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Many businesses deploy universal printer driver (UPD) software to streamline printing and printer management in their complex IT environments. It is therefore of no surprise that there are many printing solutions available on the market; and finding the one that fits your specific IT environment and objectives is not an easy feat. Meanwhile, the shifting macro landscape - globalization of businesses, centralization of IT infrastructures, technological growth such as cloud and mobility, changing work-life styles and security concerns, add to the complexity of enterprise print management. Forward thinking organizations must future-proof their printing environments to provide worry-free printing with security at reduced costs to their workforce. UniPrint Infinity™ is your solution. Whether you are using virtualization solutions such as Microsoft, Citrix and VMware View VDI, or physical desktops, UniPrint Infinity is the printing solution of choice for your organization. Product Overview Printing Virtualization Key Benefits • Simplify print management Enable fast and reliable printing across computing platforms Allow secure mobile printing Enable full print redundancy and load balance • Significantly reduce help desk calls Save 35% on printing costs • Printer-vendor Independent “With UniPrint™, our medical personnel get time back in their day. There’s less frustration because they no longer have to decide which printer they want to use based on their location, UniPrint chooses for them. There are fewer calls to the Service Desk about printing issues because the product just works. UniPrint makes IT simple.” David Baker Vice President IT St. Joseph Health, USA “UniPrint has helped us from a data compliance and protection perspective because prints are delivered to our internal clients in a timely and efficient manner.” Simon Le Brocq Chief Information Officer Standard Bank Offshore Group, UK

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Many businesses deploy universal printer driver (UPD) software to streamline

printing and printer management in their complex IT environments. It is

therefore of no surprise that there are many printing solutions available on

the market; and finding the one that fits your specific IT environment and

objectives is not an easy feat. Meanwhile, the shifting macro landscape -

globalization of businesses, centralization of IT infrastructures, technological

growth such as cloud and mobility, changing work-life styles and security

concerns, add to the complexity of enterprise print management. Forward

thinking organizations must future-proof their printing environments to provide

worry-free printing with security at reduced costs to their workforce.

UniPrint Infinity™ is your solution.

Whether you are using virtualization solutions such as Microsoft, Citrix and

VMware View VDI, or physical desktops, UniPrint Infinity is the printing

solution of choice for your organization.

Product Overview

Printing Virtualization

Key Benefits• Simplify print management• Enable fast and reliable

printing across computing platforms

• Allow secure mobile printing• Enable full print redundancy

and load balance• Significantly reduce help

desk calls• Save 35% on printing costs• Printer-vendor Independent

“With UniPrint™, our medical personnel get time back in their day. There’s

less frustration because they no longer have to decide which printer they

want to use based on their location, UniPrint chooses for them. There are

fewer calls to the Service Desk about printing issues because the product just

works. UniPrint makes IT simple.”

David Baker Vice President IT

St. Joseph Health, USA

“UniPrint has helped us from a data compliance and protection perspective

because prints are delivered to our internal clients in a timely and efficient

manner.”

Simon Le Brocq Chief Information Officer

Standard Bank Offshore Group, UK

How UniPrint Infinity™ Works

Citrix/RDS/VDI Server Windows Server 2008/R2,

2012/R2 (UP Application Server)

Windows Server 2008/R2, 2012/R2

(UP Bridge)

Data Center Remote Site3

4WAN/Internet

Windows Server 2008/R2, 2012/R2(UP Print Server)

Citrix/RDS/VDI Server Windows Server 2008/R2,

2012/R2 (UP Application Server)

Windows Server 2008/R2, 2012/R2

(UP Bridge)

Windows Server 2008/R2, 2012/R2

(UP Print Server with Transport Port Monitor)

Print job is spooled and the print data stream

is compressed by up to 95%

UniPrint vPad decompresses the print data stream and routes print data to the selected printer

Data Center

Remote Site

HOLD

GO WAN/Internet

UniPrint Infinity Software with vPad Network Print Appliance

UniPrint Infinity Software

1 & 2 A user prints from any application to one Virtual Print Queue (VPQ). UniPrint Universal Printer Driver (UPD) converts and encrypts the print data into a PDF print job and stores it in a holding server (UP Bridge).

3 The print job is sent to the central printer server where it is spooled. Spooled print data on a central print server print queue can be many times the size of the original document. Using the UniPrint Transport Port Monitor, a spooled print job can be compressed by up to 95%.

