing, most organizations are eager to hear more. Centralized printer management? Reduced print-related WAN traffic? Self-service printer installation? Seamless VDI printing? Yes, please! In organizations that already have large numbers of print servers deployed, sometimes that excitement is accompanied by skepticism. Can a single instance […]

End-user mobility is crucial in most construction companies. Engineers, site managers and supervisors all need flexibility of movement. That can be tough on IT. Especially when those users have remote printing needs as well. In dynamic construction environments with a lot of moving parts, PrinterLogic’s mobile printing and Pull Printing can help ease the strain […]

By now you’ve heard that Google Cloud Print is on its way out, but at PrinterLogic we’ve developed the perfect migration option for you. The new PrinterLogic Chrome OS Client Extension empowers you to centrally manage direct IP printing for Chromebook users alongside Windows, Mac, and Linux. This means you can deliver a Serverless Printing […]

New Chrome OS Client Extension empowers customers to centrally manage direct IP printing for Chromebook users ST. GEORGE, Utah, Nov. 21, 2019—PrinterLogic, the world leader in Serverless Printing Infrastructure (SPI), today announced private preview availability for its Chrome OS Client Extension, which enables IT professionals to centrally manage direct IP printing for Chrome OS users. […]

By now we’re all aware of the importance of best practices. They’re recommended processes to implement in order to ensure that things run smoothly, safely and efficiently in your organization. And in many cases, these best practices have evolved out of other organizations’ trial and error. They learned what worked and what didn’t. Their results […]

Company’s growth recognized at the 25th annual awards ceremony   ST. GEORGE, Utah – November 13, 2019 – PrinterLogic, the global leader in Serverless Printing Infrastructure (SPI), has been named to MountainWest Capital Network’s (MWCN) 2019 Utah 100, the annual list of the state’s fastest-growing companies. MWCN’s exclusive awards program brings together investors, entrepreneurs and […]

Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) is the latest virtualization solution to hit the market. There’s been a ton of buzz about it. And, because it leverages Microsoft’s powerful Azure platform, WVD will facilitate a wave of cloud-computing initiatives.  For one thing, users can securely interact with virtual Windows 7 and multi-user Windows 10 services—whether it’s a […]

Risk management. It’s such a common term that you might think every organization is practicing it. But one very recent enterprise survey showed that only about half of the 445 respondents were actively engaging in some form of risk management. That survey informed the 2019 The State of Risk Oversight report from the ERM Initiative […]

Deal expands PrinterLogic’s portfolio to include enterprise content and workflow management ST. GEORGE, Utah, November 4, 2019—PrinterLogic, the world leader in Serverless Printing Infrastructure (SPI), announced today the acquisition and corporate rebranding of MaxxVault, a leading provider of enterprise content management software. The acquisition broadens PrinterLogic’s portfolio to include digital workflow automation, e-forms, content management, […]

ST. GEORGE, Utah, October 31, 2019—PrinterLogic, the world leader in Serverless Printing Infrastructure (SPI), today announced a validated integration with Windows Virtual Desktop, Microsoft’s recently launched service that gives users easy and secure access to their virtualized desktops and RemoteApps. Together, with select partners like PrinterLogic, Microsoft is advancing cloud-based desktop technology even further. This […]

One statistic that we’ve cited before is that close to 60% of businesses in the United States, the United Kingdom, France and Germany experienced at least one print-related data breach in 2018. The reason it’s worth citing again is because it rarely fails to take someone by surprise. Yet the real wake-up call is when […]

New Control Panel Application brings Secure Release Printing to Sharp MFPs ST. GEORGE, UT, October 25, 2019 – PrinterLogic, the global leader in Serverless Printing Infrastructure (SPI), today announced it’s Control Panel Application (CPA) for Sharp OSA® multifunction printers (MFPs). The new CPA, developed by PrinterLogic with technical guidance from Sharp, delivers several convenient options […]

Effective print management offers multiple opportunities to increase efficiency and reduce costs along the way. The trouble is that “effective” part. We all know what print management looks like using standard enterprise print solutions, and it often involves a lot of damage control. Which is anything but effective. Sure, you can try to be proactive […]

Up to now, there’s never really been a golden age for managing devices in the enterprise. Especially where printers are concerned. Back before computers and printers were networked, they were heavy, cumbersome things that needed to be deployed and configured manually. When networking became more commonplace, admins were able to do more of their device […]

FREMONT, Calif., Oct. 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Safetrust Inc. a global pioneer in mobile identity solutions announced its partnership with PrinterLogic, the leader in Serverless Printing Infrastructure, to offer customers a secure release printing solution that uses Safetrust Virtual Credentials for authentication. This partnership enables end users to release a print job using their mobile […]

It’s easier to keep track of things when they’re all in one place. That’s why centralized print management is such an important goal. But it can be hard to do in large organizations because there are so many moving parts. Like different workstations, different printer models, different locations and different user needs. It’s also tough […]

Chief Operating Officer Brandon Williams It was 2016, and I was standing in line with our company’s CEO and founder, John Anthony Smith, at a Citrix conference. He’s the gregarious, outgoing type, so he naturally got to talking with the person who was standing in front of us. That person said he was from a […]

ST. GEORGE, Utah, October 9, 2019—PrinterLogic, the world leader in Serverless Printing Infrastructure (SPI), today announced preview availability of its integrations with Identity Providers (IdP) Okta and Azure AD, with support for Google ID set for early 2020. With these integrations, PrinterLogic’s SaaS-based enterprise print management solution will offer support for Identity and Access Management […]

According to Quocirca’s Global Print Security Landscape Report 2019, nearly 60% of businesses in the United States, the United Kingdom, France and Germany were the victims of at least one print-related data breach in the prior year. Each print-related data loss cost these businesses around $400k on average. Worse still is that 32% of print-security […]

PrinterLogic Insights enables companies to track printing activity down to the user level and actively monitor the status of their printer fleet at no charge. ST. GEORGE, Utah, October 2, 2019—PrinterLogic, the world leader in Serverless Printing Infrastructure (SPI), announced today the release of PrinterLogic Insights, a free reporting tool for Managed Service Providers (MSPs) […]

PrinterLogic Insights is a free SaaS product for small businesses that offers the same advanced reporting and monitoring capabilities that are included in our full PrinterLogic SaaS solution. Insights works with Windows, Mac and Linux workstations and tracks up to 10 network printers. PrinterLogic Insights tracks printer usage at the user or device level with […]

Following our recent introduction of the PrinterLogic Canon Control Panel Application, we’re pleased to announce our new Sharp Control Panel Application (CPA) for use with our serverless printing infrastructure platform. The new Sharp CPA will allow your end users to authenticate and release their print jobs on the latest Sharp multifunction printers (MFPs) with incredible […]

Another year, another software end-of-life (EoL) deadline. It seems like only yesterday that EoL was announced for Windows Server 2003, later followed by EoL for Windows 7. This time the EoL affects Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2, which are scheduled to stop receiving long-term support as of January 14, 2020. After the EoL date, […]

LONDON, September 24, 2019—PrinterLogic, the global leader in serverless printing infrastructure, today announced a technology partnership with Canon Europe that will enable Canon Europe to offer its clients a centrally managed direct IP printing solution that helps IT teams eliminate print servers and manage printer objects. “We’re proud of this partnership and the opportunities it […]

Managing the print configurations and capabilities of endpoints can be time-consuming work. When you’re also dealing with endpoints in distant branch or remote offices, the amount of time you need to sink into print management can really skyrocket. In today’s enterprise, that’s as true as it ever was. Given all the casual threats and malicious […]

I don’t want to sound alarmist, but there’s a good chance your current corporate printing solution is working against you. If your company is using print servers, your entire print infrastructure is vulnerable to single points of failure. For proof, you don’t need to look much further than the last time the print spooler crashed […]

In enterprise IT administration, one convention for enforcing user settings and computer configurations is Group Policy Objects (GPOs). This system works with the criteria in Active Directory (AD) to impose certain rules and create a very controlled computing environment for the individual end user. GPOs, for example, are used to limit access to network shares. […]

The importance of high availability in a print environment shouldn’t be news to anyone. End users need to print when they need to print. End of story. Otherwise, it’s just lost productivity. And it isn’t just lost productivity for end users. When those users make a help-desk call or file a support ticket because their […]

Printing in virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) environments can offset some of the inherent advantages of virtual solutions. As a lot of IT pros will confirm, it’s not always easy to get the right printers to the right users at the right time. That can put a damper on the consistency and ease of management many […]

Between high-profile ransomware attacks and repeated data breaches, enterprise data security is in the headlines like never before. That means it’s also at the front of people’s minds like never before. Keeping data safe has quickly become a top priority for any organization that’s concerned about the privacy of its own information as well as […]

ST. GEORGE, Utah—Aug. 27, 2019—PrinterLogic, the global leader in serverless printing infrastructure, today announced that PrinterLogic SaaS, its centralized print management solution, has achieved VMware Partner Ready™ status. This designation indicates that after validation testing, PrinterLogic SaaS has achieved the endorsement of the VMware Horizon Partner Application/Middleware Program and is supported on VMware Horizon Standard […]

Your enterprise years ago upgraded to Windows 7 and has been very happy since without any major issues. So why should you now migrate your users’ operating systems from Windows 7 to Windows 10, especially after you skipped the Windows 8 release? This blog will provide you four good reasons why you would be better […]

ST. GEORGE, Utah—August 21, 2019—PrinterLogic, the world leader in Serverless Printing Infrastructure (SPI), today announced that Mobile Printing and Secure Release Printing will be included with its core license at no extra cost for SaaS customers. “Customers are waking up to the deployment and technology limitations of old school on-prem software being thrown onto hosted […]

One of the most common nuggets of wisdom in IT is to simplify. The more moving parts there are, the more possibilities there are for things to go wrong. The more complex your environment is, the harder it is to maintain and troubleshoot. Honestly, though, sometimes simplifying is not so simple. In the enterprise, there […]

ST. GEORGE, UT—August 15, 2019—With security features now essential to most office solutions, Canon U.S.A. Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, and PrinterLogic, a leader in serverless printing infrastructure for the enterprise, today announced the ability to integrate PrinterLogic’s platform with Canon’s third-generation imageRUNNER ADVANCE solutions. “Security is top of mind to Canon as […]

PrinterLogic 19.1 (formerly known as Printer Installer), adds comprehensive secure release printing for Canon MFPs, expanded scalability for enterprise authentication, Safari 12 (macOS Mojave) support, and dozens of other enhancements that will improve the experience for admins and end users. Canon-certified Gen 2 CPA We’re launching our second generation of control panel applications (CPAs) with […]

Schools are pretty orderly, right? With its grades, classes, tracks, departments, periods, semesters and all the other ways it’s categorized and arranged, your average K-12 or college often looks like a model of efficiency and organization. From the outside, at least. IT sees a different side of things. Students move from classroom to classroom throughout […]

Microsoft has announced that Windows 7 will enter its end-of-life (EoL) phase on January 14, 2020. While some organizations have already migrated to later Windows versions in anticipation of the EoL deadline, a large number of them are still running Windows 7 as their secondary or even primary operating system. In June of 2019, the […]

Have you heard this story? One of your workforce wants to print out a document. They open it and click “Print.” Then they walk over to the printer. No document. So they walk back to their computer and do it again. But this time, their computer’s not finding the printer at all. What gives? Here […]

Reduced costs, simplified management and improved security are just some of the reasons why organizations choose thin clients over traditional IT architectures. And thin-clients often deliver on those counts, because you’re talking about less expensive hardware and users’ interaction being managed through one pane of glass. Where it gets tricky is with thin-client printing. The […]

Like it or not, we live in the era of Big Data. Technology has given us the ability to gather information on almost every aspect of our lives. We can then use that info to do things like improve our health, figure out what new TV shows we might like, become better drivers or optimize […]

This week PrinterLogic is releasing the first in a series of all-new Control Panel Applications, or CPAs. These apps install on a printer and provide identity authentication for secure-release printing. The new Gen 2 Canon CPA—compatible with PrinterLogic’s on-prem and cloud solutions—supports Canon’s imageRUNNER ADVANCE printers. To learn more about that rollout, read this post. […]

PrinterLogic is excited to announce a new dedicated Control Panel Application (CPA) for Canon’s imageRUNNER ADVANCE series of MFPs. Once installed and launched, the app appears on a printer’s embedded touchscreen so you can manage and securely release print jobs held on a workstation for authentication. Why is this something to get excited about? For […]

There are currently two IT trends that are ready to intersect in enterprise printing. And when they do, they’ll unlock an incredible amount of potential in terms of productivity and flexibility. The first of these trends involves large-scale migration to the cloud. As part of this migration, organizations are taking traditional on-premises server-based infrastructure and […]

Print 2025, a global study focused on printing in the digital workplace, has found that two-thirds of the businesses it surveyed ranked print among their top five security concerns. And with good reason. In the 12-month period prior to the survey, 59% of the organizations had experienced one or more print-related data losses—a breach that […]

Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) adoption continues to pick up steam across multiple fields, including healthcare, legal, heavy industry and academia. We’re currently in a period where the combined annual growth rate (CAGR) of the global VDI industry is expected to increase by 27% by 2023, a trend that’s driven mainly by BYOD and cloud-computing initiatives […]

Of all the eye-opening stats on employee productivity and how it impacts corporate success, one in particular stands out: Once an interruption distracts you from your current task, it takes an average of 23 minutes, 15 seconds to get back on track. Firsthand experience can attest to that. We can all relate to losing ourselves […]

For years now, enterprise printing has been dominated by two structural paradigms. The first is print servers. The second is conventional direct IP. As potential IT printing solutions go, however, have print servers or traditional direct IP really ever been the best choice? And what about the here and now? With the advent of mobile […]

Even as virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) solutions see increasing enterprise adoption and enjoy more widespread popularity as a result, there are still lingering questions about their ideal use cases and what it actually looks like to implement them. In this post, we’re going to take a brief look at what Citrix is (Citrix being a […]

Just like urban environments, enterprise IT environments can experience a phenomenon known as sprawl—or more specifically, server sprawl. In this blog post, we’re going to look at what exactly server sprawl is, how it’s often exacerbated by VDI printing and traditional enterprise print solutions like print servers, and why you really ought to take steps […]

Of all the challenges caused by enterprise printing (and there are many), healthcare organizations face some of the toughest. Their work environments are almost always dynamic, with medical staff moving from one facility to another or working in shifts that are anything but 9 to 5. They also tend to be highly distributed, geographically scattered […]

As security and cost-cutting become more prominent themes within enterprise IT, organizations are coming to the realization that true print management is about more than adding and removing printers. It’s also about oversight. That’s prompted many organizations to conduct their first comprehensive print audit—often with the further intention of making it the start of an […]

“Serverless printing.” When someone says that, the first thing that might come to mind is an off-the-shelf consumer printer connected via USB to a desktop or laptop. The more tech-savvy among us might instead imagine the Wi-Fi- or Ethernet-connected network printer you’d find at home or in a very tiny office. What both of these […]

Global leader in serverless printing infrastructure stays close to its geographical roots as anchor company for Tech Ridge ST. GEORGE, UT—May 23, 2019—PrinterLogic, developer of cloud-based serverless printing infrastructure software, will break ground on its new headquarters facility at noon Friday, May 31, becoming the first company to build at Tech Ridge. PrinterLogic’s 125 local […]

It’s no great revelation that we live in a fast-paced world. Letters used to take weeks to arrive, and now we expect our written communication to be delivered instantly. We lose our cool if traffic doesn’t move quickly enough, struggle to remember life before two-day shipping was the norm, wonder how people entertained themselves without […]

Since around 2014, the popularity of Chromebooks has seen a steady increase—not just in the K-12 educational sector (although they have been pretty dominant there) but also in workplaces where Chromebooks’ unique mix of affordability, easy management and ultra-portability checks all the right boxes. For all their benefits, though, Chromebook printing is one of the […]

Finding the right business IT solutions can be challenging under any circumstances, but the stakes can be higher in enterprise environments when scale becomes a decisive factor. That’s especially true for enterprise print environments. The size and makeup of large printer fleets along with the intricacies involved in accommodating nuanced organizational structures and different user […]

A December 2018 study found that 85% of companies are already reporting moderate to extensive production use of cloud infrastructure, and industry analysts predict that 83% of enterprise workloads will be cloud-based by 2020. The move to the cloud is no longer a cutting-edge trend; It’s a mainstream practice that permeates nearly every enterprise IT […]

