The SafeCom Secure Printing System is a secure output solution that ensures the protection of vital print data, so that printing is only accomplished via the use of an authorized magnetic card - while you wait.

Every step of the print process is secured by the use of a combination magnetic card/PIN code, SafeCom hardware unit, strong data encryption, and SafeCom server and client software components.

The SafeCom Secure Printing System provides organizations with a new solution that enables better management of its printing resources and expenses. This revolutionary system controls access to company wide printers to ensure that only authorized personnel are able to output hard copy documents. SafeCom also provides vital usage and cost data which is used for allocating usage expenses to the specific users and cost centers using the system printers.

Organizational Printing Challenges

The following are key challenges faced by corporate management in controlling printer security, usage, and expenses:

• WorkGroup Printing Environment - Protecting the exposure of printed documents, which contain vital or sensitive data when, output to a network printer
• Protecting Print Transport - Preserving the integrity of print data information the moment it leaves the desktop
• Printer Security - Incorporating a printer independent, network wide global security solution to protect system printers whether high volume/speed, workgroup/departmental, or desktop.
• Reducing Operational Expenses - Tracking printer costs and usage per department and user

• Eliminate personal printers
• Eliminate unauthorized output and viewing of sensitive data
• Reduce total amount of printed pages
• Reduce cost per printed page
• Track usage of workgroup printers
• Enables allocation of printer expenses to users and cost centers

Traditionally, when managers or key personnel need to print confidential information, they are forced to rush to the printer to grab their printouts before anyone sees it. Some organizations try to work around this problem by using locked output trays, personal printers, or other incomplete solutions. SafeCom is the answer to these problems.

The secure printing techniques used in the SafeCom system ensure that information or print output is retained and printed using a high level of security. As soon as data enters the SafeCom system, it is only transferred between devices using encryption and key exchange mechanisms.

From the moment your print jobs leave your desktop, your documents are completely safe - nobody has access to the except you. When you are ready to print, SafeCom is there to help, placed next to the printer.

The SafeCom server software is installed on the Windows NT server without requiring any changes to the user configurations and with very limited set-up.

Convenience Printing

Convenience printing indicates the ability to print the requested job while the user waits at the printer. In multi printer environments, you can print the same job to any SafeCom equipped printer that supports the same capabilities.

SafeCom also helps you keep track of all aspects of your organization's printing, including the number of copies output, prioritization, audit history, and more.

The distribution facility permits a single job to be sent to a range of pre-defined user distribution lists, while the use of a pull approach to printing allows a user to choose a target printer at their convenience after a print job is submitted. Problems with busy or broken printers can be circumvented, and similarly print can be submitted locally and extracted remotely by mobile employees or other locations.

Print Tracking and Accounting

SafeCom's Administration Program is used to manage the SafeCom server(s), and to manage user information, accounting, billing, and SafeCom server configuration. Accounting information can be used for asset management, and provides vital data for managing Total Cost of Ownership, better printer utilization, and job tracking.

Another key SafeCom feature is the ability to control printing costs and permit cost recovery. The Billing feature provides reporting data that allows users to define their own accounting applications or tools that are used to register print and device usage. Assigning billing codes, generating and collecting printer usage data, and cost recovery are the primary functions of the billing feature.

Industry Solutions

SafeCom is presently available for integration within the following industries:

• Finance
• Healthcare
• Education
• Manufacturing
• Government
• Defense
• Consulting