October 21, 2020
Plus Technologies Partner Profile - PP2000 PP2000 Business Integration located in Stutgardt, Germany has been a Plus Technologies partner for many years. PP2000 is an IT Services company that provides services such as solution definition, provision of software (like OM Plus print management software), installation, project management, operations and technical support. Services include Managed Print Services and IT infrastructure. (more…)
October 15, 2020
Output management software is the all-around solution to enhance document management, monitoring, processing, archiving, and delivery. Think of it as a more comprehensive print management solution that can be tailored to the way you work. This way, your organization can be more productive while saving money, improving compliance, and having the means to digitize your operations. With the right print solutions, your business can effectively meet your customers’ demand for accurate, prompt, relevant, timely, and custom services. A modern output management software system is a reliable, feature-rich device management system that can cover enterprise printing requirements. It includes device alert…
October 8, 2020
Tamper Resistant Print (TRP) Plus Technologies' Tamper Resistant Print (TRP) is used to prevent the unauthorized copying of sensitive printed data and obviate the need for expensive pre-printed forms and laborious security procedures (like locking printers in a secure room). TRP is used by numerous healthcare organizations to streamline prescription (Rx) printing. OM Plus solution is called URx and it is used so that organizations can avoid buying pre-printed forms and prevent unauthorized copying. Just this month Plus Technologies received multiple purchase orders for this solution from hospitals. For more information visit this page for a short video: (more…)
October 1, 2020
Cloud vs On-Premise: On-Premise is Still Going Strong We recently came across a study published by Aberdeen Research group that is focussed on the growth of Cloud Solutions. Given all the recent headlines on the rapid growth of Cloud Solutions we were a bit surprised that the Aberdeen paper found that on-premise solutions are still going strong. Below is an excerpt from the Aberdeen paper: "Every day, one comes across statements or truisms that people take as common knowledge but that are actually wrong. For years now, we’ve heard the constant predictions that everything would be moved to the public…
September 25, 2020
A new feature found in OM Plus My Print Delivery, the powerful pull printing solution from Plus Technologies, allows users or their surrogates in clinical settings to authenticate with a card/badge tap and release print jobs associated with designated print queues. This feature is called Secure Queue Release (SQR). (more…)
September 17, 2020
When is OM Plus a Good Fit? We were recently asked by a potential reseller: when should they try to sell OM Plus? What are the circumstances when OM Plus is the right solution? When should the partner call us? These are excellent questions from a reseller/partner perspective - OM Plus can solve numerous output management related problems for organizations across numerous industries, however we can define a common theme for 'good fit use cases". OM Plus is enterprise output management software (EOM) that helps organizations reduce operational costs, streamline document workflow processes, and improve print reliability and security. While…
September 15, 2020
OM Plus My-Print- Delivery (MPD) Version 3.1 - Now Available A new version of OM Plus My-Print-Delivery (MPD) is now available. As of September 21st Plus Technologies will begin shipping version 3.1 of MPD. Customers with valid support contracts will be eligible to upgrade to this new release without any additional license fees. OM Plus My-Print-Delivery (MPD) software is Plus Technologies solution for pull printing. This type of solution is also known by other names such as: print release, pull-print, follow-me, or find-me printing. The idea behind the concept is to improve printing efficiencies by holding user documents in the…
September 11, 2020
OM Plus Delivery Manager (DM) Version 3.1 - Now Available A new version of OM Plus Delivery Manager (DM) is now available. As of September 20th Plus Technologies will begin shipping version 3.1 of DM. The bulk of the changes to DM improve system security as well as simplify installation and operations. Customers with valid support contracts will be eligible to upgrade to this new release without any additional license fees. OM Plus DM is advanced, intelligent print spooler management software. Delivery Manager seamlessly ingests print jobs from enterprise systems and delivers them to printers, multi-function devices, fax software, email…
September 9, 2020
Pull-Printing with Plus Technologies OM Plus My-Print-Delivery (MPD) is Plus Technologies product for pull-printing. Pull-printing is also known as print release or in some cases follow me printing. My-Print-Delivery improves printing efficiency and security by holding a user’s “printed” documents on a secure print server until the user walks up to a convenient printer and authenticates/releases their jobs. As well as “Follow-Me Print.” In particular, we have many customers from a number of different industries that use the MPD feature. In addition to reducing overall print volume therefore saving cost, each user has their own unique story and value proposition.…
September 1, 2020
Imprivata Certified Integration A healthcare company recently ordered Plus Technologies' Imprivata Certified Integration to add as an option to their existing OM Plus My-Print-Delivery (MPD) system. With Plus Technologies certified Imprivata module this customer can now have their MPD pull-print solution integrated with Imprivats's OneSign solution. When the user is at the printing device OM Plus MPD will seamlessly communicate with the Imprivata OneSign system to provide authentication and access management. Once authenticated by Imprivata the OM Plus MPD system will route the end user's print jobs to the appropriate device. This pull-print methodology along with end user authentication improves…
August 25, 2020
Enterprise Output Management for Healthcare Plus Technologies has been providing Enterprise Output Management (EOM) solutions to healthcare organizations for many years. Our solutions include OM Plus Delivery Manager to provide centralized management, confirmed print, advanced routing, and reliable delivery of EMR output to printers and MFPs. OM Plus TRP replaces paper based forms with plain paper Rx printing. OM Plus MPD provides a variety of pull-print solutions to reduce cost and increase security. Also, OM Plus Stats provides detail and statistics needed to audit the print process. OM Plus will help connect back end systems and print devices to eliminate…
August 21, 2020
Value of Enterprise Output Management Plus Technologies started in the print spooler business in 1994. Since then we have continually added to our software portfolio and for the past several years have become a leading vendor in the Enterprise Output Management (EOM) market with our OM Plus products. A recent IDC paper identified the value of EOM in today's market. Some snippets from their paper include the following. The proliferation of 3rd Platform technologies (cloud, mobile, big data, and social media) continues to foster significant changes in the ways that employees work with information. Knowledge workers are capturing, creating, consuming,…
August 18, 2020
What is Enterprise Output Management Plus Technologies provides world class Enterprise Output Management software. But just what is EOM? Enterprise Output Management (EOM) solutions are middleware software solutions that automate the production, distribution, formatting, delivery, and management of output streams from any enterprise and/or desktop application to any physical or visual output channel. Meaning it can capture output from your ERP, CRM, EMR, and other line-of-business applications and send it to a printer, a web-based document archive, email recipient, fax server, or other destination. As middleware, EOM solutions relieve desktop and enterprise applications from the burden of document delivery, formatting,…
August 13, 2020
Cloud Printing Service - Enhanced Printing Features not Available for all Documents You may have noticed that there have been a number of MPS (Managed Print Services) vendors and printer OEM's announcing "cloud printing services". In their announcements they have made statements that imply cloud printing can manage the print delivery needs of all types of corporate documents. For example, Konica Minolta recently announced that their global Cloud Printing Service can manage the "total print" environment of its customers. That claim may not be completely accurate. While we are sure the cloud print service is quite robust it would not…
August 11, 2020
President Visits Plus Technologies Customer Last week President Trump paid a visit to the Whirlpool facility in Clyde, Ohio. He toured the Whirlpool production facility there and was able to see how the plant operated. In that plant Whirlpool uses Plus Technologies' OM Plus Delivery Manager (DM) software to manage the delivery of documents created by their 'backend manufacturing system' to the printers on the line. Many of our manufacturing customers such as Whirlpool create documents such as pick lists, manifests, bills of lading, and shipping labels. (more…)