Printing continues to be a mission-critical capability in modern workplaces, even as those workplaces have fundamentally changed in line with wider social and technological trends. Today, mobile and BYOD devices are much more ubiquitous and far more capable than they were ten years ago, and employees’ attitudes have shifted toward what they expect from IT—something […]

Cloud computing has almost everyone rethinking how they approach technology. CTOs, sysadmins and other IT professionals are increasingly aware of what their organizations stand to gain from reducing their physical infrastructure, centralizing management and streamlining how IT services are delivered to their end users. That in turn has prompted many of them to take a […]

Following the much-anticipated 18.3 release of PrinterLogic’s on-premises enterprise printing solution, our serverless cloud-based printing platform, PrinterLogic SaaS (formerly PrinterCloud), has been updated with enhanced functionality and new features. With this update, special focus has been placed on making pull printing more convenient, improving printing performance for mobile devices and Chromebooks, and providing increased print […]

It’s no exaggeration to say that cloud computing is transforming the way organizations manage and adapt to business conditions and opportunities. Because it’s based on an elastic operational expense model (as opposed to an up-front capital investment approach), a cloud-based strategy helps organizations be more responsive and scalable when it comes to changing business demands. […]

There have been a number of recent studies on mobile adoption in the enterprise, and their findings tend to point to one thing above all else—namely, the ever-growing importance of mobile adoption in the enterprise. By 2020, for example, Gartner is predicting that 75% of all smartphones used in the enterprise will be BYOD, marking […]

Anonymous guest printing sounds somewhat vague, but it can be boiled down to a situation like this: A visitor from outside your workplace—it could be a consultant, a short-term freelancer or even an employee from another branch—needs to print a document to a local printer from their mobile device. How exactly do they do that? […]

You have been working on this project for several months. It is important and today you are presenting your data to your company’s stakeholders at the main office. Problem: You’re running late to your meeting. When you arrive at the main office across town you realize that you left the documents at your office. You […]

There’s a growing awareness of the risks of IT weak points and the costly consequences of security breaches. That has led many organizations to take a much more aggressive stance toward the security of their workflows and infrastructure. One particular aspect that often gets overlooked, though, is enterprise print security and the important role it […]

As static, deskbound workforces morph into dynamic, mobile ones and IT departments take steps to maximize functionality while reducing infrastructure, virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) solutions have already become attractive options for organizations that want to cut down on overhead without sacrificing flexibility or features. However, one sticking point in the adoption of virtual solutions is […]

When you think about “Serverless Printing” you probably don’t think about Secure Printing. It kind of seems counterintuitive, right? Having your print job securely held so that you don’t have to run across the office to grab it off the printer before anyone else sees it, without a server to hold the job? Well, now […]

Enterprise print security has become a hot topic over the past couple of years. High-profile malicious data breaches coupled with a growing awareness of the murky data-collection practices of Internet giants has made admins and end users alike aware of how easy it is for their private information to be compromised. That awareness has carried […]

A lot of organizations are moving forward with Cloud first strategies. One of the biggest hurdles for IT departments to overcome when going “cloud first” is understanding what to do with their print infrastructure. A cloud first strategy is in line with best practices for modernizing IT, data-center consolidation, and reducing infrastructure footprint. When architecting […]

According to a 2015 Security Pressures Report by Trustwave, 70% of businesses believe they’re safe from cyber attacks and data compromises. That means the vast majority of organizations—seven out of every ten!—think their existing IT security measures, including their enterprise print security, are good enough. It shouldn’t come as a shock to discover that confidence […]

For organizations that value the security of pull printing and the flexibility of mobile solutions, we at PrinterLogic are excited to announce our dedicated Print Release App for iOS and Android. Hot on the heels of our feature-packed 18.3 update, this all-new app complements and can be used in place of PrinterLogic’s other pull-printing release […]

With all the recent advances in—and focus on—cybersecurity, we could be forgiven for assuming that data breaches are occurring less than ever before. Unfortunately, the opposite is true. The constantly increasing complexity of technology and the speed with which it evolves means that data breach incidents, both accidental and intentional, continue to rise. Through our […]

Broadly speaking, there are two major paradigms for enterprise printing solutions. One is classic direct-IP printing, which establishes one-to-one connections between the client and printer. It has the advantage of being straightforward and reliable but it becomes increasingly unmanageable when scaled up to the enterprise level. Admins typically have to touch every single client when […]

A couple of decades ago, there were a handful of tech visionaries who clearly foresaw the future we’re now living in. For many of us, however, it wasn’t until much more recently that powerful pocket-sized computers, self-driving cars and voice assistants moved beyond the stuff of sci-fi. In the world of enterprise print management, that […]

Whether your organization is already using PrinterLogic or you have yet to implement our enterprise printing software, there are advanced features that you might not be taking advantage of. This blog post takes a brief look at capabilities like PrinterLogic’s mobile printing, secure pull printing and location-based (proximity) printing and how to get the most […]

Hybrid print environments can take many forms. For instance, one hybrid environment might comprise a mix of new and legacy printing devices. Another might be a combination of mobile and desktop users. Yet another hybrid environment might use a patchwork of printing software or print-management services to serve the unique requirements of different user pools. […]

Take a moment to consider all the elements that comprise your print environment. There are the printers, of course, and probably print servers as well. There are consumables like paper and ink or toner. There’s your enterprise print-management software and any pull-printing or mobile-printing solutions you might be using. And there are the administrative and […]

A great awakening is taking place. IT professionals are becoming increasingly aware of the time, effort and cost they constantly have to invest in their existing enterprise print-management solutions, and they’re starting to consider next-generation alternatives to common approaches like print servers and conventional direct IP. What exactly are they looking for in those alternatives? […]

The release of version 18.3 marks the arrival of many highly anticipated features in PrinterLogic’s enterprise print-management software. Several new features augment the company’s serverless infrastructure with direct and dramatic improvements to secure printing, making PrinterLogic’s next-generation solution as hardened in terms of security as it is flexible in implementation. Printer-agnostic CAC/PIV authentication Employees of […]

Hardened security features comply with U.S. government regulations ST. GEORGE, UT—January 17, 2019—PrinterLogic, the leader of serverless print infrastructure for the enterprise, today announced the release of PrinterLogic 18.3. The new release includes several major security enhancements, including support for U.S. government-issued CAC/PIV smart cards used to authenticate and release secure print jobs. In addition, […]

In our recent blog, Barriers to CAC/PIV Secure Printing Implementation, we identified reasons why federal agencies have held off implementing CAC/PIV secure printing despite its security benefits. Based on this research, and a careful analysis of other solutions in the market, PrinterLogic has developed a unique, cost-effective CAC/PIV pull-printing approach that works with ANY network […]

In our recent blog, Barriers to CAC/PIV Secure Printing Implementation, we discussed PrinterLogic’s research into why federal agencies had put off deployment of a CAC/PIV secure-printing solution. Part two of that investigation was to survey agencies who had implemented a CAC/PIV solution to learn more about the pros and cons of their approach, as well […]

Federal agencies understand the gravity of a security leak, especially when it comes to sensitive topics. Since HSPD-12 came out in 2004, agencies have been working to secure their desktops, laptops, door access, emails and any sensitive information using FIPS-201 compliant smart cards. Even so, government agencies struggle to secure their print infrastructure—while maintaining ease […]

The adoption of pull printing has really hit the mainstream in the past couple of years. In 2015, a study by research firm Quocirca found that 47% of all surveyed organizations had already deployed pull printing in some form or were planning to implement a pull-printing solution within the next year. Based on our anecdotal […]

Posted by Ethan Janson Back in October 2013, Windows Server 2012 R2 was released. It included a new and welcome feature called Branch Office Direct Printing, a feature that’s still available in Windows Server 2016. Because high WAN utilization is an ongoing problem for distributed organizations with a centralized server infrastructure, Branch Office Direct Printing […]

Posted by Chris Poole The total cost of printing (TCP) for any business can be a difficult figure to determine. Organizations might understand that it’s best practice to find new and effective ways to reduce printing costs, but they don’t always know exactly how much they’re spending on TCP in the first place. And that […]

Secure printing should be an essential practice and integral part of document workflows throughout an enterprise—especially in the kinds of departments that deal with sensitive data, such as HR or R&D. While many organizations understand this, the number of organizations with secure-printing protocols in place remains relatively small. Why is that? Well, even though there’s […]

When you develop a next-generation print-management solution like PrinterLogic, you end up hearing your share of print-server horror stories. From disappearing and “ghost” printers to spooler crashes because of driver and software conflicts, the list of potential problems is as long as a high-volume print queue. And in VMware and Citrix printing environments, that list […]

Printer Installer is trusted to enhance Citrix networking and virtualization solutions ST. GEORGE, UT—December 11, 2018—PrinterLogic, a leading innovator in enterprise print management software solutions, today announced that Printer Installer, a robust, cost-effective, scalable and feature-rich print management solution, has been verified as Citrix Ready®. The Citrix Ready program helps customers identify third-party solutions that […]

Fun fact: At Wipfli, we print on the order of 16 million pages annually. We’re CPAs and consultants with a 60,000+ client base that spans the globe, so maybe all that paperwork comes with the territory. Suffice it to say, we know a thing or two about printing on an enterprise scale. Our organization had […]

As if the trend toward mobile printing weren’t enough for organizations to deal with, there’s a growing subset of mobile users who require bring-your-own-device (BYOD) printing and guest printing capabilities. Unlike users with company-issued mobile devices, which usually have some degree of uniformity, BYOD and guest users have the potential to introduce an enormous range […]

ST. GEORGE, UT—December 6, 2018—PrinterLogic, a leading innovator in enterprise print management software solutions, today announced it has been named one of Utah Business magazine’s Best Companies to Work For in 2018. Each year, Utah Business selects top ranking businesses based on a rigorous examination of company attributes, such as employee benefits, working conditions, company […]

Posted by Joel Brooks This is a “part two” to my earlier guest blog describing our experience with PrinterLogic at Navicent Health, a large nonprofit healthcare corporation based in Georgia. In that post, I talked about how PrinterLogic enabled us to consolidate several virtual pools that we had been forced to create in our VMware […]

ST. GEORGE, UT—November 20, 2018—PrinterLogic, a leading innovator in enterprise print management software solutions, today announced a strategic partnership with The 20, an exclusive business development group for managed service providers, to deliver SaaS print management solutions to their partners and clients. As PrinterLogic’s newest MSP partner, The 20 joins other notable companies, such as […]

Managing one print environment can be hard enough. Managing several at the same time can seem downright daunting. And for managed service providers (MSPs) whose cost structures are highly sensitive to extra investment of time and resources, every second spent struggling with a print-management issue has the potential to weigh heavily on the bottom line. […]

ST. GEORGE, UT—November 15, 2018—PrinterLogic, a leading innovator in enterprise print management software solutions, today announced it ranked 376 on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500™, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and energy tech companies in North America. PrinterLogic’s chief executive officer, Ryan Wedig, credits the company’s award-winning cloud solutions and […]

ST. GEORGE, UT—November 13, 2018—PrinterLogic, a leading innovator in enterprise print management software solutions announced that it has teamed with IGEL, a world leader in endpoint management software for the secure enterprise, integrating the latest version of the IGEL OS, version 10.05.100, into its enterprise print management software solution. With this latest release, PrinterLogic’s enterprise […]

Posted by Joel Brooks I work as an Information Services Technician Level III for Navicent Health, a nonprofit healthcare corporation that provides a wide range of care across a large network of hospitals and care centers throughout central Georgia. We have about 5,000 employees and, as you can probably imagine, a large printer fleet of […]

Posted by Brian Wistisen Every system needs a periodic review to make sure it’s still functioning as intended. It’s a given that inefficiencies will arise over time, and that improvements that were greeted so enthusiastically five years ago are starting to look outdated and restrictive now. Solutions that seemed like the best thing at the […]

Posted by John Beuke This article describes common security risks in network print infrastructures and explains how to secure your environment and reduce or eliminate the many vulnerabilities associated with print servers and multifunction devices (MFDs) or printers. Background In July 2018, the Ponemon Institute released 2018 Cost of Data Breach Study: Global Overview, its […]

Posted by Chris Poole If your organization has multiple locations and relies on print servers, chances are your printing environment resembles one of these three scenarios: A Centralized Print Network: This approach localizes all print-job processing in one place. Print jobs initiated at remote branches travel across the WAN to the central print server, and […]

ST. GEORGE, UT—October 2, 2018 /PRNewswire/—PrinterLogic, a leading innovator in enterprise print management software solutions, announced that JD Carter has been promoted to Chief Marketing Officer, responsible for product definition, corporate branding, product marketing, and demand generation. Prior to this, Carter served as PrinterLogic’s vice president of commercial sales. “As PrinterLogic’s fifth employee, JD has […]

K-12 print environments have a unique set of end users and special requirements, and the print-management solutions they rely on should be up to the task. After all, how can you focus on educating and empowering the next generation when you’re busy wrestling with slow print jobs, cumbersome printer installations, and chronic issues with wasted […]

Expanded opportunities for customers to use an established print management platform with Canon imageRUNNER ADVANCE multifunction devices. ST. GEORGE, UT—September 27, 2018—Canon Solutions America, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Canon U.S.A., Inc., today announced an alliance with PrinterLogic, a pioneer in enterprise print management software solutions. The technology collaboration will include Canon Solutions America offering […]

Tech Veteran and Equality Activist Brings Extensive Business Experience to PrinterLogic ST. GEORGE, UT—September 25, 2018 /PRNewswire/—PrinterLogic, a leading innovator in enterprise print management software solutions, today announced that Eva Helén, CEO of Epiquette and EQ Inspiration, has been appointed to the company’s Board of Directors. “Eva will be a tremendous asset to PrinterLogic,” said […]

Posted by Keith Stark Anyone working in IT will tell you there are two foolproof ways to make your end users angry. The first is if the internet connection is down. The second is if they can’t get a document to print. Either is guaranteed to kick off a stream of support calls. Standardizing your […]

If your organization isn’t already taking steps to optimize print management, it should be. Printing expenses account for as much as three percent of a company’s annual revenue, and streamlining print operations has the potential to recoup a sizable portion of that cost. That’s why identifying and implementing a good print-management solution can save you […]

Posted by Cris Beagle Progressive MSPs seek win-win partnerships As Director of Technical Services at a fast-growing managed service provider, I’m always on the lookout for the best IT solutions I can find. The reasons are twofold. First, best-in-class software improves our customers’ experience by providing the best solutions to their everyday problems. That has […]

Print-management strategies range from traditional in-house solutions to outsourced managed services. We’ll examine some of the most significant benefits—including those offered by PrinterLogic’s print-management software—that can benefit your organization. 1. Eliminating or minimizing infrastructure Traditional print-management solutions give you a limited choice: Distribute your print network across multiple print servers, or consolidate your infrastructure with […]

Print servers have always been an expensive venture, although their status as an established print-management solution has led many organizations tend to overlook just how expensive they really are. Of course, there are the obvious costs of purchase and licensing, but what about their indirect costs like downtime and end-user support? That’s why we set […]

Pull printing solutions are gaining traction in the enterprise, not least because of increased concerns over data breaches and security compliance. Although enterprise print-management professionals love the advantages of pull printing functionality, some of which we’ll outline below, these printing solutions can be difficult to implement through a traditional print-server architecture. PrinterLogic’s secure pull printing […]

As part of the natural upgrade cycle, it’s not uncommon for organizations to migrate to the latest Windows Server release out of familiarity or force of habit. And even though Windows Server 2012 R2 (or 2016, for that matter) have some useful print-management benefits, they don’t do nearly enough to solve the underlying problems with […]

Posted by Brian Wistisen On an enterprise scale, printer installation hang-ups cause significant losses in productivity and serious burdens on IT support teams. While these issues have a clear and direct impact on the organization’s bottom line, they also detract from more important—and potentially more profitable—initiatives in the organization. That’s why we say that suboptimal […]

Secure printing isn’t very effective if it’s not easy for users. If authentication schemes are too difficult, users may avoid them for the sake of convenience. That’s why PrinterLogic has added PIN Authentication as a release mechanism for HP, Konica-Minolta and Xerox printers. What is PIN Authentication? PIN Authentication, now part of PrinterLogic’s secure printing […]

