Printelligence MPS Solutions Suite uses a process called Print Optimisation 2.0 to capture key end-user, local-printer, print server and area coverage data cost effectively. These, according to Preo, are tasks that “historically have been a challenge for service providers”.
The company adds that the new service allows MPS providers “to develop a highly flexible change-management service for clients who want to gain control of print usage at the end-user level”. This will cut costs and increase efficiency without affecting the end-user in a negative way.
Preo’s MPS offering will be available in two configurations:
Printelligence MPS, which implements a comprehensive Print Optimization 2.0 service from “assessment to print behaviour change management and reporting”. It also includes multi-tiered “federation” of data, which Preo says is a “critical requirement for MPS providers to remotely manage large numbers of customers often with multiple sites, in multiple channels”.
Printelligence MPS-Assessment is designed for the “silent capture of baseline user-centric print behaviour data”. The service provider says that it is intended “for both pre-sale engagements as well as ongoing data-collection and reporting”. This solution is available in a print server only and/or desktop configuration for mass deployment capability.
Preo’s Vice President Business Development Pravat Mazumdar said: “Based on feedback from industry leaders, OEMs and successful channel MPS entities, and the experience of installing our technology in more than 1,000 locations, we believe Printelligence MPS addresses a major unmet need in the market. We have the ability to very quickly add value to many of the industry’s most significant MPS players in a way that none of our competitors can.”
Photizo Group CEO Ed Crowley said: “Coming at a time when there is a rapidly growing interest from customers in managed print services, and particularly in what we call Stage 3 engagements, Preo’s MPS solutions bring a unique new value to MPS providers and their clients by delivering state-of-the-art flexibility in effectively managing end-user print behaviour.”
Printelligence MPS Solutions Suite will be marketed worldwide to MPS providers, and will not be sold directly to end-user customers.