Posts Tagged ‘MFP’

Hey IT, You Better Get Used to “BYOD”

With the widespread adoption of smartphones and tablets, today’s workforce is relying more and more on consumer mobile devices to help them in their professional lives. It is not enough to have a company supplied desktop PC, or even a laptop, anymore. End users are now demanding access to business applications and functions from their…

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Make sure you’re down with down coding

Imagine that you are a handyman. What you charge is based on the type of job that you execute. So let’s say that building a deck will cost $2,500, and installing shelving will cost $200. You wouldn’t want to be paid $200 for building a deck that should cost $2,500 would you? Of course not!

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Mobile still rules in 2012

I recently attended a technology round table discussion over lunch with a group of IT professionals from the Baltimore/ Washington area.  Not surprisingly, the two main topics of discourse were the Cloud and mobile technology.  I’ll leave the blog feedback on the Cloud to my colleague Kevin O’Brien.  For me, it was the conversation about the…

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Embedding Technology

Many businesses out there have print costs in mind and have put initiatives in place to track items. Even this type of software can now be embedded in your MFD such as Canon’s uniFLOW, Savin’s Print Director, PaperCut, and Equitrac. All jobs whether copy, print, or scan can now be tracked with this underlying software without any bulky add-ons to the MFD. Since these apps are Java based, it makes for an easy deployment in mixed manufacturer environments as embedded clients are provided for most manufacturers.

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Preparing for Mountain Lion

Printing appears to be changing slightly in Mountain Lion, or at least the user interface. Reports indicate that the print dialog will have a simplified interface with fewer buttons and much easier to use. Also integrated in will be a nifty scan interface for supported MFD’s.

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Triage in Real-time

This is a great example of how Advance employs various technologies and support techniques to correct issues within a clients network. Whether Advance is remotely monitoring your devices, performing remote support, or triaging issues on site, rest assured that we have the technology and resources to get the job done.

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Leverage Technology for Automated Deployment

Here at Advance we are always searching for new ways to automate processes and become more efficient with our day to day tasks. We also like to help our customers do the same by automating simple things like printer deployment and software installations when possible. Learn how to reduce your company’s print costs by up…

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Do What You Say and Say What You Do

Some days are better than others. In December I fielded a strange request, a client that I was unfamiliar with called in to cancel their service contract on their fleet of old equipment. The message was relayed to me on the road and I immediately called the account back without having a chance to dig…

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