The Cerner Printing Solution for Healthcare Organizations
Cerner back-end printing, originating from its CUPS print servers, is an essential part of many healthcare organizations’ IT infrastructure. However, it can also be a complex and challenging environment to manage. Organizations that use Cerner back-end printing face a number of challenges, including:
- Difficult to manage print queues
- Lack of visibility into the print environment making it hard to support
- Lack of advance print delivery functionality
- High print costs
OM Plus is a robust, highly available, and efficient print infrastructure solution that can help organizations address the challenges of Cerner back-end printing. OM Plus provides a number of key benefits, including:
- Centralized and simplified print queue management and support
- More robust and highly available print infrastructure
- Reduced number of print servers
- Advanced features for supporting print environments, including the ability to securely deliver print jobs to off-network locations with i-Sat
Case study: A very large healthcare organization benefits from OM Plus
Before implementing OM Plus, this healthcare organization faced a number of challenges with its Cerner back-end printing environment. Their print infrastructure encompassed around 50,000 printers being managed by more than 100 print servers in multiple countries, and it was difficult to manage it effectively. The print infrastructure was not reliable enough and therefore suffered too many print outages. In addition, the organization was spending too much money on their print infrastructure.
The organization selected OM Plus to address these challenges. OM Plus provides a centralized console for managing printers, making it easy to configure, monitor and support them. OM Plus also enables them to significantly reduce the number of print servers and improve the reliability of their print infrastructure. In addition, OM Plus’s advanced features help them improve their print operation efficiency, including the ability to securely deliver print jobs to off-network locations using the i-Sat software module.
Results:
As a result of implementing OM Plus, the organization is able to:
- Reduce the number of print servers
- Improve print reliability, manageability and functionality
- Reduce print costs
- Securely deliver print jobs to off-network locations using i-Sat
Conclusion
OM Plus is a powerful, flexible and efficient print infrastructure solution that helps organizations address the challenges of Cerner back-end printing. OM Plus provides a number of key benefits, including simplified print queue management, a more robust and highly available print infrastructure, a reduced number of print servers, centralized print queue administration, advanced features for supporting print environments, and the ability to securely deliver print jobs to off-network locations.
