Printer Cost
& Security
Manager
(PCSM)
Are you looking
to cut costs
within your
company?
Are you losing
sight of your
less obvious
costs?
Printing costs
are a less
obvious and
overlooked
expense to a
company. Thanks
to
Ricoh’s
PCSM you can
now monitor and
manage the
money you are
spending during
the daily
course of your
operation. PCSM
provides
unmatched
functionality
at an
affordable
price!
Base
Module:
Printer
Accounting
Server (PAS)
Enterprise
Edition
Most copier
cost
measurement is
based on
“clicks”,
printing costs
are normally
not accounted
for. PAS takes
care of this
problem
allowing
administrator s
to see printing
costs but also
the printing
patterns of
individuals and
departments.
PAS eliminates
the need and
cost of
client-side
software, as
PAS is a
server-based
solution.
With PAS
dedicated
charging can be
applied, you
can allocate
the charges
according to
print quotas,
timed quotas,
users/department.
The heaviest
users can be
identified, but
also the
heaviest used
machines,
provoking the
need to change
these heavily
used printers
with higher
volume
machines!
Secure Document
Release Module
(SDR)
The SDR module
enhances the
safety of
network
printing
environments,
by preventing
unauthorised
users from
picking up or
viewing other
users
documents!
SDR holds
incoming
network print
jobs at the
security print
server. The
print job is
released using
a Network
Transaction
station.
Therefore, the
user does not
have to collect
the job as it
is printed in
case of
unwanted
disclosure.
For extra
security print
jobs are
deleted from
the secure
print server
queue within
the permitted
time, allocated
by the
administrator.
Rules based
printing, with
SDR enables the
Administrator
to set rules
for printing,
for instance,
set priorities
in the queue
manager, hold
or delete print
jobs by user or
group. Rules
based printing
eliminates,
unnecessary
printing, which
reduces network
traffic.
Aficio Counter
Manager
(ACM)
ACM provides
total output
volume
(copiers,
prints and
faxes), per
defined period,
and counter
information for
Ricoh Aficio
products. It
can be utilised
for remote
counter
management
(leasing/facilities)
or internal
accounting.
With ACM you
can manage the
following:
-
Copy/print/fax
count
by
device
-
Aficio
information
e.g.
names,
serial
number,
IP
address.
-
Usage
history
from
start
of
usage
to
present
or by
specified
period
-
Take
over
counter
information
when
device
location
changes
ACM creates 15
additional
reports to
PAS’s
existing 70 to
create a
comprehensive
monitoring and
evaluation
tool. These
reports will be
sent at
specified time
periods to
allocated
recipients.
This
information
provides
invaluable cost
management
information.
ACM will
provide reports
per machine to
identify which
peripheral is
being overused
or needs to be
changed if
necessary.