Posted by Devin Anderson Thousands of healthcare organizations around the world use Electronic Health Records (EHR) solutions like MEDITECH to manage their patients’ information. These systems are designed to ensure strict regulatory compliance with sensitive medical data. They aren’t particularly good at print management, however, which means healthcare organizations often struggle with even routine printing […]

Posted by Philip Sellers Written by Philip Sellers. Originally published in Techazine.com, May 29, 2018 The requirement: secure and centralize print management. But moving traditional Windows print servers into your datacenter will cause a lot of WAN traffic from your branches. WAN links are expensive and bandwidth is a premium resource. Even with SD-WAN solutions […]

Posted by Devin Anderson In How PrinterLogic Streamlines Citrix Virtual Desktops Printing, we took a brief but focused look at Citrix printing in a Virtual Desktops environment—its benefits, its mechanics, and ways to enhance its provisioning methods and solve its shortcomings seamlessly with PrinterLogic’s print management software. Now let’s do the same for VMware Horizon […]

PrinterLogic’s CFO honored for contributions including building a world-class finance team and providing operational expertise to one of Utah’s fastest growing companies ST. GEORGE, UT—June 14, 2018—PrinterLogic, a pioneer in enterprise print management software solutions, announced that M. Shane Callahan has been selected as a CXO of the Year for 2018 by Utah Business magazine. […]

Figuring cost-to-print involves a lot of network logistics. If you’re tasked with tracking and reducing these costs, it takes time to generate and analyze the information. We’ll look at common practices for cost calculations and then I’ll explain how the PrinterLogic SaaS (formerly PrinterCloud) print-management solution can help by providing detailed stats for all the […]

Posted by Chris Poole Citrix Virtual Desktops is the go-to virtual desktop interface (VDI) solution for thousands of organizations. Whether large or small, niche or mainstream, they use Virtual Desktops to deliver a consistent, centrally managed desktop experience to their users. Yet there’s still one challenge that almost all of them continue to face, and […]

Take a quick straw poll of enterprise-level organizations regarding their IT priorities, and one word will rise to the top: security. Enterprise executives and IT professionals are becoming acutely aware of how vulnerable their users’ data can be, and are taking steps to lock it down. That sense of urgency goes beyond the cloud. It […]

It’s common knowledge that one of the best ways to cut print costs across the organization is to default to printing duplex in grayscale. Getting users to comply with these guidelines can be challenging. As a systems engineer with PrinterLogic, I’ve helped IT administrators in many industries and organizations come up with ways to enforce […]

Posted by Devin Anderson Thinking about alternative approaches to print management? Let’s explore a few options. Generally speaking, there are two categories of print management: on-premises and off-premises. The former is how print management has traditionally been implemented—that is, using print servers or a direct-IP printing approach that’s managed and maintained by your IT staff. […]

Posted by Chris Poole Printer redirection. Sounds simple on the surface: A print job in a client session is directed to a local printer. Conceptually, it’s not all that different from a desktop shortcut. In practice, however, it’s a source of numerous Epic printing problems—resulting in untold hours of troubleshooting for end users and administrators. […]

St. George, UTAH—May 10, 2018—PrinterLogic, a leader in enterprise print-management software solutions, today announced a distribution partnership with Cranel Imaging, a division of Cranel Inc. The agreement gives Cranel Imaging’s network of value-added resellers (VARs) and office equipment dealers (OEDs) access to PrinterLogic’s advanced print driver management and deployment capabilities. These tools empower enterprise customers to […]

More than 300,000 organizations rely on virtualization, networking, and cloud solutions from Citrix Systems. Many of these firms would be lost without Citrix’s powerful and scalable virtualization software such as Virtual Desktops. The rub is that printing in a Citrix environment remains a sore spot for many server admins. Even with improvements, Virtual Desktops poses […]

A key benefit of cloud computing is user mobility, but this requires traditional authentication methods to ensure adequate security. Active Directory, for example, must be moved to the cloud. Microsoft’s answer is Azure AD, an identity and access-management solution for SaaS applications. PrinterLogic SaaS (formerly PrinterCloud) gives IT administrators the ability to eliminate print servers […]

PrinterLogic’s email-to-print functionality (part of the Mobile Printing Advanced Module) doesn’t just work with any client. It also works with any network printer—even legacy devices. Plus there is no client-side email-to-print software to install, which makes management a breeze. In enterprise-scale organizations, there is a lot of head-scratching over how best to implement mobile-printing capabilities. […]

St. George, UTAH—May 03, 2018—PrinterLogic, a pioneer in enterprise print-management software solutions, today announced it has opened its East Coast office in Cary, North Carolina to support continued growth and position more resources close to major U.S. business hubs. The company plans to ramp up hiring in the office and double its headcount there in […]

For a long time now, the never-ending struggle of managing and maintaining printer drivers has been a major source of grief among admins, regardless of the size or nature of their print environment. Sometimes it seems the only reason they call them “drivers” is because they never fail to drive you up a wall. If […]

For a long time now, the never-ending struggle of managing and maintaining printer drivers has been a major source of grief among admins, regardless of the size or nature of their print environment. Sometimes it seems the only reason they call them “drivers” is because they never fail to drive you up a wall. If […]

No matter what the shape or size of your VMware environment, chances are you’ve run into VMware printing issues along the way. Given that printing is a basic need in most organizations, it can be a struggle to get right, especially in VDI environments. To make matters worse, the reasons why VMware printing is as […]

We’ve covered—and solved!—several common Citrix printing problems (such as WAN vulnerabilities and Virtual Apps-specific issues) in previous blog posts, but this time I’d like to concentrate on one that’s slightly more broad but no less frustrating: the Citrix printing delay. Whether you’re a seasoned Citrix expert or you’ve just launched a Citrix environment in your […]

Sustainability is a hot topic all over the world, and the enterprise is certainly no exception. It’s hard to find an organization that hasn’t already implemented one or more green initiatives—not just for their customer-facing benefit but also for the cost savings that green initiatives can bring. As part of that wider trend, many organizations […]

Once organizations realize how much they’re actually spending on SMB or enterprise printing, they often want to take immediate steps to reduce print costs. The question that naturally arises is, what do those steps look like? If they were doable or obvious, why weren’t they being taken since the beginning? The truth is that it’s […]

Security is a hot topic in the technology field and print management security shouldn’t be left out of the conversation. Confidential documents being printed each day, IT staff is at work to make sure the right people access the right printers, and even integrating with existing security technologies such as badge readers at the printer […]

Posted by Chris Poole The thin client architecture is ideal for environments that want to maintain a high degree of flexibility and a relatively low level of maintenance. Instead of having to touch each workstation when a change is needed, admins can often make single server-side changes that affect the entire client pool. That can […]

Posted by Jordan Pusey When deploying printers, accuracy is key. If an end user winds up with the wrong printer, too many printers or even no printer, you’re looking at printing errors, wasted consumables, unnecessary frustration and helpdesk calls. That’s why one of the top responsibilities of any print management team is getting the right […]

Group policy can be a useful, even essential tool for administrators when managing their IT environment. At the same time, group policy can be a colossal headache for those same admins when it results in unexpected behaviors or the sets of configurations called group policy objects (GPOs) seem to be applied arbitrarily. In print management […]

For many years now, and with only a few notable exceptions, print management in the enterprise has remained fairly stagnant. The vast majority of organizations are conducting print management more or less as they always have: either struggling with print servers or struggling with conventional direct IP printing. However, as these organizations grow (through mergers, […]

So, your organization has reached a point where it’s time to deploy another—or maybe your first-ever—print server. There are good ways to deploy print servers, and there are not-so-good ways to deploy print servers. And there are alternatives to print servers that you might not have considered yet. This post aims to provide you with […]

If you have a print server that has to stay active but you want to move to a centrally managed direct IP environment, you can with PrinterLogic. PrinterLogic is designed to eliminate print servers and convert all the shared printers from a print server into centrally managed direct IP. There are some cases that don’t […]

Should we move our print management to the cloud? That’s a question many CTOs and enterprise decision-makers are asking themselves these days. It doesn’t matter whether their organization is small, regional or global in size, or whether they’re focused on education, healthcare or engineering. The simple fact is that cloud print management is quickly becoming […]

Whether you’ve just migrated to a new VMware environment or you’ve been working with this popular VDI solution for a long time, chances are that you’ve struggled with VMware printer redirection at one time or another. Printer redirection is a common method of provisioning printers in VMware environments, but it’s also well known for causing […]

Posted by Devin Anderson As the idea of pull printing becomes more commonplace, more and more organizations are thinking about how exactly pull printing solutions might enhance their print environments. But before I tell you how you can use PrinterLogic to improve your enterprise pull printing capabilities, let me begin with a pull printing definition. […]

Getting printers to the right people at the right time in the right place is a very simple and straightforward process when using PrinterLogic’s software for printer management. It has a feature called Advanced Deployments that allows you to set up a multi-criteria requirement that will auto-deploy printers to the qualifying users based on said […]

You’ve probably heard a lot of about software-as-a-service, or SaaS, one of the many new delivery models made possible by the advent of cloud computing. You might have even heard about SaaS printing, which trades the perpetual licensing of enterprise printing software for a convenient, on-demand subscription model with lower upfront costs. But how much […]

Thin clients are fantastic on account of their reduced costs, improved manageability, tighter security and (generally) greater ease of use. I’ve added that parenthetical generally because, as any admin or end user is bound to agree, printing with thin clients can be a lot more complicated than it is with standard workstations. The reason thin […]

For all the benefits of VMware, the shortcomings of things like printer redirection and location-based printing can create a fertile space for problems to arise. If your end users are having trouble printing or a VMware printer is not working like it should, chances are that the problem falls into one of a few categories. […]

St. George, UTAH—January 23, 2018—PrinterLogic, a pioneer in enterprise print management software solutions, today announced a $15 million Series-A financing round, led by top growth capital firm Mercato Partners. PrinterLogic will use the financing to accelerate product development and fuel market expansion. PrinterLogic’s printer and driver management platform reduces infrastructure costs by eliminating print servers and […]

Many organizations have implemented Citrix Virtual Apps to reduce their physical infrastructure while increasing the manageability and flexibility of their computing environment. At the same time, the inherent complexity of virtualization and app streaming has led to persistent challenges when it comes to enterprise printing. This has prompted some of those organizations to compile and […]

In tech circles there’s a lot of excitement about the cloud these days. And rightly so. Cloud computing makes it possible to divest your organization of costly physical infrastructure while providing more flexibility to your workforce. At the same time, cloud-based initiatives such as enterprise cloud printing have a key requirement that might be a […]

Posted by Devin Anderson Pull printing has emerged as one of the most useful ways for organizations of all kinds to implement a secure printing protocol among their workforce. Not surprisingly, though, many organizations balk at the idea of having to deploy even more physical infrastructure to gain one piece of extra functionality. That’s why […]

Posted by Devin Anderson As we all know, there’s often a gap—sometimes a large one—between perception and reality. And how do you close that gap? Through impartial data, real-world information and analysis. In enterprise printing, that’s what print job tracking is for. Yet an organization’s ability to track print jobs is only as good as […]

Virtual desktop interface (VDI) solutions like VMware have the ability to offer your organization a consistent, lean computing experience across a variety of distributed locations, but VMware Horizon printing doesn’t always succeed in meeting every organization’s needs or expectations. The reasons for that generally fall into two broad categories: flexibility and reliability. Out of the […]

If only virtual print problems weren’t real print problems. But it doesn’t get much more real than when you have end users trying to print and they’re encountering error after error. That’s when the helpdesk calls come fast and furious, and your support team has to stop whatever they’re doing to deal with urgent server […]

Since the launch of the iPhone ten years ago, Apple’s mobile devices—along with their bespoke operating system, iOS—have become ubiquitous. They’re in our homes, our cars, our schools. On planes, buses, billboards and TV. They’ve even made substantial inroads into the enterprise, where Apple products had previously been regarded as niche devices. As a result, […]

Like any virtual environment, Citrix environments can be incredibly complex. When that complexity is compounded by the inherent complexity of enterprise printing, it can lead to Citrix Virtual Apps printing problems that are frustrating for end users, difficult for admins to troubleshoot, and hard for an organization to ignore. So how can you retake control […]

Posted by Jordan Pusey No organization sets out with the goal of creating print server sprawl. It’s something that happens gradually. Take the National Widget Company. They started off with a single print server. That’s it—just one. Then they bought out a competitor, merged with a former partner and purchased new facilities to accommodate their […]

Posted by Devin Anderson Without network printing, chances are that we’d all have hardwired personal printers. From an end user’s point of view, that would probably be ideal. Printer and driver installation would be more straightforward. And they wouldn’t suffer nearly as many issues with reliability, speed and other network printing problems. From a print […]

Posted by Devin Anderson Even with all the hype over cloud computing, there’s still some wariness toward cloud-based solutions in the enterprise. Though many organizations were quick to migrate to cloud storage and backup solutions on account of their obvious benefits, fewer organizations have been as keen to follow their pioneering peers into adopting cloud-based […]

Posted by Jordan Pusey Most organizations are all too aware of the role that information plays in making decisions with enterprise-wide impact. The more information that’s available, the better those decisions tend to be. And when it comes to gathering information on their print environments, those same organizations often look to print tracking software to […]

IT departments are experts at tracking and auditing everything. IT departments audit failed logins, successful logins, access to files, file transfers, IP packets, DNS queries, open ports, closed ports, physical assets, software assets, up times, downtime, the list goes on and on. In fact, if you even take a look back 10 years ago, the […]

If it weren’t for network printer mapping, print management would probably be a whole lot easier. There wouldn’t be the need to mess with the intricacies of group policy objects (GPOs) and roll your own custom network printer mapping script. There wouldn’t be users calling the support desk to say that they need a printer […]

How much visibility do you have into your print environment? Surprisingly, even in this day and age, this is something enterprise-scale organizations struggle with. We now have smart fridges that can analyze their contents and alert us when it’s time to buy more milk. Home thermostats, sensors and lights that can be monitored and controlled […]

Annual Keypoint Intelligence Award Acknowledges PrinterLogic for Outstanding Print Environment Management Solution for SMBs St. George, UTAH—December 5, 2017—PrinterLogic, a leading serverless enterprise print management solution that enables businesses to eliminate Windows® print servers, today announced it has been chosen as a winner in the annual Keypoint Intelligence Buyers Lab Pick Awards. The company’s new PrinterCloud solution was […]

Posted by Devin Anderson Whether it’s a matter of security, ease of use or style (or maybe even a combination of all three), iOS devices have been rapidly adopted in the enterprise. That’s called for some adjustments and accommodations on the part of IT departments, not least where printing is concerned. To cloud print in […]

Posted by Jordan Pusey When large, diverse healthcare organizations like Princeton Community Hospital, Laser Spine Institute, Guthrie, OhioHealth and the Orthopedic Institute of New Jersey were looking for healthcare printing solutions that would support their need for robust, specialized EMR and EHR printing, many of them had no idea that their entire approach to enterprise […]

Posted by Kevin Merrill There was a time when all printing was done directly from the workstation to a printer. As time rolled on, and companies grew, companies started to look for a better way to allow their users to print without having to purchase an individual printer for each user. With the invention of […]

When using print servers, mapping network printers is something that just comes with the territory. But as any network admin can tell you, it’s not an easy process, regardless of whether you’re a technophobic end user who’s new to the company or a seasoned expert in printer management. In any traditional print-server-based environment, you’re bound […]

As cloud-based solutions mature and become more suitable for enterprise-scale applications, organizations have started to look into cloud printing software that can handle the demands of fast-paced printing in large and varied environments. Are all cloud print solutions up to the task? Not quite. One of the first things these organizations discover is that there’s […]

We’re in the era of Big Data. We want to be able to monitor, collect and analyze information of all kinds—our exercise, our sleep, our spending, our workflow—as conveniently and unobtrusively as possible with the ultimate aim of identifying opportunities for improvement, tweaking old habits and boosting performance. As far as enterprise printing is concerned, […]

If you have ever come across the need to move printers from one print server to another, then you know how much of a headache it can be. If you still have the legacy Windows 2003 print server then it can even be more daunting. What’s more, if you want to stay ahead of the […]

The thin client architecture has a lot going for it. Cost savings. Centralized management. A more consistent user experience. On the downside, though, printing with thin clients can be a much bigger headache than printing in traditional environments. This is because a consolidated environment doesn’t always mesh well with local network printers. The conventional remedy […]

