How to automate the printing of production jobs to remote sites?

With MAPPING Virtual Printer

Definition

MAPPING Virtual Printer (MVP) allows your users to print their production jobs to their local printers automatically.

With MAPPING Virtual Printer you can:

Compress print streams to save bandwidth
Print to any type of printer regardless of its language or connection mode

General principle

MVP makes it possible to send print jobs from a central location to remote servers. It acts like a mini Windows print spoooler that spools, holds, releases, and reprint jobs.

This is how it works:

Through the LPD/LPR protocol, MVP receives print jobs in PCL, PDF, or any other Windows format. If different from PCL, MVP will use the workstation's local program (e.g. Acrobat Reader for PDFs') to convert the data stream prior to sending it to a supported Windows printer.
The jobs can be directed to any printer on the Windows local network or any printer or print server supporting the LPD/LPR protocol.

Because print jobs are spooled locally and remotely, they are sent through the network only once.

This way, you can safely put together the print jobs graphically from the central site and always send them to the same remote printer. The remote sites will then direct the jobs to their intended destination.

Workflow diagram

Main product features

Compress print data streams to optimize bandwidth usage (very often bandwidth is limited when connecting to remote sites).
Always direct print jobs to the right printer depending on the type of document. For example: important documents must print to a laser printer and others to an ink-jet, etc.
Print to any local or network Windows printer.
Empower your users by allowing them to hold, release, print their files so soon as they are received, and reprint jobs including to a local printer.
No need to invest in costly new hardware: a standard PC is ideal for a typical remote agency or small office configuration.