4 The remote user authenticates on the vPad, and selects the document for printing. The compressed print data is decompressed for release on the selected printer in the proximity for immediate pickup.

1 & 2 Only one UniPrint™ Universal Printer Driver (UPD) is required on each Application Server. When a user prints, the UniPrint UPD converts and compresses the print data by over 90% into an encrypted PDF file and sends over (a WAN or the Internet) the document to UniPrint Client on the

remote client’s workstation.

3 The user can print the spooled document to network or locally-attached printer; archive or e-mail as an attachment; or merge multiple PDF files.

4 The Gateway Module allows thin or zero clients to print to the network printers without installing the UniPrint Client software.

Universal Printer Driver & Beyond

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More Than a Universal Printer Driver UniPrint Infinity™ v9 Overview – Features & Benefits

Standard UPD Features

• Administrators only need to install and manage one PDF-based UPD from the Centralized Management Console.

• PDF Conversion/Compression saves bandwidth use by over 90%.

• PrintPAL printer mapping utility allows centralized and consistent printer mapping based on Active Directory, IP addresses or device names.

• The Printer Profiles feature allows the creation of custom printer profiles (such as stapling, hole punching, stacking) available on any printer per printer or driver.

• Gateway Module allows thin or zero clients to print to network printers without installing client software.

• Statistics & Archiving Module enables the tracking and auditing of user print statistics – who prints what, where and when; and monitoring for irregularities. PDF reports by print job activity, user activity summary, day of the week usage, and top N user can be exported on demand.

• End-to-end 256-bit encryption scheme.

• Additional PDF Features – Save, e-mail and merge multiple PDF files before printing.

Secure Pull Printing

• User will see one printer only – UniPrint VPQ, across the corporate network. No more printer mapping issues.

• VPQ and user-authenticated pull printing on UniPrint vPad or VPQ Connector plug-ins on HP, Xerox, Brother, and Samsung MFPs.

• Tap-and-Print with Security – Users can simply tap their RFID or HID devices on the vPad to print on demand and for added security.

• Uninterrupted Printing through VPQ - Print commands sent through the VPQ to busy or non-functioning printers are automatically re-directed to other available printers for immediate printing.

• Delegate Printing allows users to delegate the right to print their documents to another user or user group(s) through PIN-coded user authentication on vPad or assigned printers.

• vPad Pull Printing reduces waste printing, thereby saving paper, ink, other consumables and energy costs.

Mobile and Cloud Printing

• Apple iOS/OS X Printing on any printer across the corporate network.

• Email2Print for any mobile device on designated or PIN-protected printers.

• One-click to Install and easy to deploy; no client software is needed.

High Availability

• Enable fully redundant and load balanced printing setup, promoting fast and reliable printing.

• Provide 24/7 printing uptime, essential for global businesses.

Smart Print Module

• Provide Role-based Printer Mapping that is especially beneficial for EHR applications in the healthcare sector.

• Allow administrators to bypass EHR designated printers in a Citrix, VMware View or Microsoft VDI environments ensuring that print output follows the users.

vPad Print Stream Compression

• The Print Stream Compression feature compresses spooled print data by over 95% delivering faster printing in remote sites over the ICA, RDP or PCoIP virtual channel, eliminating the need to support Windows-based print servers.

• The vPad Network Print Appliance is a Linux-based device with on/off capability, priced at a fraction of the cost of acquiring and supporting printer server hardware.

About UniPrint.net UniPrint.net pioneered the use of PDF-based universal printer driver technology

to streamline and enhance printing in Server-based Computing (SbC)

environments.

Today, UniPrint Infinity™ is the recognized premier solution in printing

virtualization.

The patented and award-winning UniPrint Infinity Suite provides a comprehensive

range of enhanced-printing solutions for all computing environments. The

UniPrint Infinity software optimizes printing functionality, minimizes printer

management, improves print security and reduces bandwidth consumption.

Using UniPrint, millions of workers in over 70 countries enjoy efficient and

seamless printing. UniPrint is proud to be able to help customers in large and

small, public and private sector organizations of various IT architectures to

increase productivity and reduce costs.

At UniPrint.net, we innovate to bring the right solutions to our clients each and

every time. Our mission is to develop solutions that best fit our clients’ business

needs, and that has been the key to our continued success.

For more information or a FREE product trial, please visit www.uniprint.net or e-mail [email protected]

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