Cloud printing was supposed to solve many of the inescapable shortcomings of print servers: a lack of environment-wide visibility, for example, or inefficient printer and driver management. And to some extent it did. Yet popular cloud-based printing services like Google Cloud Print aren’t immune to issues of their own—even basic ones, such as documents not […]

Getting the right printers to the right people at the right time can be a challenge. You have a wide range of methods you can choose from, ranging from teaching the end user how to connect to a shared printer all the way to writing a logon script to install printers based on specific criteria. […]

As cloud-based solutions become more widely adopted among organizations of all sizes and sectors, keen-eyed observers are watching specific trends develop within that field. Those broader trends naturally also apply to cloud-based printing solutions such as PrinterLogic SaaS (formerly PrinterCloud), which combines the convenience of centralized printing with enterprise-grade print management. So, as 2018 fast […]

Beginning with Windows Server 2012, Microsoft introduced a feature called Branch Office Direct Printing for clients running Windows 8 or higher. This was done in response to longstanding problems with print servers, especially in geographically distributed environments with a consolidated infrastructure. In these scenarios, print jobs would be routed from the client workstation to the […]

Posted by Jordan Pusey Have you been dragging your feet on adopting cloud printing? Or maybe you have a basic form of enterprise cloud printing in place but you’d really like to up your game? Supporting the world’s most popular mobile operating system with full-featured Android cloud print functionality isn’t as daunting as it might […]

Starting with Windows Server 2008 R2, Microsoft debuted a new addition called Easy Print. This feature was designed for Remote Desktop Services (RDS) environments that were looking to increase printing stability and simplicity by limiting the number of drivers that are mapped when using the client printer redirection method. Now, before I get too far […]

Admins in remote desktop environments often rely on redirecting printers in Windows Server 2012 to deliver local printers to their end users. But printer redirection isn’t always the most dependable or hassle-free method to get those printers out. There are a couple of problems that can crop up, resulting in failed deployments, software crashes or […]

Posted by Jordan Pusey True story. A friend of mine always used to keep the gate to his backyard secured with a heavy-duty padlock. Every time he wanted to mow the lawn, he had to run and get the key to unlock it. Every time his daughters wanted to ride their bikes on the sidewalk […]

The enterprise has changed. The days of bulky workstations rooted to desks are over. Computing has become thinner, lighter, more powerful, more diverse, more mobile, and our IT environments have been transformed in turn—sometimes quickly, sometimes slowly, but transformed nevertheless. Amid all this change, the print environment has more or less stayed the same. Many […]

Printing with USB-connected printers is convenient and certainly simplifies troubleshooting, but once your organization expands beyond more than a handful of employees, it makes more sense to migrate to shared network printers. To handle that kind of print infrastructure, most organizations choose to implement SMB- or enterprise-scale print server solutions. The trouble is that print […]

Many organizations rely on remote desktop services (RDS) to provide them with lean, flexible computing environments. Many of those same organizations also struggle with remote desktop printer problems, which detracts significantly from the benefits of RDS. The full list of those problems is a long one, but at PrinterLogic we’re best known for our ability […]

What’s best practice when dealing with print servers? Ask any IT expert and they’d probably end up saying the same thing: redundancy. Redundancy is key to increasing print availability because, let’s face it, print servers aren’t always the most reliable devices in our IT environment—yet they’re utterly vital to our workflow and productivity across the […]

VMware environments offer many unique advantages, but when it comes to VMware printing, expectations are no different there than in any other environment. When users click “Print,” they want the print job to be sent to the correct printer quickly and without fuss. Seems simple enough, right? Yet admins and end users alike can tell […]

Posted by Andrew Miller There’s an underutilized resource in your organization. It’s abundant, available on demand, and extremely cost-effective. It’s your end users. Whereas traditional print management solutions like print servers have tended to treat end users like an obstacle, next-generation solutions like PrinterLogic are changing that mindset by enabling self-service printer installation. PrinterLogic’s Self-service […]

Remote desktop environments are popular among organizations of all sizes and industries, but effortless print management and robust printing aren’t exactly strengths of the remote desktop protocol (RDP). Printers might go missing, drivers can cause hard-to-troubleshoot problems, print speeds are often slow, and deployments suffer from a lack of reliability and precision. As a result, […]

Still mapping printers the hard way? And by “hard way,” I mean printer mapping using group policy objects, or GPOs. Of course, the hardest way of all is expecting end users to perform manual printer mapping themselves. Forcing end users to hunt through directories and identify printers by vague naming strings is just a recipe […]

Posted by Devin Anderson Print servers were never the perfect print management solution, but over the past decade, they’ve really begun to show their age. Thanks to the breakneck pace of computing and consumer technology, we’re now in a one-click world. Whether it’s a single tap on a screen or intelligent software that automatically anticipates […]

Even on the best of days, print management using traditional solutions can be an exercise in abject despair. One of the most basic requirements of any print environment is to have the right printers delivered to the right users at the right time, and yet convoluted delivery methods like group policy objects (GPOs) and scripts […]

Alliance Simplifies Print Management for Sharp Customers St. George, UTAH—September 6, 2017—PrinterLogic, a leading server-less enterprise print management solution that enables businesses to eliminate Windows® print servers, today announced an alliance with Sharp Business Systems (Sharp) to enhance printer driver management for its customers. As a result, Sharp customers of all sizes—regardless of their current […]

Even on good days, print management can be one of the most challenging tasks in the IT wheelhouse. As a matter of fact, print management is one of the only responsibilities that overlaps with so many other components of the IT environment. Printers have to be associated with the right users and client machines. The […]

Posted by Andrew Miller All of the hottest technology seems to be bursting forth in the consumer sphere. VR, AR, IoT, wearables, autonomous driving—the sci-fi world that the ’50s and ’60s promised us is finally here (sans hydrogen-powered flying cars, unfortunately). Meanwhile, enterprise print management is still just plodding along with yesterday’s tech. Right? Actually, […]

Print servers have had a good run. They’ve enabled billions of documents to be printed and functioned as the primary print infrastructure for hundreds of thousands of organizations. They’ve even brought some nice perks to print management, such as driver repositories and automated deployments. So, thanks, print servers. Looking at the bigger picture, though, print […]

All of IT is a puzzle. Regardless of whether you’re working with software or hardware, you have to make sure that each piece fits snugly within its larger environment, ultimately forming a single seamlessly interlocking whole. That’s not always easy to do, of course, and least of all where enterprise printing and print management are […]

There are few things that annoy end users more than slow computing experiences. They dislike it when their computer is slow to boot. When it’s slow to retrieve documents from a network drive. When their browser is slow to load websites. And they especially hate it when their documents are slow to print. In fact, […]

Posted by Jordan Pusey How times have changed. It wasn’t long ago that Apple computers were considered the go-to machines for creative types like graphic designers and AV professionals. But in the enterprise? No way. That was the domain of PCs. If you were really looking, maybe you’d spot a lone Mac sitting in a […]

Posted by Andrew Miller The key to successfully administering a cost-effective enterprise print environment is truly understanding that print environment. Knowing its strengths and weaknesses, its layout, its levels of usage, the ins and outs of its infrastructure. To obtain that macro- and micro-level information, a print audit is the most natural method. That can […]

Posted by Devin Anderson Take a moment to imagine a world without printer drivers. Where client devices and printers are able to interface directly. Where printer driver conflicts don’t exist. Where routine printer installations can take place with absolute reliability—even (and especially) when they’re initiated directly by the end user. For admins who haven’t yet […]

The transition from 32- to 64-bit computing was a significant milestone that went pretty much unnoticed by the average consumer. But IT professionals are all too familiar with the advantages of that transition as well as its headaches. Although some steps have been taken since the early days to allow the two architectures to coexist […]

Posted by Devin Anderson Consultants and industry experts are always advising us to simplify. To optimize processes. To do more with less. In IT, that usually that takes the form of infrastructure consolidation—that is, taking a serious look at our hardware and paring it down to its most minimal, efficient state. And in enterprise printing, […]

Traditional print management would be less exhausting if it weren’t for printer drivers. As things stand, however, client machines and servers need to be able to “talk” to the printers somehow, and, for better or worse, drivers continue to provide that channel—even if they’re responsible for much of the printing downtime many organizations experience. This […]

If you’re researching potential cloud printing solutions and ways to migrate print servers to the cloud, chances are you’ve at least considered Microsoft Azure. For some organizations, that’s a natural choice if your print environment relies on Active Directory (AD) for common tasks such as printer deployments. There’s also an assumption that a Windows Azure […]

There’s currently a lot of buzz surrounding cloud print management, and for good reason. For decades now, viable alternatives to print servers have been few and far between, so organizations reluctantly tended to stick with the devil they knew. But a perfect nexus of technological trends (e.g., software as a service, or SaaS) and advances […]

Posted by Devin Anderson As cloud printing solutions gain increased acceptance in the enterprise as well as the SMB sector, more organizations are beginning to consider them as a viable supplement—if not outright replacement—to their traditional printing solutions. Understandably, though, there’s still some skepticism toward what cloud print offers, what the tradeoffs versus conventional paradigms […]

In virtual desktop interface (VDI) environments, the convenience of server-side computing is often offset by the difficulty this creates for print management. On account of their unique approach, VDI printing scenarios increase the complexity of printer deployment and printer driver installation, which means that the time your organization saves by administering a centralized VDI environment […]

Group policy objects. GPOs. The mere mention of them is enough to send a shudder through the many admins who’ve wasted countless hours wrestling with their quirks and their nuances. Compounded with the usual headaches of enterprise print management, it’s no wonder that there’s a strong and continuous demand for alternative methods to deploying printers […]

For a long time—too long, in fact—enterprise printing has pretty much been dominated by two architectures. The first is direct IP printing. The second is print servers. Direct IP printing is great because it’s reliable and straightforward. But in its conventional form, direct IP printing suffers from a lack of manageability because each client–printer connection […]

Posted by Jordan Pusey There are a lot of organizations out there running some pretty complex print environments. But if we had to say which sector tended to operate the most intricate print environments alongside incredibly stringent requirements, it would undoubtedly be healthcare. Not only are there a lot of high-pressure situations and moving logistical […]

Print servers are so ubiquitous in the enterprise and such a common part of their print infrastructure that it might seem like there are no other options when it comes to print management. And yet, if you were to ask the admins who deal with print servers on a regular basis, they would have very […]

Posted by Devin Anderson Tired of dealing with Windows Server 2012 print management and all the headache the goes along with enterprise print servers? You’re far from being the only one. Widespread dissatisfaction with traditional print management solutions like print servers has led an increasing number of organizations to discover PrinterLogic’s next-generation enterprise print management […]

Posted by Jordan Pusey Software as a service (SaaS) has taken the enterprise and SMB spaces by storm, and it’s not hard to see why. SaaS solutions, such as collaborative document editing or SaaS printing, provide organizations with the ability to enjoy enterprise-level features and support at a reasonable subscription-based cost. As the prevailing wisdom […]

Posted by Devin Anderson There’s a fundamental drawback to centralized virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) environments that can be summed up in three letters: W-A-N. And, as we’ll see, this can have a serious impact on your VDI printing in VMware or Citrix. As you probably already know, WAN stands for wide area network—the link to […]

Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) environments—usually in the form of solutions from VMware or Citrix—are used by thousands of organizations across all sectors on account of their simplicity and flexibility. Well, that is, except when it comes to VDI printing. As many IT veterans can attest, printing problems come with the territory when using these virtual […]

When it comes to high availability for a printing environment, PrinterLogic Web Stack (formerly Printer Installer), by design, has you covered. This great product converts your entire organization into managed direct IP printing and enables IT administrators to deploy printers, printer drivers, and profiles from a simple console. Now, when a user prints, the job […]

Posted by Chris Poole We at PrinterLogic continue to expand features and capabilities for print management with the latest release of PrinterLogic Web Stack (formerly Printer Installer) 17.1. This latest version has some very compelling reasons for you to upgrade. With this new version come new features that continue to fit into your print management […]

Posted by Devin Anderson Bring your own device printing (or BYOD printing for short) has transformed the workplace print environment. It’s thrown the doors of enterprise printing wide open to end users’ custom devices, making it more convenient for them to keep their device of choice without sacrificing functionality or productivity. In fact, allowing them […]

As cloud printing gains popularity and organizations begin to weigh their long-term print management options, they typically find themselves asking two important questions: First, how does cloud printing stack up against traditional print management paradigms? And second, how do cloud printing solutions stack up against one another? To help you better understand cloud printing in […]

For one reason or another, cloud printing isn’t working for you. Maybe your organization has already experimented—unsuccessfully—with cloud printing through a limited deployment or a trial run of the more familiar cloud print solutions. Maybe you’ve fully implemented cloud printing only to find that you’re now experiencing frustrating and unanticipated cloud print problems. On behalf […]

Posted by Jordan Pusey Ready to take your printing into the cloud? Before you choose to float away toward next-gen software as a service (SaaS) or keep your traditional print infrastructure firmly planted on the ground, there are a few things you should expect when migrating to cloud printing. 1. Cloud printing can be as […]

With all the talk about software as a service (SaaS) and cloud-based software solutions, you might be wondering if now is a good time to start migrating your organization’s printing away from traditional print management to cloud print management. To be honest, that migration is long overdue. For years, PrinterLogic’s on-premises enterprise print management solution […]

Printer redirection. Seems simple, right? A print job in a client session gets pointed to a local printer—not all that different, in a way, from creating and following a desktop shortcut. In practice, however, printer redirection is a source of numerous Epic printing problems, resulting in untold hours of troubleshooting and chronic Epic printing headaches […]

Posted by Jordan Pusey Most organizations that are currently considering implementing pull printing in their print environments are doing so for reasons of security. And make no mistake: Given the serious risk that privacy breaches pose, security is as good a reason as any. As these organizations have come to understand, pull printing helps to […]

Garrett Helmer Joins PrinterLogic as SVP of Channels to Continue Company’s Hyper-Growth through Partner Enablement St. George, UTAH—June 12, 2017—PrinterLogic, the leading server-less Enterprise Print Management solution that enables businesses to eliminate print servers, today announced it has brought on former Cisco and Box veteran Garrett Helmer to join the company as Senior Vice President […]

posted by Devin Anderson Software as a service (SaaS) is quickly gaining traction in organizations of all shapes, sizes and industry sectors. Why? Because SaaS brings some clear advantages over traditional IT solutions—the most obvious one being the fact that there’s no software to install, update or maintain and no dedicated in-house hardware to run […]

Posted by Jordan Pusey A customer who was interested in PrinterLogic once asked us if our enterprise print management solution had been duly tested in virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) environments. Of course, we told him. In fact, PrinterLogic’s on-premise software solution can integrate seamlessly with your existing environment, allowing you to solve longstanding VDI printing […]

Posted by Devin Anderson Cloud computing is quickly being adopted around the world by organizations both large and small. It’s not hard to see why. Whether they deal with collaborative editing or cloud printing, cloud-based solutions have the ability to bring additional convenience, scalability and flexibility to almost any environment. And they’re geared toward a […]

PrinterLogic is One of the Highest-scoring Businesses with Standout Employee Engagement; Inc. Best Workplaces Featured in June 2017 Issue of Inc. Magazine St. George, UTAH—June 2, 2017—PrinterLogic, the leading server-less Enterprise Print Management solution that enables businesses to eliminate print servers, has been named one of Inc. magazine’s Best Workplaces for 2017, the publication’s second […]

Posted by Devin Anderson There are plenty of printer management software solutions out there promising to bring an end to your printer management woes. Even print servers, which don’t exactly have the most stellar track record, are always claiming to offer one or two features in each new version that address their long-standing shortcomings. And […]

Posted by Jordan Pusey Best practices suggest that print-server-based print environments should create regular backups. The logic behind that is clear. Aside from backups being a fundamental part of any IT setup, print servers are notorious for being crash-prone. Even something as workaday as a problematic print job or a driver conflict can bring down […]

The great thing about the digital age is that it makes duplicating and transferring vast amounts of information so easy—well, as long as everything goes according to plan. That’s rarely more true than when exporting print drivers. When you export print drivers from one server to another, the process can sometimes be a smooth one […]

