Security
Printers and copiers produce the bulk of hardcopy business output, such as invoices, forms, and employee documents. Despite this crucial role in handling often confidential information, these devices and the documents they produce remain largely unprotected.
Too often your sensitive data are most vulnerable when on the way to the printer or while in the printer's output-tray - particularly if you are printing remotely.
With both confidentiality and better print management in mind, Fontware offer secure printing solutions that match the level of security and convenience you need.
The MegaTrack In Printer Agent (MIPA) lets you record and monitor printer and MFP activity directly at the device, enhancing accountability and giving you the ability to assign costs, forecast expenses and target waste and abuse. By collecting data directly inside the printer or MFP device, this “in printer” solution provides a significantly more precise accounting of printer activity than methods that rely on SNMP traps or MIB polling. It also offers the ability to track copy, fax and digital sending activity on MFP devices.
The ThinPrint Client for HP enables perfect integration of HP printers into a serverbased computing infrastructure with features such as bandwidth control, print-job compression and streaming support. The challenges of printing are often an overlooked element when deploying Citrix MetaFrame and Microsoft Terminal server solutions. Print jobs are not usually printed where they are created. Combined with the fact that print streams are expanding in volume due to higher resolutions, color and similar features of modern printers, printing becomes a serious bottleneck in the limited bandwidth of the LAN and WAN infrastructure.
TROY Security Printers help safeguard paper stock with secure locking trays, providing only authorised personnel with access. Currently these printers are being used to help protect prescription, transcript, and plain paper stock that is located in an open office environment.
MIPA PIN tracks printer and mfp usage directly inside the device, offering improved accuracy and reliability over SNMP traps and MIB polling methods. Each time the printer or mfp is used, MIPA PIN collects important data about the job and records this data to either the printer’s hard disk or to a small amount of compact flash memory. This data can then be accessed and uploaded using the MegaTrack Reporting Tool (MRT), providing an easy way to track printer and mfp usage by user, department, project or cost center. Additionally, administrators can track consumption of paper and toner, color vs. black and white print use and more, helping to better forecast future printer and consumable requirements.
SD Express uses the Internet to provide remote access to business printers. Authorized users can access SD Express equipped office printers from across the street or across the country without the need or expense of dedicated network connections. And that’s just the beginning... From personnel files, to financial documents, to proprietary marketing data and advertising campaigns, businesses print all types of files that are sensitive or confidential in nature. Even in a standard office environment, these types of documents are at risk of undesired exposure through intentional or unintentional mis-routing and interception. Using simple, commonly available software tools, technically savvy employees can easily view or alter the data while it’s queued in printer spool files. Transmit these files over the Internet, and the risk of unauthorized access or alteration is even greater.
SecureDIMM is an integral component of a comprehensive solution that protects sensitive print job data using advanced encryption technology. When a document is printed the data is often stored in spool files, where it can be viewed, or even altered, with tools as simple as the Microsoft Windows Notepad program. More technically savvy users can even intercept the data directly from the network as it travels to the printer. Even simple mistakes such as directing a print job to the wrong printer can unintentionally expose sensitive data.
Free access to Multi-Function Printers (MFPs) can become very costly. Users print documents accidently, forget to collect print jobs, re-print modified documents, accidently take other employees' print jobs, ... A lot of ink and paper is wasted due to such mistakes. Moreover print jobs containing confidential information are exposed for all to see on the printer out tray. The solution to these problems is SecureJet Express.
TROY's patented anti-fraud technology forces a bright red stain to appear if chemical alteration of a document is attempted. Available in two variations TROY Security and TROY MICR Toner Secure™ allows users to protect the words and graphics printed.
Pressure Sealing uses laser compatible forms which have incorporated special glue patterns. The cohesive glue only becomes activated when subjected to extremely high pressure produced during the sealing process. The forms are folded by the Pressure Sealer and then pass through sealing rollers which activate the glue. This changes the forms into extremely secure, tamper-proof mailers which are suitable for mailing or distribution without the additional expense of envelopes. The reduction in the usage of envelopes, which are thrown away on receipt, has a positive environmental impact.
