Printer Fleet Management

XMPie, a partner of Xerox, is one of the leading providers of cross-media, variable data one-to-one marketing.  

But what exactly can it do for your business? Who would be a fit for the technology? How much does it cost? 

As a Xerox Platinum Solutions Partner, we will use our expertise in their products to honestly and thoroughly answer your main questions about XMPie. 

The software can be helpful for some businesses, but it does cost money, which means you need to know what you’re getting into before deciding whether to purchase or not. 

In this article, we’ll be discussing what XMPie is, its different solutions and features, benefits, who would be a fit and the cost of the software. After reading this, you should feel confident in deciding whether XMPie is worth the investment or not.  

Print management software can be helpful to a lot of companies that want to cut back on their printing expenses. 

Many providers offer print management software, and two of the more prominent ones are Y-Soft and PaperCut.  

Which one should you use? What are the similarities and differences between the two? 

We’ve been a printer/copier company for almost 40 years and have dealt extensively with both Y-Soft and PaperCut and want to use that insight to provide a comparison between the two so you can see which one might be right for you. 

Getting the right print management software is crucial because, to reap the benefits of print management, you have to find the one that would be the best fit for your print environment. 

If you’ve ever looked at a printer/copier online, you’re likely familiar with the term “duty cycle.” 

But what does a machine’s duty cycle mean and why is it important? 

These are the types of questions we will use our almost 40 years of industry expertise as a print vendor to answer today because duty cycle is one of the key indicators you need to pay attention to before purchasing a new office machine.  

If you forego a printer’s monthly duty cycle and just buy whichever machine you can find easily, you may be subjecting yourself to more service issues down the road---something we will cover later on in this blog.  

Before getting into all of that, let’s first begin with the basics: What does duty cycle mean when it comes to printers/copiers? 

If you’ve purchased, or plan to purchase, a Xerox machine and want to include managed print services, then you will need to become familiar with the Xerox Device Agent (XDA). 

The XDA is essential to understand if you want to enable services like automatic shipments of supplies, such as toner or ink cartridges, and receive detailed reports on usage levels. 

But what exactly is the XDA? And how do you install it on your network and add your devices to it?  

As a platinum status partner of Xerox, we have become expertly familiar with the application and want to share our insight with you so that you’re not left wondering what it is and how to use it if it applies to you. 

We also will answer two of the most common questions around the XDA to further increase your chances of avoiding an issue with the application. 

Office security is like a house, with its many potential points of intrusion.     

Although you may have ample security at the front door, you might unknowingly have left the back window open, which precipitated a break-in just when you thought you had all your bases covered.   

Your printer could be the back window that a hacker infiltrates, resulting in a network invasion that cripples business processes and potentially exposes sensitive data.     

This is even more of the case with printers over 5-10 years old, which we will discuss in this article.