With enterprise printing, as with every other operational budget item, there are visible costs and then there are true costs. The visible costs of enterprise print management are fairly easy to calculate. There are the printers, naturally, and then there are consumables like toner and paper. A surprising number of organizations stop there. They assume […]

Posted by Jordan Pusey Many organizations in the healthcare sector make use of Epic printing to handle the complex and ever-increasing demands associated with electronic health record (EHR) and electronic medical record (EMR) print management. Epic printing solutions can be incredibly valuable in this regard, but they’re not exactly known for being easy to use, […]

Posted by Jordan Pusey For anyone who’s struggled with print servers, serverless printing sounds like a dream. Just imagine the benefits: no unexplained spooler crashes, no single points of failure, no need to upgrade and maintain server hardware and software, no WAN print traffic. Instead clients are associated with printers via stable, straightforward and reliable […]

Posted by Andrew Miller Generally speaking, print servers have two possible implementations. The first involves deploying multiple print servers across an organization, effectively distributing the total printing load. This means that the inevitable print server crashes are more localized and will only affect a smaller portion of end users, but it drives up the costs […]

A Terminal Server is used by many organizations that want to enable multiple users to connect to a single server system. As with any server-based infrastructure, however, it can be challenging to implement basic print capabilities that are both reliable and intuitive for end users. Even if you’re doing your best to follow best practices, […]

Nationwide Health Care Provider Implements PrinterLogic’s Enterprise Print Management Solution to Eliminate WAN Print Traffic, Drastically Reduce Service-Desk Calls and Spearhead Efficiency Gains St. George, UTAH—May 2, 2017—PrinterLogic, the leading server-less Enterprise Print Management solution that enables businesses to eliminate Windows print servers, announced today that Laser Spine Institute has shrunk the number of its print-related service […]

Print servers can be complex beasts. Just ask anyone who’s spent time as an admin in a medium- or large-sized organization. Designed to make group printing easier, print servers have nevertheless managed to earn a (well-deserved) reputation for being difficult and resource-demanding. And that applies even to recent releases like Windows Print Server 2012 R2. […]

Posted by Jordan Pusey In distributed enterprise environments that rely on a central print server, you’ll find that there are two fundamental disadvantages. The first has to do with the single point of failure that a centralized infrastructure creates: If the server goes down for any reason, printing stops for the entire organization. Even with […]

Posted by Andrew Miller The healthcare industry has a unique set of needs when it comes to print management—a statement that ought to come as no surprise to doctors, nurses, clinicians, front desk staff and hospital administrators. They know how much their day-to-day operations rely on being able to print documents quickly, conveniently and securely. […]

Print spooler crashing is one of life’s more frustrating events because it’s so difficult to pinpoint the actual cause. Print servers, in general, are susceptible to a whole host of software problems, and any one of these can result in the print spooler not working. The first obvious sign of your print spooler crashing on […]

Posted by Jordan Pusey If you look around at different IT environments, you’ll find that many of them adopt a “gatekeeper” approach in which admins hold the keys and grant end users access to various aspects of the infrastructure as needed. This is especially true in print environments where routine tasks like printer installation generally […]

Getting the right printers to the right users has been a challenging task for print management admins ever since the first network printer went online. Even more challenging is ensuring that those users get the right printer driver. Traditionally, printer driver deployment has been accomplished largely through group policy objects (GPOs), yet instances of the […]

I’ll bet some of you had to do a double take when reading that headline. Wait, what? Citrix print management without GPOs and scripts? Is such a thing even possible in the complex world of Citrix printing? It is possible with PrinterLogic. Our enterprise print management solution integrates seamlessly with virtual environments to make printing […]

Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) solutions are used by countless organizations all over the world to provide a consistent, easily managed desktop environment to their end users. For most everyday computing tasks within these organizations, VDI solutions are ideal. But there’s one common task that has become infamous for its difficulty: VDI printing. That’s because virtual […]

Posted by Andrew Miller It can’t have escaped your notice that the world has gone mobile. And that means more and more organizations are starting to look to enterprise mobile printing solutions to help them accommodate the massively growing demand for mobile and BYOD devices in the workplace. For many, though, choosing the right enterprise […]

Growing Consolidated Independent School District (CISD) Spanning 385 Square Miles in Texas Deployed PrinterLogic’s Enterprise Printing Solution in 48 Hours to Achieve Effortless Centralized Management St. George, UTAH—March 22, 2017—PrinterLogic, the leading server-less Enterprise Print Management solution that enables businesses to eliminate Windows print servers, announced today that Texas’ Lamar Consolidated Independent School District (CISD) […]

For a long time, print servers have been considered the de facto standard for enterprise print management. It’s not necessarily because they’re the best solution, but they are capable of meeting general enterprise printing needs—as long as you’re willing to put up with drawbacks such as instability and poor driver management. A few of those […]

Posted by Devin Anderson These days speed is a basic consideration in everyday life. We take the drive-thru at Starbucks because it saves us five minutes. We upgrade your smartphones because the latest model launches apps a couple of milliseconds faster. Even when we go on vacation, we try to book the most direct flight […]

Posted by Andrew Miller Most organizations know that print consumables account for a significant and ongoing part of their enterprise printing budget. Research has shown that, on average, it can cost anywhere from $0.05 to $0.08 per sheet for black-and-white laser prints or $0.12 to $0.15 per sheet for color laser prints—with inkjet prints typically […]

Citrix printing is one of those reluctant necessities in the enterprise. Your organization would be completely stuck and unproductive without it, which is of course, not something you or your end users really look forward to.Part of that comes down to the poor state of Citrix print management. Multiple printing methods, limited control and the […]

When organizations are looking to reduce their infrastructure and simplify their print environments, one of the most common pieces of advice they’re bound to get is consolidate—which, in IT terms, means making one device do the work previously handled by multiple devices. In traditional print environments that continue to rely on print servers, the resulting […]

Posted by Jordan Pusey What’s the weakest link in your enterprise print environment? An all-too-common response is that it’s end users—largely on account of all the end user printing errors that result in frustrated calls to the service desk. If end users are having so much trouble, surely they’re the issue, right? At PrinterLogic, we […]

Partnership Enables Konica Minolta Customers to Take Advantage of New Capabilities Regardless of Their Existing Print Management Environment St. George, UTAH — February 28, 2017 — PrinterLogic, the leading server-less Enterprise Print Management solution that enables businesses to eliminate Windows print servers, today announced its partnership with Konica Minolta to bring additional printer driver management capabilities to […]

Posted by Andrew Miller Oft-cited studies have indicated that the costs of corporate printing amount to roughly 3% of an organization’s annual revenue. Many organizations have adopted that figure as a kind of yardstick to determine whether or not their own print budget is getting out of hand. As long as their print spending is […]

PrinterLogic Integrates with OM Plus Delivery Manager Print and Output Management Solution St. George, UTAH — February 21, 2017 — PrinterLogic, the leading server-less Enterprise Print Management solution that enables businesses to eliminate Windows print servers, today announced that is has partnered with Plus Technologies, a leading print and output management provider, to provide businesses with the […]

Posted by Andrew Miller A 2006 study by a leading printer manufacturer found that 17% of all printed output in the enterprise was considered waste. Before we continue, take a moment for that figure to sink in. Think of all the wasted paper that 17% accounts for in your own organization. All the wasted ink […]

Beyond any shadow of a doubt, we’re already deep into the era of mobile computing. For end users, that means more productivity and a great deal more flexibility. For their employers…well, it’s a little more complicated. Traditional IT infrastructures are still optimized for static environments, and nowhere is that more apparent than with printing. As […]

Sometimes it seems like the most delicate thing on earth is your print spooler. Cough suddenly, glance at it the wrong way, speak a little too loudly, and it crashes—even on a relatively current and stable platform like Server 2012. And when your print spooler is not working, unless you’ve got some serious redundancy measures […]

Posted by Jordan Pusey Remember that old prank telephone call: “Is your refrigerator running? Then you better go catch it!” Well, here’s one for the modern enterprise: “Is your print server down? Then you better go cheer it up!” All joking aside, having a print server down is certainly no laughing matter. Just ask any […]

PrinterLogic’s Enterprise Printer and Driver Management Solution Now Available to Tech Data Resellers throughout North America St. George, UTAH — February 1, 2017 — PrinterLogic, the leading server-less Enterprise Print Management solution that enables businesses to eliminate print servers, today announced that is has expanded its distribution network through an agreement with Tech Data Corporation (Nasdaq: TECD), one of the […]

Posted by Andrew Miller Print server downtime is a fact of life for organizations that continue to rely on traditional print management solutions. If you absolutely want or need to keep your print servers in place, there are a few things you can do to decrease downtime. There’s also another option—eliminating your print servers altogether—that […]

There’s a common assumption that printing in virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) environments is destined to be difficult. It’s not just that VDI printing is inherently slow, it’s that the same fundamental VDI printing problems never really seem to go away. I’m talking about persistent VDI printing issues such as: Reliably deploying and installing printers Driver […]

Posted by Devin Anderson Now that we’re well into the mobile computing era, our standards have changed. Just a few years ago, we might have accepted compromises when it came to network access, app functionality, or print availability on mobile devices. Not anymore. From C-suite executives all the way down to fresh-faced interns, mobile end […]

Posted by Jordan Pusey Cloud printing solutions were supposed to introduce a new level of convenience to home and enterprise printing, but sometimes it feels like cloud printing has only put a fresh face on longstanding printing issues. In other words, for all their promise of a convenient, cable-less future, cloud printing problems continue to […]

Cloud-Based Solution Delivers the Efficiency of Print Management Without Additional Infrastructure, Implementation and Hassle St. George, UTAH — January 17, 2017 — PrinterLogic, the leading server-less Enterprise Print Management solution that enables businesses to eliminate print servers, today announced PrinterCloud, a new Cloud-based print management solution for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). By providing powerful print management, printer driver […]

Posted by Devin Anderson When we launched our PrinterLogic Web Stack (formerly Printer Installer) product more than three years ago, we had what turned out to be a revolutionary idea—that in order to minimize the print-related issues IT staff faced every day, enterprises would need to eliminate their print servers. We built an enterprise print […]

Organizations that use virtual desktop interface (VDI) environments such as Citrix and VMware regularly cite VDI printing issues as the biggest downside of these virtual solutions. It’s easy to see why problems exist. There are a lot of moving parts to contend with in any VDI infrastructure, and there are usually just as many moving […]

Posted by Devin Anderson Staying competitive means being innovative. And being innovative means having the willingness to rethink your organization’s current practices and identify ways in which they could be streamlined, improved or replaced altogether. That applies as much to your corporate print environment as it does to any other aspect of your organization. Typically, […]

Corporate printing costs can be a lot like printers themselves. They’re there, always in the background, and you don’t really notice them until they start acting up or get out of control. This means that, in most corporate printing scenarios, there are a lot of unseen costs that could be weighing on your bottom line. […]

Posted by Jordan Pusey Digital clutter is no different to physical clutter. At the very least, it hinders efficiency. At its worst, it can cause serious complications. In the realm of print server management, too many drivers cluttering a repository can result in software conflicts, user confusion and background processes that hog resources. That’s why […]

Citrix printing is no walk in the park—and neither is finding the right Citrix printing solution for your environment. We hear that time and again from IT professionals who’ve spent untold hours troubleshooting Citrix printer installations or struggling with managing Citrix drivers. And not only do they say that Citrix printing problems like these are […]

Posted by Andrew Miller In the world of corporate IT, there’s a tendency to overlook the end user as a valuable resource. Nowhere is this more apparent than in corporate print management. Almost all corporate printing solutions fail to leverage end users as a means of assisting IT professionals in their job. Instead they treat […]

Posted by Devin Anderson Here’s a thought exercise. Picture your organization’s IT infrastructure. All of it: the servers, the workstations, the mobile devices, the routers, the printers, the switches, down to every last device, however tiny or obscure. Now picture your organization’s print infrastructure. What does that look like in terms of your overall IT […]

Posted by Andrew Miller Enterprise printer management has traditionally taken one of three forms: a centralized print server, distributed print servers, or direct IP printing. Unfortunately, as many IT professionals already know, none of those legacy architectures is ideal. Here’s a quick summary of how those printer management setups look in real-world implementations and how […]

Posted by Devin Anderson Got print server problems? Actually, that’s a silly question. Who doesn’t have print server problems? Among IT professionals, print servers are notorious for being fickle and unreliable. The level of oversight a print server requires often exceeds any benefit it might bring to your print environment. Their susceptibility to issues like […]

Posted by Andrew Miller There are hundreds of potential tweaks and optimizations to be found in your organization’s print environment. Some are big, some are small. Some are obvious, some are obscure. Some are short-term, some are ongoing. But what they all have in common is that they can be discovered and unlocked through sound […]

It’s no secret that managing print servers is never high on the list of things IT people want to do. Print servers are renowned—infamous, you could say—for being finicky, unstable and high maintenance. They frequently require a lot of work (and workarounds) just to provision printers and maintain basic printing functionality. Because every print environment […]

Posted by Jordan Pusey If streamlining print management in your organization isn’t already a priority, it should be. The right print management solutions—whether that means introducing dedicated print management software, outsourcing to a print management company or adhering to print management best practices—can end up saving you a hefty chunk of change. As printing expenses […]

Posted by Jordan Pusey It’s a fast-paced world where “instantaneous” is the rule rather than the exception, which is why there are few things more aggravating than slow printing. Just ask any employee who clicked “Print” ten minutes ago and is still waiting for his or her document to appear on the printer. In distributed […]

Using the Windows Server 2012 R2 print server is a standard printing solution for many organizations. For a small number of those organizations, the Windows print server is perfectly serviceable when it comes to their printing needs. For many others, however, server 2012 print management is sorely lacking, and both the functionality and dependability of […]

Organizations that are still using 32-bit printer drivers on server 2012 alongside 64-bit printer drivers are all too aware that conflicts can arise when using these different versions in the same environment. If you don’t follow stringent print management practices, there’s a strong likelihood that a 32-bit printer driver will be accidentally accessed by a […]

Posted by Andrew Miller Efficient, budget-conscious organizations know that you can never stop searching for opportunities to streamline. That’s why infrastructure reduction has become such an important step in the ongoing, cross-sector quest to keep overhead low, trim unnecessary fat and remain cost-effective, competitive and agile. And many organizations have found that one of the […]

Posted by Jordan Pusey In enterprise printing, is there anything more valuable than print uptime? Without it even the most full-featured print environment has zero benefit. And there are real, measurable consequences to being without print availability—because a hit to productivity, even temporary, can result in considerable lost revenue. By the same token, the greater […]

Posted by Matt Riley As enterprise technology becomes more complex and the day-to-day demands on IT increase, it’s easy to see why organizations are finding appeal in Managed Print Solutions. MPS providers are essentially consolidating the complexities of managing and supporting diverse printing environments into a single, all-inclusive service. From hardware maintenance, to consumables management, […]

Posted by Andrew Miller We certainly hear our share of print server horror stories. Print servers crashing due to driver and software conflicts, instantly forcing printing to a halt. Print servers not showing all printers, even though the printers have been deployed properly. Print servers hanging on backlogged or stuck print queues, requiring an admin […]

Posted by Devin Anderson Deploying print servers in the enterprise is no small task. Given the number of variables and moving parts that must be dealt with to ensure a smooth roll-out, it’s best to have a strategy in place beforehand. And that’s true even when using something automated like a print server migration tool […]

Posted by Jordan Pusey Organizations that rely on Citrix as their virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), and/or published application solution are all too aware that printing in Citrix can be hit or miss. That’s why they tend to memorize the Citrix printer driver compatibility list—or ignore it at their peril. Ensuring hardware compatibility is usually the […]

Whether you are a seasoned system administrator for a large organization or just getting started in your role as a system administrator in a smaller, but growing organization, there will always be one outstanding issue that plagues your network and overloads your help desk ticketing system. That issue is printing and how you manage it. […]

Posted by Andrew Miller Like most things, printer management software has evolved over time—as have opinions on what constitutes the best print management software. For instance, if you were to start asking around for enterprise print management software suggestions right at this moment, many organizations might tell you that some combination of print server hardware […]

Posted by Devin Anderson Mobile printing is a hot topic in the modern enterprise. It’s also a clear and growing need. And yet, as any experienced IT professional can tell you, waxing philosophical about mobile printing and actually addressing the need for mobile printing capability are two very different things. That’s why there’s a lot […]

