![]() ![]() With Presto, administrators can roll out the print infrastructure for ChromeBooks in less than five minutes for 50 to 50,000 users Although widely adopted, cloud printing can be unstable by nature. All of this new tech must continue to work with the existing Microsoft Windows environment.Ĭloud printing creates another technical silo for the IT administrator to manage in support of one device type. Today’s educational institution has massive adoption of G Suite and Chomebooks, and often supports iPads and MacBooks. ![]() Nowhere is this a more vivid reality than in EducationĪlthough this sector is generally considered an early adopter of technology, it typically involves a hybrid landscape with both legacy and modern systems being widely deployed. This increases both direct support costs and increases the complexity for IT administrators supporting print. Today’s environment is technologically diverse and as a result there are often five or more products each with their own technical silos glued together to support print. ![]() This only increases the difficulty in achieving a uniform approach, and often increases both hard and soft costs when needing to switch print providers. Modern managed print services solutions that are marketed to address technical challenges tend to be built around a specific manufacturer. The Windows printing infrastructure, in use by the vast majority of organizations, was designed and architected for a wired PC world long before the Internet, Wi-Fi, 802.1x, Chromebooks, G Suite, MacBooks, iOS devices, and many of the other technologies in use every day were even conceived. The result is an attempt to marry current technologies to a 30-year-old legacy print infrastructure technology stack. In the continual race to support and integrate evolving device technologies into their existing infrastructure, printing is often an afterthought. This fact is most painfully known by IT administrators. It’s a truism that everyone in IT relates to. Lanny Berg, CMO Printing technology has never ‘just worked’. ![]()
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