VPSX/Workplace

Centralized management for all Windows printing

VPSX/Workplace® software lets end users quickly find and add printers to their workstations using a self-service portal. Our seamless middleware platform handles all aspects of Windows printing and enables support for accounting as well as mobile and virtualized environments.

The VPSX/Workplace solution helps you establish centralized management for all Windows printing that can:

Print from any Windows desktop
Quickly manage printer drivers, queues, and devices
Solve print issues using an intuitive web interface
Easily expand to support line-of-business applications and virtualized desktops.

VPSX/Workplace Benefits

Features	Benefits
Centralized, scalable solution to replace many individual Windows Print Servers	Save money by eliminating redundant server hardware; manage more printers with fewer FTEs
Efficient single process/multi-threaded design; single system can drive 1000’s of printers without CPU or memory constraints	Improved system stability and less downtime; frees up processing cycles for other applications and processes
Automated print driver management and deployment	Increased IT and user productivity
Web-based portal interface to enable user self-service (locate & define printers, etc.)	Fewer support calls; improve end-user productivity, mobility, and overall printing experience
Support for centralized, spool-based print management as well as Direct IP printing	Better network bandwidth optimization for maximum stability and system performance

Simplified Device Location and Configuration

The VPSX/Workplace solution includes the LRS Printer Portal. This intuitive, web-based interface makes it easy for users to locate and connect to nearby print devices while automatically provisioning the correct print driver.

Result? Improved user productivity, reduced help desk calls, and fewer printing failures.

Hybrid Print Architecture

VPSX/Workplace software provides enterprises with a hybrid print architecture that supports both spool-based and Direct IP printing methods to address the operational requirements of large organizations as well as small, remote office locations.

The solution handles all aspects of document capture, delivery, storage, and accounting to let you effectively manage output for centralized, distributed, mobile and/or virtualized environments.

LRS Workplace Printing and supporting products can enable:

Print Server Consolidation

Customer Metrics - LRS software helped a European manufacturer reduce Windows print servers from 500 down to 140 with projected savings exceeding 2.1 million euros

Establishing LRS software as the central hub for all document output and storage eliminates Windows print servers and as well as printer-specific hardware such as DIMMs.

Policy Printing

LRS Policy Printing functionality enables organizations to develop and enforce cost-saving policies related to end-user printing.

Administrators can specify the price of various printing options (e.g., color versus monochrome or duplex versus single-sided) and create a cost model for printing. Pop-up messages are presented to users at the time of print request to help them understand the cost impact of their print choices. This promotes more efficient use of print resources on the part of individual users and reduces overall enterprise printing costs.

Output Auditing

LRS Output Auditing creates management information reports that can identify and track over 60 document attributes including the job owner, originating system, target destination, page count, color characteristics, and more.

This helps organizations understand how, when, and where documents are being printed as well as who accesses them in online form. Such reports are commonly used by LRS customers for cost accounting, print reduction and internal device consolidation projects.

Mobile Printing

LRS Mobile Connector enables printing from any email-capable device, regardless of operating system.

Unlike other solutions, LRS Mobile Connector utilizes a standard email-based approach, which converts inbound documents to the device into PDF format for secure management and delivery with no need to install or support any additional software or "apps".

Pull Printing

LRS Pull Printing brings secure document queuing and release capabilities to the VPSX/Workplace solution.

Users can access any defined printer on the network and retrieve any or all of their queued print jobs by authenticating at the device. Enterprise organizations typically have mixed fleet environments with devices having differing capabilities.

With our solution, organizations can deploy pull printing functionality throughout their organizations, irrespective of the age or manufacturer of the device fleet.

View not Print

LRS Content Management provides a single secure facility for storing, locating, and viewing critical business application documents and other file types - quickly and with full auditing capabilities.

Designed to provide instant access to critical information, LRS software employs powerful search tools and a user-friendly interface that enable authorized knowledge workers to quickly pinpoint relevant business information.