The Xerox Mobile Print Solution lets users print from their mobiles without having to download drivers or applications. The company has also enhanced Mobile Express and Global Print Drivers to tell workers which printers are available to their laptop.
Xerox says users simply email the file in its original format to a secure server. A confirmation code is then emailed to the user to securely release the document for printing from any Xerox Extensible Interface Platform-enabled multifunction printer (MFP).
The software runs on a company’s private server to maintain full compliance with the existing security infrastructure, according to Xerox.
The solution also preserves all formatting and data when printing Microsoft Office documents, just like printing from the desktop; offers a full preview of the document on the MFP’s user interface before printing; and provides the same print settings such as duplex, colour and finishing options that are available to users on a desktop.
Print drivers
The Xerox Mobile Express and Global Print Drivers have been improved too. These tools allow mobile workers to print to virtually any printer or MFP available on the network, regardless of location or brand. And Xerox says this reduces the time spent managing print drivers for various devices.
According to the OEM, the updated drivers:
• Eliminate the need for IT professionals to install new drivers to support full functionality on current and future Xerox products.
• Provide access to the latest set of features on Xerox printers and MFPs such as Color by Words, which displays simple words to select colours such as “red apple” or “blue sky” for easy and accurate colour printing.
• Help workers identify print jobs in busy workgroups without banner pages by automatically including user and job information in the unused page margin eliminating wasted pages.
• Offer Earth Smart print driver defaults that can be set to include two-sided printing, proof print, recycled paper and draft mode.
The firm said: “With the new Global Print Driver, IT administrators can also push driver settings out to employees on the network, such as duplex printing as a default, without having to reinstall the entire driver.”
Rick Dastin, President of the Enterprise Business Group at Xerox, said: “No two mobile workers are the same – from the executive reviewing a presentation on his phone en route to a staff meeting to the NYC-based employee working at Paris headquarters – but all need an easy and secure way to print.
“Our approach delivers simplicity for any location, helping mobile workers focus more on their business and less on how to print.”
The Mobile Express and Global Print Drivers are free and currently available for download at www.office.xerox.com/software-solutions/mobile-printer-driver/enus.html and www.office.xerox.com/software-solutions/global-printer-driver/enus.html.
The Xerox Mobile Print Solution will be available for early customer installs beginning in the fourth quarter, with general worldwide availability in early 2011.