Printer Automation

Posted by p8nflint@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 15 comments

Anyone know of a good printer management system? I am looking for something that can handle the Scan-To-Email and Scan-To-Folder config across multiple manufacturers (particularly Konica & Ricoh ) if such a thing exists. I know I saw some cloud system mentioned on here once. What do you all use?

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sryan2k1@reddit

Papercut MF.

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Darkk_Knight@reddit

Any idea on cost?

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jamenjaw@reddit

Vasion.com they bought printer logic once it is set up users can add printers with out the need for a tech to help and a admin for the service can trubbleshoot printing issues and get alerts to issues. Used it at my last job. Tech support solid.

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BoggyBoyFL@reddit

I agree it is an amazing product that just works.

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skotman01@reddit

I’ll give another vote for printer logic. I deployed it to an entire org (1000 users, 30+ sites) in under a week

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bgatesIT@reddit

this we use Printer Logic now Vasion and its amazinggggggg

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Smart_Dumb@reddit

Yes. We use Printer Logic (or I guess vasion now...) and then we just use SMTP 2 GO for any scan to email needs.

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Steve----O@reddit

We use Kofax Control Suite for follow-you-printing and scan to email. We bought it through Ricoh and they installed into the copy machines along with card readers.

You set up a new print queue like "Follow-You-Printer", and the server caches the prints until you release it from the printer. (We use our ID badges to log in)

It will come out whichever printer you log into.

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Arudinne@reddit

Kofax rebranded themselsves as Tungsten Automation. AFAIK they did not buy ControlSuite.

Also Kofax Contol Suite is hot garbage.

Initially we rolled out Papercut MF for follow-you-printing and whatever the fuck kofax uses for scanning documents to a server for OCR and processing.

After dealing with weird issues with our Var for a fucking year we finally got told the products were incompatible so we tried implementing ControlSuite for follow-you-printing.

Holy shit balls was that a cluster fuck and a half. We didn't get past 4 or 5 copiers before it shat itself. Management ended up just scrapping the whole follow-you-printing idea entirely, PII security be damned apparently.

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