Now you can’t print a book at work: Ricoh Active Management print monitoring system
Have you ever thought about the extent to which your company's print equipment is actually controlled? Do you have a tool that provides transparency in monitoring all the processes occurring in it? Can you calculate the total cost of printing, for example, for the last month, and based on this statistic, predict future costs? The story will go about the system Ricoh Active Management - a tool that will allow you to be aware of what is happening with the printing equipment in the organization's network.
Ricoh Active Management is a cloud service that allows for full monitoring of all printing equipment in a company. A feature of the solution is that it supports the collection of statistics not only from Ricoh printers, but also from devices from other manufacturers, which allows you to fully control the fleet of multi-vendor equipment. In addition, it is worth noting that when installing an additional utility, you can monitor the status and operation of not only network devices, but also local ones, for example, connected via USB.
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If there are any problems with any machine on the network (toner shortage, paper jam, etc.), the administrator will be immediately notified of the error indicating the degree of criticality. Active Management service allows you to quickly get complete information about any device in the organization's network: its location, a report of the number of prints for a certain period, toner level, etc.
The service is also able to determine the "life cycle" of the printer. The service predicts the remaining life of the equipment, based on information about the recommended load of the printer, the number of prints made in total and monthly, as well as the total time of use of the machine.
Another advantage of Ricoh Active Management is the ability to estimate printing costs across the entire fleet of vehicles and for each individual printer. For example, by setting the cost for one print (color and B & W), you can plan a certain level of costs for any period. Upon the expiration of this time, the service will provide detailed information about whether the originally planned expenses were exceeded, how much and what is the reason. Further analysis of these data will optimize the use of the fleet of printing equipment in the company.
MUK-Service - all types of IT repair: warranty, non-warranty repair, sale of spare parts, contract service
Ricoh Active Management is a cloud service that allows for full monitoring of all printing equipment in a company. A feature of the solution is that it supports the collection of statistics not only from Ricoh printers, but also from devices from other manufacturers, which allows you to fully control the fleet of multi-vendor equipment. In addition, it is worth noting that when installing an additional utility, you can monitor the status and operation of not only network devices, but also local ones, for example, connected via USB.
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If there are any problems with any machine on the network (toner shortage, paper jam, etc.), the administrator will be immediately notified of the error indicating the degree of criticality. Active Management service allows you to quickly get complete information about any device in the organization's network: its location, a report of the number of prints for a certain period, toner level, etc.
The service is also able to determine the "life cycle" of the printer. The service predicts the remaining life of the equipment, based on information about the recommended load of the printer, the number of prints made in total and monthly, as well as the total time of use of the machine.
Another advantage of Ricoh Active Management is the ability to estimate printing costs across the entire fleet of vehicles and for each individual printer. For example, by setting the cost for one print (color and B & W), you can plan a certain level of costs for any period. Upon the expiration of this time, the service will provide detailed information about whether the originally planned expenses were exceeded, how much and what is the reason. Further analysis of these data will optimize the use of the fleet of printing equipment in the company.
MUK-Service - all types of IT repair: warranty, non-warranty repair, sale of spare parts, contract service
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/157451/
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