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Secure and robust enterprise mobile printing introduced by Macro 4
July 2015 by Marc Jacob
Macro 4, a division of UNICOM® Global, has introduced a new mobile printing capability that allows enterprise users to print quickly and securely from any mobile device - smartphone, tablet or laptop - to any printer within their organization.
The new mobile printing solution supports both Email to Print and Apple Inc.’s AirPrint feature and is available as an add-on to Macro 4’s Columbus OM output management software, which increases the reliability, efficiency and security of business-critical printing.
Email to Print enables office workers to print from any mobile device, or even a desktop, by emailing their documents to a specially assigned email address under the control of Columbus OM. iPhone, iPad and Mac owners can also use Apple Inc.’s AirPrint feature, to send print jobs to Columbus OM using corporate Wi-Fi networks.
As Macro 4’s new mobile printing capabilities make use of the robust authentication and delivery features of Columbus OM, they offer companies a way to support mobile working and ‘Bring Your Own Device’ (BYOD) without compromising enterprise security or risking additional printing problems, as Neil Evans, Development Manager at Macro 4, explains:
Columbus OM uses domain-based authentication to ensure that only authorized users within an organization can print from their mobile devices. In addition, visitors and guests can have their email addresses temporarily authorized to benefit from mobile printing while on the premises.
Columbus OM is a high performance output management system designed to assure the delivery of documents and data from any application, regardless of technology platform, to any networked printer. All print jobs and printers throughout an organization are managed centrally, from a single point of control, allowing problems to be detected and corrected quickly - before they start affecting customers and business users.