Print management and print server management aren’t one and the same, although it’s surprising how many organizations tend to assume that the two are inextricably linked. Print management is about administering your organization’s entire print environment—installing printers, deploying drivers, overseeing printing activity and queues, and so forth. Print server management, on the other hand, is […]

Posted by Devin Anderson We’re living in the age of Big Data. While that data helps us make more informed decisions and deliver targeted solutions to longstanding problems, it’s not without its problems. To begin with, there’s the matter of its acquisition: How do you gather the most comprehensive, useful data in the first place—and […]

If your organization has multiple locations and relies on print servers, the chances are good that your printing environment resembles one of two scenarios: A centralized print server at the main location that services all branch locations. Local print servers at each of the branch locations. The first printing environment makes it a bit easier […]

Ever since the widespread migration from 32- to 64-bit platforms began—and with it the migration from 32-bit printer drivers to 64-bit printer drivers—there have been lingering compatibility problems. In most areas, incompatibility between 32- and 64-bit architectures has gradually resolved itself as 64-bit solutions have become available and 32-bit environments have been phased out over […]

Posted by Andrew Miller Traditionally, enterprise print management has been both expensive and resource-intensive. This generally stems from the use of print servers, which have been the default enterprise printing solution for many organizations across the world. Although print servers are typically deployed to accommodate large, disparate, or growing print environments, they can actually reduce […]

Posted by Devin Anderson After dealing with print servers as their default print management solution for far too long, more and more organizations are turning to print infrastructure optimization to cut ongoing costs, reduce their IT footprint, streamline their print environment and make print management more efficient. It’s a step that many mid- and large-scale […]

Virtual desktops and published applications from Citrix and VMware are becoming more attractive as they have been proven to be resilient and provide an attractive solution for organizations, especially for organizations that prefer the use of a zero client/thin client architecture or simply need a viable solution to support numerous locations. But how does printing […]

Posted by Jordan Pusey Now that mobile and BYOD printing have made such rapid inroads into the enterprise, various cloud printing services and cloud printing solutions have rushed in to address this relatively new and still-evolving need. That’s understandable. However, many of the features that they claim will provide cloud print functionality are simply stopgaps, […]

Posted by Devin Anderson Printer drivers are the vital intermediary between the client and the printer. If a print driver is outdated, it could result in reduced printing functionality at the very minimum. If a print driver is incompatible, it will likely result in the end user’s inability to print altogether. In a print server […]

Posted by Jordan Pusey With the latest release of PrinterLogic Web Stack (formerly Printer Installer), customers now have the ability to tie printer costs to actual print job usage data. This helps IT and operations understand the true cost of printing throughout the organization. With this information, you can initiate cost reduction initiatives, change end-user […]

The biggest challenge facing enterprise IT today? That would be mobile printing. Ever greater numbers of employees expect to conduct more and more of their business—inside as well as outside the office—on smartphones, tablets, laptops and netbooks instead of at fixed workstations. Some organizations are actively encouraging this shift by equipping their workforce with mobile […]

Posted by Jordan Pusey Printing in Citrix using its built-in functionality is something many admins try to avoid. Not out of choice, but out of necessity. Both client-side Citrix printing and Citrix print management leave a lot to be desired on account of their unreliability, unique requirements and lack of transparency. Although there have been […]

Windows Server 2012 R2 included a new and welcome feature called Branch Office Direct Printing. Because high WAN utilization is such an ongoing problem for distributed organizations with a centralized server infrastructure, this feature was designed to reduce network traffic via WAN connections by allowing client workstations at remote sites to make direct connections to […]

Posted by Josh Macdonald The recent release of PrinterLogic Web Stack (formerly Printer Installer) brings the highly anticipated addition of role-based access control or “RBAC.” As a system administrator for an enterprise print management solution, you are tasked with balancing restrictions for what IT users can do within a system, without blocking them from getting […]

Posted by Chris Poole Implementing PrinterLogic’s Pull Printing solution has many benefits, including lowering costs, increasing security and reducing waste. It also adds convenience for end users who simply walk up to a printer, authenticate using their badge or enter their credentials on the printer’s LCD. They then are able to select which jobs to […]

With the advancements being made to technology in the workplace, we are increasingly becoming more mobile and untethered from our desks. When you add mobile or traveling users to the mix, you are also adding a new level of complexity to your printing environment. This begs the question, how do I make sure that no […]

Posted by Andrew Miller Targeted printer deployment is an important goal of every IT administrator. Unfortunately, in most real-world scenarios, that goal ends up looking like a pipe dream more often than not, because deploying printers to specific users usually relies on scripts or group policy objects (GPOs). GPOs in particular aren’t renowned for their […]

Managing printing and print servers is a royal pain no matter who you are, even if you’ve achieved Gandalf the White status as the manager of the Windows print server world. When using a Windows print server there are so many things to configure, leaving the door wide open for many things to go wrong […]

Posted by Andrew Miller Optimization should be the watchword for any enterprise. Whether it concerns people, facilities, processes or resources, smart and successful organizations know that their bottom line depends on how efficiently these aspects are operating and being utilized. However, at PrinterLogic we find that print optimization—and more specifically, print infrastructure optimization—is neglected all […]

We now live in an era where 64 bit operating is becoming more prominent, leaving its 32 bit counterpart further and further behind in the dust. Even though 64 bit has been gaining more traction and pulling away from 32 bit, 32 bit is still relevant and supporting it is still necessary. This can cause […]

Remote desktop printing (RDP) seems to go hand in hand with something you might jokingly refer to as RDT: Remote Desktop Troubleshooting. That’s because the scale of RDP printing problems that arise on a regular basis is monumental. While RDP printing should be straightforward enough in theory, the truth is that most real-world scenarios are […]

Posted by Andrew Miller Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) environments have come a long way over the past couple of years. On the whole, they’re more efficient and resilient than ever before. That makes them attractive solutions for increasing numbers of organizations who prefer the thin-client architecture or need to support multiple remote locations. Unfortunately, VDI […]

Thin client printing problems are almost too numerous to list in a single blog post, but fortunately there are thin client printing solutions—PrinterLogic being chief among them—that can help in just about every case. Thin client computing is built on an architecture that poses fundamental problems to printing. Because the client requires an unbroken connection […]

Posted by Devin Anderson Are you dissatisfied with the performance and features of Windows Print Server 2012? You’re not alone. Although this release introduced a handful of logging updates and some minor new features, such as making printer settings available in roaming user profiles and improving printer accessibility for Windows RT users, it really didn’t […]

Posted by Jordan Pusey Every single print job—every letter, every report, every presentation—contributes in some way to your network print traffic. And in distributed organizations with a consolidated server environment, network printing generates a significant amount of WAN print traffic. This is because the print jobs actually wind up traveling from the local endpoint devices […]

If WAN printing is slow in your organization, you can take some comfort in the fact that you’re not alone. WAN printing is one of the trickiest aspects of enterprise printing to get under control. Browse any online IT forum and you’ll frequently come across dozens of threads by professionals who are at their wits’ […]

Why is it important to compress print data? The answer might seem obvious to anyone who’s worked in enterprise printing for any length of time, but let’s begin with an analogy. Imagine an ordinary highway tunnel. This represents your finite WAN bandwidth. Now imagine trying to drive a huge 18-wheeler—that is to say, an ordinary […]

Posted by Andrew Miller We listen to our customers. Their valuable input after demoing or implementing PrinterLogic helps to shape and improve our software, making it even more robust and versatile in the most demanding, wide-ranging print environments. That’s an important part of what makes PrinterLogic the leading enterprise print management solution. All that input […]

Posted by Devin Anderson We built PrinterLogic 10 years ago based on the belief that the many print-related issues IT staff faced every day were completely unnecessary, and could be solved by a complete re-thinking of the enterprise print architecture. That led us to our discovery that—to solve the existing problems in enterprise printing—we needed […]

Posted by Andrew Miller PrinterLogic is a single enterprise print management solution. Yet every organization’s printing initiatives are different. Very different, as a matter of fact. That’s one of the reasons why the independent research firm TechValidate approached PrinterLogic customers and polled them about their printing initiatives (TVID: 87C-4E7-80A)—just to see if PrinterLogic was indeed […]

Posted by Jordan Pusey Virtual environments are great, but some of their demands would put divas and rock stars to shame. With Citrix, for instance, it’s necessary to identify and acquire the specific printers supported on Citrix Virtual Apps, else you could run into numerous compatibility problems. That limits choice and has the potential to […]

Posted by Jordan Pusey It’s a time of major change in the enterprise. Ready or not, mobile users are radically altering the network topography, and nowhere does this have more impact than in your print environment. Are your mobile printing capabilities up to the task? Some organizations have already taken tentative steps toward implementing mobile […]

Posted by Andrew Miller “PrinterLogic looks outstanding—exactly the print management solution we’ve been searching for. But will it really work with my unique print environment?” Through e-mails, phone calls and in person at trade shows, we’ve heard many variations of that question. Knowing the innate versatility of PrinterLogic and the success our customers have had […]

Posted by Devin Anderson Printer drivers can be the most challenging aspect of keeping any enterprise print environment running smoothly. It’s one thing to juggle and maintain interoperability between different workstations with different operating systems, but dealing with enterprise-level printer driver management is something else altogether. It’s not hard to see why. Printer drivers introduce […]

Posted by Andrew Miller How much are print servers costing your organization? That’s not a rhetorical question. We really do want to know—because that’s a large portion of how much you’ll be saving by eliminating print servers and choosing PrinterLogic as your enterprise print management solution. In a recent survey of approximately 200 PrinterLogic customers, […]

Posted by Andrew Miller You’ve come to a crossroads. It’s time to upgrade part or all of your print architecture, and you need to decide whether to migrate your print server—maybe using something along the lines of a print server migration wizard or a file and print server migration tool—or take the bold step of […]

Posted by Devin Anderson Time, as we all know very well, is money. And if you’re using a virtual solution like VMware, you’re aware that speed isn’t one of its strong suits. VMware printing in particular can be a huge productivity bottleneck. So when you tally all the hours your end users have spent waiting […]

Posted by Devin Anderson Organizations everywhere are discovering the benefits of email to print—a wonderfully simple solution to the challenges of today’s enterprise print environments, which include large numbers of mobile users and device heterogeneity. With email to print (also known as print to email), users can easily add files to an email message and […]

Posted by Andrew Miller Every time the independent research firm TechValidate releases a new case study on a PrinterLogic customer, we get a little excited. I mean, why wouldn’t we? Each TechValidate case study is like bringing home a new report card filled with straight As, and that’s not something you grow tired of very […]

Posted by Jordan Pusey All too often, network printer management involves tradeoffs. Robust solutions are hardly ever simple. Simple solutions are rarely secure. And so the idea of installing network printers in a way that’s both easy and secure across an entire organization becomes something like a distant dream. That’s why many organizations settle for […]

Posted by Jordan Pusey If your organization runs a Citrix environment, chances are that you’ve come across proximity-based printing. This is a feature that automatically installs nearby printers for users based on their physical location. As you can imagine, proximity printing with Citrix is incredibly useful in modern enterprise environments because it allows roaming and […]

Posted by Andrew Miller As regular visitors to this blog will know, the independent research firm TechValidate has been busy comparing PrinterLogic’s stated benefits with customers’ real-world experiences. That effort has left us with plenty to feel confident about. Because in survey after survey, TechValidate has found that PrinterLogic brought proven and consistent results to […]

Posted by Jordan Pusey Since 2008 or so, the enterprise sector has made a slow but concerted migration toward 64-bit architecture on account of such benefits as improved scalability, more powerful processing, and vastly increased memory addressability. Laptops, workstations, servers, and even mobile devices have shifted to a combination of 64-bit hardware and software to […]

Posted by Devin Anderson As the idea of pull printing becomes more commonplace, more and more organizations are thinking about how exactly pull printing solutions might enhance their print environments. But before I tell you how you can use PrinterLogic to improve your enterprise pull printing capabilities, let me begin with a pull printing definition. […]

Posted by Andrew Miller When weighing their print management options, savvy professionals can usually pare their concerns down to one two-part question: How much will it cost and how long will it take to implement? Well, we at PrinterLogic have an impressive answer to that: Almost nothing (or less!), and no time at all. That’s […]

Posted by Jordan Pusey Even the most hardcore proponents of Citrix environments will admit that Citrix printing leaves a lot to be desired. Part of this is because enterprise printing is already so fraught with complexity. Different operating systems running different versions of drivers for different printers produced by different manufacturers—the permutations of all the […]

Posted by Andrew Miller There always has to be a tradeoff, right? You can have it fast, but it’s going to cost you. You can see guaranteed results, but you’re going to have to be patient. You’ll get more administrative control, but it will result in additional complexity. With PrinterLogic, there’s no but—only and: Powerful, […]

Posted by Devin Anderson Thanks to proximity-based printing in Citrix, it’s possible for users to have nearby network printers automatically installed on their devices based on their current location. For example, a mobile employee with her own laptop can visit a different branch every day and have the local printers installed from the moment she […]

Posted by Andrew Miller You might have read the blog post on a large-enterprise healthcare company that described PrinterLogic as “amazing” after its remote server infrastructure shrank by 70% and its printer downtime was slashed by 30%. You might also have read the post about a group of healthcare companies that saw a 70% drop […]

After all we know about the headaches of print server management, there are still plenty of organizations that attempt to scale or upgrade their print environment by installing a new print server. In theory, print servers sound like an easy fix, but they’re usually more trouble than they’re worth. Since print servers can vary from […]

Posted by Devin Anderson “What kind of print auditing mechanism do you have in place?” Whenever we ask this question, we’re always surprised to discover how few organizations have fully implemented print auditing software—particularly because print auditing has the ability to supply valuable real-time and historical snapshots of enterprise print environments. Sure, some organizations make […]

Posted by Andrew Miller A Fortune 500 computer services company ought to know a thing or two about IT. And knowing what works is just as important as knowing what doesn’t—but sometimes that knowledge is hard won through experience. The independent research firm TechValidate caught up with a computer services company that had switched to […]

Posted by Jordan Pusey Pull printing solutions are catching on in the enterprise on account of their potential for cost savings and security. You’ll often find them under different trade names, sometimes with “Follow” or “Secure” in the title, but they all adhere to the same basic principle. So what is pull printing, then? You’ll […]

Posted by Devin Anderson Virtual environments like Citrix, VDI and VMware are known for their flexibility and functionality, which is why they’re used in top-performing companies across the globe. However, they’re not without drawbacks. The advantages of centralized apps and remote collaboration don’t always pair well with the complexities of virtual enterprise printing, which makes […]

Posted by Andrew Miller You’re no doubt familiar with the slogan, “Better living through chemistry,” which was adopted by a large-enterprise chemicals company all the way back in 1935. Well, after a different large-enterprise chemical company’s experience with our own print management solution, we might coin the tagline, “Better living through PrinterLogic.” That’s based on […]

Posted by Jordan Pusey There are a number of frequently cited statistics about the costs of enterprise printing that should make anyone who operates within a budget—and let’s face it, that’s pretty much all of us—stop and think about the value of printer auditing software. The first statistic is that the average printing cost for […]

Posted by Andrew Miller A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. You’ve probably heard that expression countless times throughout your life. From time to time you might have even used it yourself when discussing different IT scenarios where the weakest links, as you know, are single points of failure. Your enterprise print […]

Posted by Andrew Miller The independent research firm TechValidate has been surveying PrinterLogic customers with a view to capturing a range of experiences and opinions after installing our print management solution. A number of companies in the large enterprise and Fortune 500 categories have weighed in to share their results, which, if we’re honest, have […]

Posted by Jordan Pusey Universal print drivers are meant to be one-size-fits-all solutions to common printing problems. And in many cases, they have the potential to be. That’s because universal print drivers are able to overcome many shortcomings of manufacturer-provided print drivers such as incompatibilities with (or lack of support for) certain operating systems, 32- […]

Posted by Jordan Pusey Printing is often the final piece of Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) puzzle. Your end users are all set up and successfully connected to a remote session from an endpoint device, but then they need to print a document to a physical printer that might very well be located just a few […]

Posted by Devin Anderson It’s a familiar story. Maybe it starts with a company adding a new branch. Or two firms merging. Or an oversized department being split and moved into a different location. Then, as the IT environment rearranges itself to accommodate the changes, the attention turns to the easiest way to provide printing […]

