OKI Printing Solutions Expands its Suite of Printer Management Solutions with HP Web Jetadmin Printer Management Software

In an effort to give customers more flexibility and choice when managing their printer fleets, Oki Data Americas, which markets its products under the OKI® Printing Solutions brand, announced that its high-performance digital color and monochrome printers will support HP’s latest version of Web Jetadmin, version 8.0.

The plug-ins from OKI Printing Solutions for HP Web Jetadmin are a free software solution for IT administrators and help desk staff that proactively monitors and controls all printers on a network, and significantly reduces printer maintenance time and related cost. OKI Printing Solutions has offered plug-ins for HP Web Jetadmin since January 2003, and is a member of the HP developers program which certifies plug-ins to comply with HP’s strictest standards.

The plug-ins for HP Web Jetadmin are currently available for downloading at http://www.okiprintingsolutions.com/webjetadmin for a wide range of the company’s printers, including the B6000 monochrome series and the C5000, C7000 and C9000 color series. For more information and a complete list of applicable printers, certified software plug-in information and applicable software revision levels, see the Details link on the page.

The new plug-ins can be used as an alternative printer management solution to OKI Printing Solution’s own PrintSuperVision.net software. PrintSupervision is one of several printer software solutions available from OKI Printing Solutions for monitoring, accounting, content management and distributed printing.

“As operating environments become more demanding and production driven, our customers must work with a variety of products and solutions that manage their printer fleets,” said Carl Taylor, Senior Marketing Manager, Color and Mono Printers, Oki Data Americas. “For years, we have been sensitive to our customers need for flexibility and compatibility between our products and commonly-used software. Our decision to maintain compatibility with the latest HP Web Jetadmin software reflects our continued focus on our customers’ IT needs.

“With PrintSuperVision.net and plug-ins for HP Web Jetadmin,” added Taylor, “IT managers and help desk staff can save time and effort through proactive management of their printing devices, including monitoring toner levels, reacting to real-time alerts and changing printer configurations, all from remote locations.”

Printer management and optimization have become important cost-saving capabilities for small, medium and enterprise businesses. By leveraging advanced management software solutions, businesses are able to reduce operating costs and improve workgroup efficiency. Like HP Web Jetadmin, PrintSuperVision.net from OKI Printing Solutions also allows LAN administrators and office managers to monitor, configure and troubleshoot all printers in their network from a remote location.

With this high level of compatibility, help desks already using HP Web Jetadmin can benefit from OKI Printing Solutions’ plug-ins by proactively monitoring toner levels, reacting to real time alerts and the ability to change printer configurations all from remote locations.