PCS Director

Assessment and Cost Recovery Solutions

PCS Director software allows you to monitor all printing, copying, scanning, and faxing activity, handle charge-backs, control who is printing, how much is being printed, and identify the cost of printing across the entire organization. This comprehensive print management solution allows you to understand and manage printing costs to reduce your Total Cost of Ownership.

About the PCS Director Components

• ANALYSIS MODULE - Provides reports on printer inventory, device volumes, budgets, cost baselines and printing workflow issues on the network
• RULES MODULE - Rules-based printing handles re-direction of print jobs to the most efficient devices and controls printer usage and feature availability
• RECOVERY MODULE - Associates the costs of printing back to users and clients for billing purposes
• EMBEDDED PCS DIRECTOR - tracks walk-up activity on Ricoh MFPs integrating all prints, copies, scans and faxes in one single usage report

Major Applications

• Can be deployed in companies of any size looking to understand, control and save on user printing, copying, scanning and faxing costs
• Facilitates charge-backs for copying and printing within an organization
• Optimize existing and future printing equipment investments
• Optional proximity card reader authentication provides device security and with most HID, Casi-Rusco, NexWatch ID cards

Benefits

• Identifies bottlenecks and inefficiencies on the network by providing a "snap-shot" of all printing devices, their volumes, and use costs
• Notifies users (via custom pop-up messages) of print job costs and recommended printing devices and settings to reduce expense
• Automates the process of allocating costs back to clients for printing, copying, scanning and faxing
• Integrates with most corporate proximity card standards for security authentication, trouble free implementation for IT, and simple ease of use for users