Production Workflow Applications

Overview

QDirect controls workflow, routes jobs, and manages print destinations across the entire enterprise. QDirect consolidates print from data centers, departments, and desktops to a single point and distributes the output to production, workgroup, MFP and desktop printers, as well as other destinations. QDirect can manage a job's workflow-no matter where It originates or where it must ultimately end up.

• Makes convergence a reality by managing data center, copy center, and network print across the entire enterprise.
• Improves productivity and simplifies workflow by automating queue management and job routing to local or remote devices, including Konica Minolta production, workgroup, MFP and desktop printers.
• Reprints jobs without reprocessing. Maximizes throughput with the most scalable and reliable output manager.
• Captures detailed accounting information and integrates with third-party document accounting solutions, enabling enterprise-wide chargeback for both distributed and centralized printing.
• Distributes jobs evenly across production, workgroup, MFP and desktop printers via a Flood Control feature.
• Enhances documents with a number of capabilities, including adding bar codes and banner pages.
• Ensures ease of use for mainframe operators through a highly configurable system.
• Jobs can be submitted from any source
• Data stream independent (PostScript , PCL, PDF, TIFF, ASCII, LCDS, XES/UDK, IPDS)
• WebCRD
• M.I.S. Print
• IPDSPrint
• Open System protocols (TCP/IP, LPR, FTP, Socket, Hot Folder)
• Mainframe protocols (Bus & Tag, ESCON, Secure Mainframe TCP/IP)
• Alternate protocols (QDirect Input Workflow Manager API, QDirect Submission Client)
• Backup server support
• Disaster Recovery support
• SSL encrypted data streams and protocols
• Runs on a highly scalable, reliable, low cost Sun Solaris platform
• No UNIX knowledge is required
• Java client runs on any desktop