Communication Equipment for Remote Printer
Communication equipment enables usage & diagnostic data to be obtained from remote printers to reduce downtime, aid replenishment and pay-per-use services.
Communication equipment is needed for document, label and specialised printing applications, where print equipment resides on-site without network access. Do you have responsibility for maintaining the equipment and supplying consumables? If so, are you loosing sales to 3rd party consumable suppliers and more importantly, does your company fix problems they create?
Stand alone printing has a high cost of ownership
Our IT department won't let you put your printing equipment on the IT network!
A printer is often dedicated to a PC, supports manual human input methods or has restricted use from the outside world. Communication equipment dedicated to the printer will save costly site visits, enabling fixes to potential issues before they occur. Knowing how high value printers are used, enables companies to charge in different ways, such as lease or "pay-per-use". A communication equipment solution needs to offer: -
- Diagnostic data obtained through wireless remote access
- Alarms raised automatically when problems occur e.g. ink low
- Monitoring and reporting on a continual basis to view usage trends
- Supply Chain Integration to automate consumable replenishment
Scalable Communication Equipment Solutions for Printer Applications
Comtech enable remote access to a printer through wireless devices that operate standalone or end-to-end as a part of a complete managed solution.
Wireless communication equipment for printers
Connect to remote printers via the GSM/GPRS network to diagnose problems. Alternatively, printer protocols can be integrated within the device to automatically gather usage data such as number of prints and ink level, which can be alarmed upon, logged and delivered to the monitoring application.
Monitoring software for print equipment
Manage the estate of printing equipment from a central location from anywhere using a standard PC Browser. View online reports related to alarms, equipment usage, diagnostics and consumable status and be notified by email or SMS upon exceptions.
Enterprise software integration for remote printers
The printers data related to consumables, stocking and maintenance can be automatically integrated with clients back office systems for supply chain management (SCM), Logisitics and Customer Relationship Management (CRM). This forms part of the business process enabling billing & stock replenishment, as part of a service based printing business.
µWEAVE Solution Examples
- Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS)
- Telecom network monitoring
- SCADA RTU for small sites
- Printer communication equipment
- CCTV camera wireless access
- Environmental monitoring
- Industrial automation
- Electrical power substation
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Further Information
Call us on +44 (0)1204 664333 or email sales@comtechm2m.com to discuss your Printers communication equipment need
Benefits
Printer communication equipment enables decisions based on live data
- Pre-emptive maintenance
- Supply Chain efficiency
- Pay per usage services