Posted by Andrew Miller Some news is so good that you want to shout it from the rooftops. In this case, it’s the news that the independent research organization TechValidate recently concluded a detailed and wide-ranging survey of more than 250 long- and medium-term verified PrinterLogic customers whose unbiased answers testified to the versatility, ease […]

Posted by Devin Anderson Secure enterprise printing is a hot topic these days, but the phrasing is slightly redundant. Why? Because enterprise printing should be inherently secure. For all its importance, however, enterprise printing security faces several ongoing challenges, the biggest one being that sophisticated, multi-step security features actually decrease the likelihood of end users […]

Posted by Andrew Miller Educational institutions have unique characteristics that are unlike any other industry. They share qualities with both government and private enterprise, yet they’re neither wholly one nor the other. That uniqueness extends to the needs of their print environment. For that reason, the independent research firm TechValidate went out looking for some […]

Posted by Jordan Pusey At PrinterLogic, we’ve made it our mission to eliminate print servers. That’s not just because enterprise print servers pose difficulties when it comes to print server management, maintenance and migration. It’s also because print servers are exorbitantly expensive relative to their benefits, especially when you take total cost of ownership (TCO) […]

The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a widespread and essential tool in any print environment, large or small. Through SNMP monitoring, you’re able to keep tabs on all the basic functions that have the potential to adversely affect the final link in the printing chain: the printer itself. Almost all of today’s printers allow […]

Posted by Andrew Miller If you’re one of the many IT professionals who has stopped by our booth at a tradeshow, you know that we can talk all day about PrinterLogic. It’s hard not to. There are so many proven benefits to implementing our print management solution—ease of use, security, ongoing cost savings, more efficient […]

Posted by Jordan Pusey Your Wide Area Network (WAN) represents the critical link to many of the business critical applications in your infrastructure. You need it to be reliable, fast and secure which makes it expensive. Then why clog it up with printing traffic? Many applications and printer drivers take what looks like a small […]

Posted by Devin Anderson Many organizations begin researching print management solutions because they want to eliminate (or avoid) print servers and introduce greater efficiency and simplicity into their print environment. That could be through features such as centralized administration, user self-service, comprehensive auditing tools—or better still, a combination of all of the above, which network […]

Posted by Andrew Miller When organizations choose to migrate to PrinterLogic in place of their old printer management solution, they expect to see myriad benefits. Efficient centralized management from a single pane of glass. End-users who experience enhanced productivity thanks to an intuitive and ubiquitous self-service portal. Massive increases in printing up-time across the enterprise. […]

Posted by Devin Anderson We often think about effective print management in terms of increases. Increasing the speed of printer deployment. Increasing the number of end-users who can install their own printers. Increasing the availability of the print environment. Increasing the level of automation. Increasing the efficiency of driver management. And so, in pursuit of […]

Posted by Andrew Miller There’s a common need that transcends an organization’s industry, size and IT requirements: the need to print. That’s as true for companies providing financial and legal services as it is for those that operate in the agricultural sector. And with the need to print comes the need for an efficient, reliable […]

Posted by Devin Anderson As enterprise printing begins to transition away from a decades-long reliance on print servers and all their associated demands, centralized printer management has grown in popularity and importance. Like any trend, though, it’s one that should be scrutinized carefully before jumping in with both feet. What exactly are the supposed benefits […]

Posted by Andrew Miller PrinterLogic allowed this large-enterprise construction company to hit those targets with just one powerful print management solution. By the company’s own assessment, it succeeded in reducing each of the following by a staggering 70%: Time spent on print management Print-related calls to the service desk Printer downtime “The time spent setting […]

Posted by Andrew Miller Printing from mobile devices is never the cakewalk it’s supposed to be. It can be hard enough just on a tiny home network, let alone in a large-scale enterprise print environment. As a result, the question for IT departments who are seeking to implement enterprise mobile printing becomes: How can I […]

Posted by Devin Anderson Printing in Citrix environments can be challenging enough, but Citrix mobile printing can be a challenge in and of itself. Unlike conventional workstations, mobile and BYOD devices have the potential to introduce a host of unknowns into any print environment, and particularly in mobile Citrix printing. Are they tablets or smartphones? […]

Posted by Devin Anderson If you’re one of the thousands of organizations using Citrix, you know what an incredible asset it is. You also know that Citrix printing and Citrix printer management aren’t always as seamless and straightforward as they ought to be. For admins, deploying and assigning the right printers to the right users […]

Posted by Andrew Miller A few months ago the independent research firm, TechValidate, sat down with representatives of a large-enterprise financial services company to see how they were getting on after installing PrinterLogic. The resulting case study (TVID: D0F-F5B-573) shows not only how ambitious the company’s goals were but also how PrinterLogic helped to realize […]

Posted by Andrew Miller Why has the general public been so quick to embrace mobile devices—a trend that, if anything, shows signs of speeding up rather than slowing down? Two important reasons are that mobile devices are convenient and they’re easy to use. Which is something that holds true until it comes time for mobile […]

Posted by Andrew Miller Companies in the financial sector know a thing or two about return on investment (ROI). The very nature of their business is predicated on looking at several different options and figuring out where money is most likely to generate more money—for themselves as well as their customers. So when it came […]

Posted by Andrew Miller Print management is currently experiencing one of the most dynamic periods in its multi-decade history. Trends like employee mobility, device heterogeneity, and enterprise distribution are rapidly reshaping the modern workplace in remarkable ways. Yet these changes are also placing new demands on the status quo. Traditional print management solutions are no […]

Posted by Devin Anderson Why would anyone want to eliminate enterprise print servers? After all, don’t they have a purpose? It’s true—they do. For a lot of organizations, enterprise print servers represent the first step in the growth of their print environment. A small office of five, ten or even twenty users with minimal printing […]

Posted by Andrew Miller If ever there were a testament to PrinterLogic’s incredible scalability, it would be the case study of a federal government agency carried out by the independent research firm TechValidate (TVID: 9B7-248-E75). This agency had more than 5,000 networked printers and over 100 print servers before installing PrinterLogic across its 100+ sites. […]

Posted by Devin Anderson PrinterLogic provides a number of integrated Citrix printing tools that make it even easier to work with Citrix environments and avoid common Citrix printing problems. Better still, with PrinterLogic as your Citrix print manager, you have the flexibility to use your preferred method of Citrix printing. That makes our print management […]

Posted by Devin Anderson In traditional print environments, it’s common to deploy printers via group policy objects (GPOs) to end users. Although GPOs serve a clear purpose, the drawbacks associated with this method are almost too numerous to count. To begin with, GPOs require elevated permissions to manage. This results in certain members of IT […]

Posted by Andrew Miller “We are a growing company and expanding fast,” said a spokesperson for a small-business financial services company. “We needed an efficient and fast printer solution.” So naturally they chose PrinterLogic. Some time later, the independent research firm TechValidate followed up with them to conduct a case study (TVID: 522-2E0-1DA) on the […]

Posted by Devin Anderson Ever had a lucky break? It probably came down to being in the right place at the right time. On that basis, printing in VMware View can sometimes seem like a matter of luck. But that’s clearly not how it ought to be. With VMware location-based printing, every user should get […]

Posted by Andrew Miller You operate with a sharp eye on your bottom line. As well you should. It’s an essential consideration for any business, regardless of your size, scope or sector. That focus on the budget naturally affects how you think about many integral areas of your organization, including corporate printing—and more specifically, corporate […]

Posted by Andrew Miller We often highlight PrinterLogic as an excellent way to eliminate the headache, hassle, and high ongoing costs of print servers. But the truth is that it’s possible to experience the same amazing day-to-day benefits and overall return on investment (ROI) even when installing PrinterLogic in existing direct-IP enterprise printing environments. A […]

Mobile devices have become indispensable to the way we work and play. This has become increasingly evident in the world of enterprise printing, where the widespread adoption of mobile devices has led to vast numbers of employees and guest users wanting to print to network printers using their BYOD or company-issued Android smartphones and tablets. […]

Posted by Devin Anderson In traditional enterprise print environments, there are common printer driver management problems that admins encounter on a regular basis. These include but are by no means limited to: Improper 32- and 64-bit deployment Incorrect printer driver configuration Printer driver incompatibility with the workstation OS Printer driver incompatibility with the endpoint device […]

Posted by Andrew Miller When government organizations are looking to solidify and streamline, more and more of them are making PrinterLogic their first port of call. That’s because PrinterLogic helps them address the many printing challenges that are part and parcel of their sector, such as: Massive volumes of day-to-day paperwork, including printing forms and […]

Posted by Devin Anderson When you’re thinking about making the shift to 64-bit printing from a 32-bit print environment, you need one that’s going to be future-proof. And, ideally, one that will also bring additional improvements above and beyond the performance bump from 32- to 64-bit printers and drivers. That’s why you should consider upgrading […]

Posted by Andrew Miller Many PrinterLogic customers tell us that they initially decided to implement our print management solution to simplify and consolidate their enterprise print environment. They wanted advantages like more efficient printer, driver, and queue management, increased uptime, an improved end-user printer installation experience, plus seamless integration with virtual environments like Citrix and […]

Many PrinterLogic customers tell us that they initially decided to implement our print management solution to simplify and consolidate their enterprise print environment. They wanted advantages like more efficient printer, driver, and queue management, increased uptime, an improved end-user printer installation experience, plus seamless integration with virtual environments like Citrix and VMware. At the same […]

Posted by Andrew Miller Health care organizations have unique requirements for their print environments. As technologically advanced as they are in terms of record keeping and information sharing, they still rely on a great deal of printed paperwork and documentation, which demands incredibly high availability and reliability of their enterprise print services. Their organizations are […]

Many organizations rely on Active Directory to authenticate and authorize users. At PrinterLogic, in keeping with our philosophy of seamlessly integrating with other common technologies and leveraging their strengths, we’ve built on this existing foundation to make Active Directory print management easier than ever across your entire organization. Our print management solution allows you to […]

Posted by Devin Anderson If your organization makes use of Citrix or VMware environments, then any enterprise print management solution you consider should also be a full-featured location-based printing solution. Location-based printing solutions—sometimes referred to as location-aware printing solutions (or proximity printing in Citrix environments)—simplify the frustrating complexity of administering printers in virtual environments. For […]

Did you spin up a brand new 2012/R2 server in hopes of being up to date and getting the latest features and compatibility? Now, when you go to add the additional drivers, the button is greyed out! How do you manage your 32-bit and 64-bit drivers for all your operating systems? There are two problems […]

Posted by Andrew Miller A large-enterprise healthcare company offered one of the most candid and enthusiastic testimonials for PrinterLogic that we’ve heard so far: “Actually, [PrinterLogic is] just as simple as AMAZING. We were an absolute mess before PrinterLogic. Now we are right where we should be.” That quote comes from a recent survey (TVID: […]

You might already be aware that PrinterLogic is the most powerful and intuitive print management solution available, but did you also know that it makes it one of best the VMware printing solutions for organizations of any size, in any field? Unlike other VMware printing tools, PrinterLogic quickly and reliably deploys the right printers to […]

Posted by Andrew Miller Your print management services have a closer relationship to your organization’s bottom line than you might think. Just consider some of the ongoing expenses that are associated with your existing print environment: Waste of print consumables (e.g., toner, paper) High costs of purchasing, deploying and maintaining servers and endpoint devices Hours […]

Posted by Devin Anderson Think it’s impossible to eliminate print servers? Think again. With PrinterLogic’s enterprise print management software, it’s possible to comfortably reduce or even migrate away from your existing print servers entirely while retaining all their functionality. To put it another way, PrinterLogic allows you to forego the hassle and expense of maintaining […]

Posted by Andrew Miller When the independent research firm TechValidate recently asked an S&P 500 healthcare company for a summary of its results after installing PrinterLogic, a representative had this to say: “PrinterLogic has brought centralized printer driver management and printer configuration management simplicity back to our environment!” Testimonials like that certainly speak for themselves, […]

Posted by Devin Anderson There’s no other printing management software that is as effective in centralizing and simplifying your enterprise print environment as PrinterLogic. That’s because no other enterprise print management software makes it so easy to eliminate print servers along with all their attendant headache and costs. With PrinterLogic, you can leverage all the […]

Before we start telling you how outstanding PrinterLogic’s pull printing capabilities are, let’s start by defining what pull printing actually means. Pull printing is like two-step verification for your print jobs. In the first step, a user initiates the job from a workstation or a mobile device in the same way as he or she […]

Posted by Andrew Miller We’ve seen over and over how PrinterLogic transcends industry and scale when it comes to optimizing your organization’s print environment. From healthcare to insurance, education to manufacturing, PrinterLogic can be deployed as a universal print solution to deliver simplified, centralized management of networked printers, print queues and printer drivers—ultimately saving organizations […]

Posted by Devin Anderson Ever since the term BYOD went mainstream (roughly four years ago for those of you who are counting), the number of employees bringing their personal devices to work has increased rapidly. Some surveys show that the BYOD adoption rate for employees in the developed world is already well over 40%—with the […]

Posted by Devin Anderson If you’ve spent any time researching PrinterLogic, you know that we’re pretty fond of emphasizing the fact that our enterprise print management solution allows you to eliminate print servers altogether. We say it a lot—and with good reason. Most organizations don’t immediately realize that it’s not only possible to migrate entirely […]

Whether you have mobile users or stationary users, their ability to print is almost always an issue. If they are mobile and travel to and from all of your remote offices, how do you go about making sure they have all the correct printers when they arrive? If it is a stationary user, how do […]

Posted by Andrew Miller When you think of food services, you don’t necessarily think of enterprise printing. But the need for printing—make that highly available, flexible, effortless printing—is ubiquitous, regardless of an organization’s industry sector or its size. And that’s why so many organizations are turning to PrinterLogic. Take one of Canada’s largest food processing […]

Posted by Devin Anderson Location, location, location is a maxim most often associated with realtors. Yet it applies just as much to enterprise printing—specifically, being able to easily enable seamless location-based printing for your employees. Location-based or location-aware printing is as practical as it is leading-edge, because it quietly and automatically takes the guesswork out […]

Posted by Devin Anderson Bring your own device (BYOD) and email printing isn’t just a casual request in today’s workplace. It’s a philosophy. A movement. More and more employees are arriving with their own tablets, laptops, netbooks and smartphones, and they’re expecting to use them alongside—or even instead of—their company-issued devices. What’s more, whether they’re […]

Posted by Andrew Miller The independent research firm TechValidate recently surveyed representatives from a large industrial manufacturing company to talk about their experience with PrinterLogic. The case study (TVID: CFE-267-3C5) was enlightening for several reasons. To begin with, this company had a laundry list of printing problems it needed to address. Issues like: Printing security, […]

Posted by Devin Anderson Enterprise print management is serious business. You’ve got a fundamental aspect of the day-to-day operations of an entire organization riding on your shoulders, and it’s up to you and your IT team to make sure it can take place easily, transparently and without interruption for every single end user from the […]

Posted by Jordan Lindsey Microsoft has ended support for 2003 servers, which means there is a good chance that your 32-bit print server is no longer supported. If you’re like many organizations, though, there’s a chance that the only reason you’re still running 32-bit 2008 R2 or 2012 (R2) servers is because you have one […]

Posted by Andrew Miller The independent research firm TechValidate has conducted a number of surveys with small-, medium- and large-sized organizations from a variety of sectors about their migration to PrinterLogic—often with persuasive results. Recently TechValidate asked members of a K-12 school district about their experience after installing PrinterLogic (TVID: A1F-D90-77A) and arrived at statistics […]

Posted by Devin Anderson Does your organization ever use freelancers? How about contractors? Consultants? Do any outside executives or visiting partners ever turn up? These all fall under the label of “guests,” and much like anyone else, quite often they need to print. The problem up to now has been that setting up guest printing […]

Posted by Jarrett Taylor Today nearly half of the workforce identifies as “mobile,” meaning they work from more than one corporate office. We all know that printer installation and management can be a headache even for employees who primarily stay in one office—but for mobile employees, the challenges are exponential. At each new office they […]

Have you ever wanted to know what your end users were printing, or how often they are printing? Or, have you ever wanted to know who or what department uses the most printer consumables? Whether you are managing a small or large environment, the ability to audit print jobs is essential to tracking printer consumables […]

