Greater Flexibility for Modern Print Environments

Plus Technologies is pleased to announce an important enhancement to OM Plus Tamper Resistant Printing: the solution now supports PDF-formatted print jobs in addition to the existing PCL 5 format.

This enhancement expands the flexibility of the OM Plus prescription printing solution and better positions organizations for the changing landscape of enterprise printing—including Microsoft’s move toward Ready Print and Windows Protected Print, where print jobs can be delivered in PDF format.

The addition of PDF support also provides important benefits for healthcare organizations using Epic Print API workflows and organizations deploying newer printer technologies.

Four Key Benefits of PDF Support

1. Ready for Microsoft’s Evolving Print Architecture

Microsoft is moving toward Windows Protected Print (WPP) and its Ready Print architecture, which uses PDF-formatted print jobs.

By adding PDF support to OM Plus Tamper Resistant Printing, Plus Technologies is preparing its customers for this evolution in Windows printing and helping ensure that their secure printing infrastructure can support newer print architectures.

2. Optimized Epic Print API Workflows

The new PDF capability also improves the management of Epic Print API workflows.

When OM Plus receives prescription or other print jobs from Epic in PDF format, it can process and deliver the jobs without first transforming them into PCL or PostScript.

This can simplify the workflow and reduce unnecessary processing between the Epic environment and the destination printer.

3. Improved Support for Epic Windows Queues

Healthcare organizations using Epic can also benefit when their Windows-based Epic queues are configured to produce PDF jobs.

With native PDF support, those jobs can be managed by OM Plus without requiring conversion to PCL or PostScript before delivery to the printer.

This provides a more streamlined approach to managing Epic-generated prescription and other document output.

4. Support for Newer Printer Technologies

Many printer manufacturers are moving away from providing PCL 5 drivers, while continuing to support PDF printing.

Adding PDF support therefore helps extend the compatibility of OM Plus Tamper Resistant Printing to newer printer platforms and environments where PCL 5 may no longer be available.

Secure Prescription Printing on Plain Paper

OM Plus Tamper Resistant Printing provides an alternative to traditional prescription printing methods that rely on specialized printers, locking trays, and expensive pre-printed prescription forms.

The software can take print data from popular EMR and ERP systems, parse the necessary information, apply tamper-resistant security technologies, and deliver the resulting prescription to a standard laser printer using plain paper.

The technology incorporates features such as anti-copy void pantographs, microprint, and other authentication technologies designed to help protect documents against unauthorized copying and scanning.

By eliminating the need for specialized pre-printed prescription media, organizations can simplify their printing infrastructure while reducing costs associated with forms, hardware, storage, and administration.

Benefits of Tamper Resistant Printing

Organizations can use OM Plus Tamper Resistant Printing to:

  • Reduce costs by replacing expensive pre-printed forms with plain paper
  • Reduce hardware costs associated with specialized prescription printers and locking trays
  • Reduce labor associated with procuring, storing, tracking, and handling prescription media
  • Reduce the risk of unauthorized access to pre-printed forms
  • Reduce storage requirements for specialized prescription media
  • Improve security by keeping prescription processing within the OM Plus software environment
  • Simplify administration through centralized print management, monitoring, alerts, rules-based delivery, job tracking, error logs, and print usage information

Beyond Prescription Printing

While prescription printing is one of the most common applications for OM Plus Tamper Resistant Printing, the technology can also be applied to other documents where protection against unauthorized copying or alteration is important.

Potential applications include:

Healthcare: Prescriptions, patient records, lab reports and other sensitive documents

Government: Permits, certificates and official documentation

Education: Transcripts, admission letters and report cards

Financial Services: Certificates and customer records

Entertainment: Event tickets

A More Flexible Approach to Secure Printing

Adding PDF support gives OM Plus Tamper Resistant Printing greater flexibility while helping organizations adapt to modern printing architectures.

For healthcare organizations in particular, the combination of plain-paper prescription printing, tamper-resistant security technologies, Epic integration capabilities, and support for both PCL 5 and PDF workflows provides a practical path toward modernizing prescription printing without sacrificing security.

As printer technology and enterprise print architectures continue to evolve, Plus Technologies is continuing to enhance OM Plus to support the environments our customers rely on.

Learn More

To learn more about OM Plus Tamper Resistant Printing, PDF support, secure prescription printing, or how Plus Technologies can help modernize your healthcare print environment, contact Plus Technologies for more information, a technical discussion, or a free demonstration.