GenevaLogic Launches Print-Limit Pro Print Management Solution Now Scalable to More Than 20,000 Users.PORTLAND, Ore. & MADISWIL, Switzerland -- Educators can now easily and efficiently manage printing across large, multi-platform environments with the debut of Print-Limit(R) Pro. Launched today by GenevaLogic, Print-Limit Pro's unique features will allow schools, universities and businesses the ability to print when needed, while managing resources, recovering printing expenses and dramatically reducing paper and toner An electrically charged ink used in copy machines and laser printers. It adheres to an invisible image that has been charged with the opposite polarity onto a plate or drum or onto the paper itself. budgets. Easily scalable to networks serving more than 20,000 users, Print-Limit Pro features an intuitive Web interface, advanced budgeting and reporting tools, and supports all major operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. . Enthusiasm for the newest version of Print-Limit is high in districts that piloted the software, such as Nordonia Hills City School District in Northfield, Ohio Northfield is a village in Summit County, Ohio, United States. The population was 3,827 at the 2000 census. Geography Northfield is located at (41.341978, -81.530957)GR1. . "GenevaLogic has taken a good product and made it great," said Mike Daugherty, district network administrator. "Print-Limit Pro's new Web interface allows district administrators as well as IT staff to view reports quickly and easily at their desks. We were also extremely impressed im·press 1 tr.v. im·pressed, im·press·ing, im·press·es 1. To affect strongly, often favorably: with the new reports that were available, as well as the ability to get those reports in three different file types. Print-Limit has allowed our school system to make strategic printing decisions that have changed the way we look at printing in our district." Detailed Print-Limit Pro reports allow technology administrators to see which users are printing and how much and will calculate the expense to the school or district. Individual or departmental printing can be monitored, regulated or charged back to the user to recover costs. For instance, in regulated mode, a network administrator such as Daugherty sets quotas for users, giving them each a "print budget." Once the quota quota In international trade, a government-imposed limit on the quantity of goods and services that may be exported or imported over a specified period of time. Quotas are more effective than tariffs in restricting trade, since they limit the availability of goods rather is exceeded, the user must request additional credit or purchase a PrintCard to resume printing. Print-Limit Pro allows administrators to produce PrintCards to sell to students. These cards are used to add money to the student's print account over the Internet and are ideal for colleges and universities that want to implement a user payment model for printing. The administrator can also restrict the size of print jobs or charge more for access to expensive equipment, such as color printers A printer that prints in color using three (CMY) or four (CMYK) colors of ink, toner or dye. Four color ribbons have been used in dot matrix printers, but these are rare today. See color laser printer and printer. . "Print-Limit Pro provides powerful tools to ensure that all students and educators have access to the printing capabilities they need to support teaching and learning while managing costs," said Kirk Greiner, president, GenevaLogic. "As GenevaLogic develops new and upgraded products, our goal is to make certain that we are offering educators the software needed to easily and efficiently realize the instructional benefits of technology." In Arizona, Lydia Montoya, software technician An individual who is responsible for keeping users' computers running and up-to-date. Their functions are similar to a system administrator, but are more support oriented. They provide technical support to users and may do minor hardware repairs. at Safford Unified Schools, is also impressed with the new capabilities of Print-Limit Pro. "Print-Limit Pro is an excellent way to track printing costs and, ultimately, save money," she said. "The new Web interface is so easy to use and understand." For K-12 schools or districts, an unlimited site license for Print-Limit Pro starts at $995. Higher education higher education Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. server licenses start at $1,495. For more information, visit www.GenevaLogic.com or call 866-725-7833. About GenevaLogic GenevaLogic has one passion: enabling educators to manage, control and optimize optimize - optimisation the use of technology to support teaching and learning. Founded in 1996, with headquarters in Madiswil, Switzerland, and Portland, Ore., the privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. is an international leader in active teaching systems whose Vision classroom management(TM) software is used in more than 50,000 classrooms worldwide. The company's education software solutions - Vision(R), Surf-Lock(R), Pointer pointer, breed of large sporting dog developed in England more than 300 years ago. It stands between 23 and 26 in. (58.4–66.4 cm) high at the shoulder and weighs between 50 and 60 lb (22.7–27.2 kg). (R), Plan-It(R), Protect-On(R) and Print-Limit - allow schools, universities and training centers to get more learning value from their technology investments. For more information, visit www.GenevaLogic.com. (C)2006 GenevaLogic. Vision, Surf-Lock, Protect-On, Pointer, Plan-It, Print-Limit and Classroom Management are trademarks of GenevaLogic Inc. All other trademarks and registered trademarks used in this document are the property of their respective companies. |
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