Posted by Andrew Miller PrinterLogic is suited to a wide variety of different enterprise print environments throughout an equally wide variety of sectors. Education? Definitely. Banking and finance? Ditto. Manufacturing? Without a doubt. So it might not surprise you to know that PrinterLogic is just as effective when deployed as a print management solution in […]

Posted by Andrew Miller There are plenty of benefits bundled into PrinterLogic, and one of them is its adaptability. It can be deployed effectively in a whole range of enterprise print environments regardless of their size, sector or setup. Sometimes, however, it’s helpful to take a deeper look into how PrinterLogic fares in enterprise environments […]

Posted by Andrew Miller Return on investment (ROI) can play a huge role in determining whether your organization opts for one enterprise print management solution over another. There’s a catch, though. Sometimes those predictions about ROI are rose-colored guesses that don’t necessarily correlate with real-world cost savings. At PrinterLogic, instead of promising you a certain […]

Posted by Andrew Miller We’ve talked a lot about PrinterLogic’s capabilities when it comes to network printer management, and how it provides you with a centralized web-based admin portal that’s both feature-rich and incredibly easy to use. But did you know that PrinterLogic also offers the same level of simplicity and efficiency when it comes […]

Posted by Andrew Miller “PrinterLogic has been very supportive of our needs. They’re a great company to partner with. They’ve made migrating to direct IP printing a very easy task. I’d recommend PrinterLogic to anyone.” That’s what a senior IT administrator at a Global 500 insurance company recently said as part of our recently conducted […]

Posted by Andrew Miller Driver management. Those two words are enough to make some folks sigh in despair. Because it’s one thing to manage all the networked printers throughout your organization—but drivers, as necessary as they are, end up adding another layer of complexity to the situation. And with that complexity comes a whole host […]

Posted by Jordan Lindsey In today’s print management ecosystem, the availability of the physical device and the need to know what is and isn’t working is a high priority. PrinterLogic can transform your printing environment into a centralized direct IP environment, removing the need for print servers, server management, downtime, and other daunting tasks. PrinterLogic […]

Posted by Devin Anderson Are you using Windows Server 2012 as your print management solution? Are you seeing things like the additional drivers greyed out? Maybe it’s not showing printers or the printers appear to be missing altogether? You can run into lots of problems when using Windows Server 2012 as your print server, particularly […]

Posted by Andrew Miller Of all the headaches that are associated with managing an enterprise print environment, what would you say is the at the root of most of those issues? If you said “printer installation,” you’ll find yourself with plenty of company. With traditional print management solutions, the list of things that can go […]

Using industry shorthand, we often broadly describe PrinterLogic as a print management solution, but it’s also helpful to think of PrinterLogic more explicitly as network printer management software. True, that’s a bit of a mouthful, but in some ways it better captures PrinterLogic’s core strength of straightforward centralized management of your enterprise print environment. Through […]

Posted by Andrew Miller Earlier today, I was looking through the results of our customer survey conducted by TechValidate. As we have discussed, the firm surveyed hundreds of our customers on various aspects of their experience after deploying PrinterLogic as their chosen enterprise printer management solution. Questions posed to the respondents concerned install time, ROI, […]

Printer management in an Enterprise network can be a touchy subject. Especially when the network consists of multiple OS’s and platforms. Windows and its various versions, OS X and now Linux distributions are all making their way into the enterprise network. Though it is possible to connect your Windows, Mac and Linux clients to the […]

As Microsoft’s End of Life deadline has come and gone for Windows Server 2003/R2, you might be considering using the company’s Print Server Migration Tool (yes, they do offer one) to help with the upgrade transition. There are a couple of paths you can take to deal with the obsolescence. Since Windows Server 2008 is […]

Posted by Andrew Miller Here at PrinterLogic, we’re a lot like you in a lot of ways. Like you, we hate print servers. So much so that we made it our mission to help you eliminate them completely. To date, we’ve helped hundreds of companies do just that. And, like you, we also need to […]

Posted by Devin Anderson Many of our enterprise customers praise PrinterLogic for its astounding ease of use—especially when it comes to their employees’ printing experience. Which is to say, those employees click “Print” and their document is instantly queued and printed at the correct printer. No cryptic errors, no jobs that mysteriously vanish into the […]

Posted by Andrew Miller Let’s do a little macro/micro exercise. We’ll start by zooming in on the average employee. He’s there at his desk, printing out an important spreadsheet or the annual report, along with a cute sign for the break-room or his buddy’s band poster—maybe even doing it in color. Toner and paper are […]

Posted by Jordan Lindsey Managing printers in Citrix can be a big problem for many administrators because of the uncertainty on how to manage the printer objects and printer drivers in each location. Citrix users frequently deal with uncertainty on whether to put the printer objects and printer drivers on the Citrix server, in the […]

Posted by Devin Anderson When you’ve spent any amount of time in a particular line of work, you pick up the lingo. You start using words or phrases that are shorthand for a whole host of ideas. Eventually those words or phrases become so commonplace that you can’t recall a time when you didn’t know […]

Posted by Andrew Miller We end up speaking to a lot of people at trade shows, and one comment we frequently hear runs something like this: “We would love to eliminate print servers in our organization, but we have too many remote offices. We’re too distributed to look for a simpler solution.” Then we get […]

Posted by Steve Kelley Solving iOS printing without an MDM As IT professionals, it is inevitable we face the need to support iOS devices for printing. As of 2014, over 800 million iOS devices were in the market [1]. So, if your corporation is like PrinterLogic or the 1,500 plus customers we support with tight […]

Posted by Devin Anderson By now we’re all aware that the growing mobile workforce is an inexorable trend. And that trend toward mobility and BYOD policies raises problems of interoperability that stem from device heterogeneity. But, as we’ve also seen, PrinterLogic is the enterprise mobile printing solution that effortlessly bridges the gaps between those different […]

Posted by Devin Anderson There’s a clear trend in today’s business climate, and that trend is toward mobility. A recent forecast from the IT analytics firm IDC estimates that the world’s mobile worker population will reach 1.3 billion this year—which amounts to 37.2 percent of the total workforce on our planet. How mobility is defined […]

Posted by Andrew Miller Of the many responsibilities that fall to the IT department, managing the enterprise printing environment scores somewhere near the very bottom on the fun-o-meter. And if we’re honest, dealing with that environment from the end-user side doesn’t rank very highly on employees’ enjoyment scale, either. Probably for the very same reasons. […]

Posted by Kyle Yardley Orlando Florida was the site for Citrix Synergy 2015. Spirits were just as bright as the sunshine and the wonderful warm Florida weather. Attendees from all over the world showed up to learn more about ideas and products surrounding Citrix. Given the difficulty printing presents in a Citrix environment, we saw […]

The Belgian Wastewater Specialist has Been Using PrinterLogic’s Enterprise Printing Solution for More Than a Decade Across 100 Locations St. George, UTAH—June 25, 2015—Many companies choose PrinterLogic as their print management solution because they want to eliminate existing print servers. Over a decade ago, the Belgian wastewater specialist, Aquafin, first approached PrinterLogic because they wanted to manage […]

Posted by Andrew Miller Before you start reading, please be sure to check out our previous post on the subject of ROI and eliminating print servers in your organization using PrinterLogic. In that post we took a brief look at how quickly our customers surveyed typically saw ROI. And the stats were pretty impressive: Nearly […]

Posted by Kyle Yardley Another great week in Las Vegas. The lights were bright and the excitement was high as we sponsored Interop 2015 at the beautiful Mandalay Bay Convention center. We were there to showcase our enterprise printer management solution. It never ceases to amaze me how excited people get when we tell them […]

Posted by Andrew Miller As you might have read in our earlier posts (see Are We Too Big to Eliminate Print Servers?, Eliminating Print Servers in Distributed Offices, and Eliminating Print Servers in Less Than 5 Days), eliminating print servers can benefit your enterprise printing environment in both obvious and unexpected ways—like rapid deployment, vastly […]

Posted by Devin Anderson Enable Simple Mobile, BYOD and Guest Printing While Increasing Security and Reducing Waste Next month, we will announce our Mobile Printing solution that makes it simple for mobile, BYOD users and guests to easily print, whether they are on or off network. When used in combination with our Release Printing module, […]

Posted by Andrew Miller Let me guess—even though your complicated printer environment is the source of constant headaches, the thought of deploying a new solution enterprise-wide sounds even more painful. But what if I told you that a recent TechValidate survey of PrinterLogic’s customer base revealed that 68% of our customers were able to fully […]

Posted by Andrew Miller One of the huge advantages of implementing PrinterLogic is the way it streamlines and centralizes distributed print environments. Over the past ten years, PrinterLogic has helped more than 1,500 enterprise clients in a variety of fields do just that. As a matter of fact, multi-site applications are where our enterprise printer […]

Posted by Kyle Yardley Look what the wind blew in! We were at HIMSS 2015 to talk to the show’s more than 38,000 attendees about how we Eliminate Print Servers. Doing so empowers IT to manage their entire print environment from a single pane of glass and enables end users to install printers with one […]

Posted by Andrew Miller At the enterprise level, size often means complexity. Sure, the idea of streamlining your print environment sounds fantastic—but then you think of all those hundreds or even thousands of print servers deployed throughout your organization, each one tailored to its own micro-environment using GPOs and scripts. Suddenly it seems like less […]

posted by Kyle Yardley   Things are always electric and exciting when you visit Las Vegas. The same was true with my experience at HDI 2015 last month. With more than 2,400 elite professionals coming together for the most comprehensive service desk related training conference in the industry, you can’t get enough of the wealth of knowledge […]

Posted by Kyle Yardley There’s just something about the sunshine and getting to talk about PrinterLogic that makes me happy. This week, I was in Fort Lauderdale for ITEX 2015. ITEX brings together dealers, resellers, distributors, VARs, MSPs, vendors, OEMs and associations to learn about new products that increase capabilities and reduce costs for the […]

Posted by Kyle Yardley Missouri is commonly known as the “Show-Me-State.” This week I attended METC 2015 in St. Charles, and it was all about showing off technology-based products that help improve schools and classrooms throughout the Midwest. I was fortunate enough to share our printer management solution that eliminates print servers and enables centrally […]

Posted by Kyle Yardley They say everything is bigger in Texas. With over 450 vendors and more than 8,000 attendees, TCEA in Austin proved to be just that. Teachers, administrators and IT managers were on hand to learn about new ideas and products they could take back to their schools. I think its safe to […]

Posted by Kyle Yardley The sun was shining and the weather was wonderful in Orlando for the Florida Education Technology Conference (FETC). Energy was high and attendees were excited to see the new technologies that promised to improve teaching and learning success. I personally met with hundreds of IT leaders who were looking for innovative […]

Posted by Nick Ball Recently PrinterLogic has added the use of custom profiles for setting Mac driver preferences. For those unfamiliar with Mac printer preferences, this has a huge advantage over the built-in options given by the OS. Without PrinterLogic, editing most advanced printer preferences must be done in the terminal. Also, when attempting to apply […]

Posted by Jarrett Taylor It’s time to migrate from Windows Server 2003. I know—just reading those words probably gives you a headache. Believe me, I feel your pain. As you likely know, Microsoft has announced that it will end its support of Windows Server 2003/R2 on July 14, 2015. With that end-of-life (EOL) date upon […]

Upgrading servers can be a hassle if you are wanting to jump from something old to something new, especially when you are wanting to go from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2012. You can’t just pop the new OS in the drive, click “upgrade,” and have everything transfer over flawlessly. Instead, you will need […]

Dealing with print servers is usually the last thing on an IT administrator’s mind. They can be a pain to deal with, and even more of a pain when its time to migrate to a new version of Windows. Unfortunately it is a necessary task when moving towards a newer IT environment. Upgrading from a […]

Posted by Jarrett Taylor Secure Printing is increasingly becoming a requirement for many companies. Regardless of whether you’re dealing with HR, Accounting, Medical or other sensitive data, your organization’s print jobs need to stay secure until someone is physically at the printer to collect the document. This helps prevent sensitive information from sitting on the […]

Posted by Jordan Lindsey In just 9 short months—in July of 2015—Microsoft will end support for Windows Server 2003/R2. With this end-of-life (EOL) announcement, its time for many enterprises to consider how they will migrate. So, how are you going to handle the migration to 2008/R2? Microsoft does offer a Printer Migration Tool. This will […]

Posted by Jordan Lindsey Pull Printing (also known as Follow Printing) is an extremely valuable feature for enterprises looking to secure their printing environments. Each hundreds of millions of documents are printed and left unclaimed in the enterprise. Not only does this create a huge amount of waste (and wasted cost), but this can also […]

Posted by Jarrett Taylor If you look at the enterprise IT environment, there has been a ton of innovation over the past decade. From cloud computing to virtualization and everything in between, enterprise IT has become far more efficient, cost-effective and reliable than in years past—but with one notable exception: your printing environment. Why is […]

Posted by Jordan Lindsey Are you ready for Microsoft’s pending end-of-life (EOL) for support of Windows Server 2003/R2, which ends on July 14, 2015? What does this mean? Essentially, this means no more updates, no savings, no compliance, and no safe haven. Which is not the usual comfort zone for most IT departments. So the question is, […]

Posted by Jordan Lindsey In just 9 short months—in July of 2015—Microsoft will end support for Windows Server 2003/R2. With this end-of-life announcement, it’s time for many enterprises to consider how they will migrate. So, how are you going to handle the migration to 2008/R2? Microsoft does offer a Printer Migration Tool. This will take you […]

Citrix provides some great technological advances and advantages within a company. One thing it does not do, though, is solve your printing problems. Depending on a company’s size and location, many networks are setup to have a Citrix farm at the main data center that everyone connects into from anywhere in the country. There are […]

When using Windows Server 2012 as a print server and trying to push printers out to your end-users with group policy objects (GPOs), you can often find yourself with a headache-inducing troubleshooting session. Spending hours trying to figure out why your GPO isn’t deploying the printers out to their assigned workstations can be maddening. Sometimes […]

Posted by Jordan Lindsey Let’s say you have 500 print queues (or 5,000, or more) on your 2003 Epic Print Server (EPS) that need to be replicated out to multiple new 2008 r2 machines. What are your options? Not a lot from most products out there. You can’t just scrape the old printers off and […]

Managing a Meditech printing environment can be a challenge. Not only do you have to deal with the ordinary challenges of Windows printing, you also have to deal with making sure each of your Meditech print servers all have the same printers, with the same settings and configuration. If a Meditech printer admin creates a […]

When using Group Policy Objects (GPOs) for printer deployments in your network you have the potential to run into a lot headache-inducing problems when things don’t work correctly (after all, this is Windows we are talking about here—things not going right is expected). Unless you’re an avid script kiddie that knows their way around PowerShell, […]

Like most cloud-based solutions, cloud printing has become an attractive option for organizations that are looking to slim their infrastructure, increase the mobility of their client base and shift some areas of IT offsite (usually to a subscription model). Those are all very real benefits, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t issues from time to […]

Well over 300,000 organizations around the world rely on virtualization, networking and cloud solutions from Citrix. With such a massive and diverse global installed base, they’re clearly doing lots of things right. Many of those organizations would be lost without Citrix’s powerful and scalable virtualization software like Virtual Desktops. Printing in Citrix, however, remains a […]

Managing printers in an Epic environment can be rather tricky. In common setups of Epic, there are multiple print servers which you need to have the printers installed on. You also need to have a copy of each printer on each print server. This means that if you have 2000 printers, each print server has […]

Posted by Jordan Lindsey Migrating print servers. Not the task every IT person wants. In a growing technological world, you need to support 32- and 64-bit Windows, Mac, Linux, Unix, Mobile and Tablet. Being stuck on a Windows 2003 print server can hinder your productivity as a company and a department. Your server needs to […]

Deciding how to configure or maintain the printing environment always ends up being the system administrator’s headache. And the primary decision they need to make is whether they should set up print servers, or go with Direct IP printing. While there is no right or wrong choice between the two, each has its own benefits […]

Posted by Jordan Lindsey Auditing and cost saving has been and will always be a top priority for any company, and auditing your print environment is an incredible way to manage cost. Do you want to know how much toner is being used company-wide, or by department? Or how much paper is being used? How […]

Posted by Nick Ball Printer drivers can become corrupt for many different reasons. The majority of the time this happens when they are initially not installed correctly, and the mistake is not noticed immediately. Regardless of how it happened, diagnosing what is wrong with the driver and getting it fixed can be a pain. An easy […]