TOSHIBA AMERICA BUSINESS SOLUTIONS AND PRINT AUDIT™ JOIN FORCES TO OFFER ADVANCED DOCUMENT OUTPUT TRACKING AND AUDITING
Print Audit™ Software Provides Printer Usage Monitoring and Analysis To Uncover Efficiencies and Increase Cost Savings
IRVINE , California ( Nov 03, 2003 ) :
Toshiba America Business Solutions, Inc. (TABS) recently joined forces with Print AuditÔ, Inc. to introduce Print Audit 4Ô and Print Audit Analysis, comprehensive print-monitoring software designed to help companies optimize their printer network and reduce printing costs by 10 to 20 percent - a significant savings for many companies as printing is often reported as a top five cost variable. Print Audit provides companies complete data collection and client-based analysis capabilities to reveal the detailed activities of the entire printer network, including networked, local and direct to IP printers.
"Print Audit allows companies to track how documents are being printed and handled throughout their network, identify untapped efficiencies, and optimize their printer network - resulting in significant costs savings," said Michael Szot, product manager, Solutions, TABS. "Print Audit software is yet another product offering from Toshiba that demonstrates our commitment to providing customers a total solutions package of hardware and software to benefit their overall business and bottom line."
Ideal for large organizations with a significant number of printing devices, such as government departments, educational organizations and companies which charge users or clients for costs, Print Audit provides the analysis needed to reduce printing costs by increasing user awareness, optimizing job deployment and improving equipment efficiency. Print Audit also allows organizations to capture data, which can easily be exported for accounting, billing and reporting purposes. Information such as customer name or code, number of pages and color versus black and white can be tracked for simple and customizable cost recovery.
Detailed Print Analysis Enables Cost Reduction
While most companies track their printing costs based on equipment and supply expenses only, Print Audit enables organizations to take an active role in managing their total printing costs by uncovering exactly how much is being printed, where, by whom and what, in easy-to-read, fully customizable reports or graphs. Through a Print Audit analysis provided by authorized TABS dealers, companies can identify areas of waste and effectively reallocate resources to ensure the most cost-effective printers are partnered with the highest-volume users or workgroups. With a customizable message field, the network administrator can provide instructions for each printer regarding the number of pages it will accept for print and where specific jobs should be redirected, ensuring the most expensive print jobs are sent to the most cost-effective printers.
Company-wide awareness that all printing is being monitored by tamper-resistant Print Audit software also serves to reduce waste and abuse, resulting in a dramatic reduction in the stacks of printed pages left on printers at the end of each day, and saving unnecessary printer wear and tear.
Data Delivery for Accurate Budgeting
Analyst reports suggest that most organizations underestimate their printing costs by more than 50 percent. Print Audit software allows users to assign cost values to paper and jobs (including color), eliminating the guesswork for advanced cost tracking and more accurate budgeting.
System Requirements and Availability
Print Audit software tracks every print job originating from client-based PC workstations, running as background software and requiring less than 2MB of hard drive space. Print Audit supports all Microsoft Windows operating systems from Windows 95 to the most recent version and runs on a Pentium or 386 processor or better, and is available through TABS' nationwide network of dealers.
Print Audit in Encompass™
The Print Audit analysis tool is being offered through TABS dealers to compliment Encompass™, a new Web-based output analysis program developed by TABS. Encompass, together with Print Audit, enables authorized dealers to accurately assess their clients' document production and print management environment and develop customized solutions proposals that address individual client needs.
About Print Audit, Inc.
Print Audit, Inc. has been developing print tracking and auditing software since 1998 with products in use around the world. Print Audit products enable their customers to analyze, reduce and recover printing volumes and costs. The market for Print Audit software continues to grow as many diverse organizations realize the value of controlling printing expenditures.
About Toshiba America Business Solutions
Toshiba America Business Solutions, Inc. (TABS) manages product planning, marketing, sales, service support and distribution of copiers, facsimiles, multifunction printing products, network controllers and toner products throughout the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean. Headquartered in Irvine, Calif., TABS comprises four divisions: the Electronic Imaging Division, Toner Products Division, Document Solutions Engineering Division and TBS, a subsidiary which operates a network of acquired office equipment dealers.
Named the most favored manufacturer in seven of the past eight years by the Business Technology Association (BTA), Toshiba's entire product line, customer support and marketing distribution policies are a marker for the industry. Among the many other awards garnered in recent years, Toshiba was named the "Copier Manufacturer of the Year" by the Marketing Research Consultants (MRC) in 1997, 1998, 2001 and 2002 and received the CIO Web Business award for its leading edge intranet site in 1998, 1999 and 2000.
TABS is an independent operating company of Toshiba Corporation, the sixth largest electronics/electrical equipment company and the world's 62nd largest company in terms of sales. Toshiba Corporation is a world leader in high technology products with more than 300 major subsidiaries and affiliates worldwide. Fiscal year revenue in 2002 was approximately $47 billion.
For more information on Toshiba copier, facsimile, multifunction printing products, network controllers and toner products, or for a dealer in your area, call 1-800-GO-TOSHIBA or visit the TABS Web site at www.copiers.toshiba.com.