PRISMAsatellite

Efficient scheduling and spooling

PRISMAsatellite provides an incredibly efficient way to spool and schedule jobs within EDP or converged EDP/CRD environments, delivering these benefits:

Greatly enhanced productivity – thanks to optimised and automated document production scheduling combined with powerful load balancing. With BestChoice Printing, it’s possible to automatically choose the best device to deliver multiple sets of the same document in the fastest time. Processing can also be controlled by timing-out or suspending jobs where the executing time has lapsed, preventing systems from stalling.

Excellent flexibility – paper-based and digital output is also supported via separate queues, making this an ideal solution for managing multi-channel communications.

Rapid agility – intelligent processing recognises document types and prioritises them according to a defined set of conditions. Schedules can be dynamically altered at any time to keep up with business needs. Data can also be collected during the day for overnight production, making best use of resources, while regular jobs can also be stored on the system for future production runs.
Extensive printer support – all printers can be added, not limited to Canon printers.

Intuitive operator control

Administration and management of the PRISMAsatellite system has been upgraded with a new, advanced dashboard that complements the existing console.

The dashboard – provides a central point of administration as well as a new application to monitor your printer landscape. Use the dashboard to add printers to be monitored, adapt the list of applications and plugins allowed and configure users. It delivers up-to-the-minute management information such as global status, consumer status, monthly output figures and peak use times for cost tracking.

The console – which communicates with the PRISMAsatellite server. The console delivers essential information about the entire printing operation, showing jobs, devices, queues, scheduling, and under- and over-utilised printers. It provides two user-friendly interfaces, one for daily operator tasks, and one for system configuration by the system developer. Tasks can be planned and a wizard helps users redirect jobs for increased printing efficiency, using simple drag and drop functionality.

Effective job processing

PRISMAsatellite accepts documents of various formats from different input channels and produces multi-channel outputs ranging from paper to e-mail or archive, with some critical advantages:

Simple workflow processing – can be supported by PRISMAsatellite. For example, document conversion and modification, along with automated sorting and bundling. PRISMAsatellite also integrates with other applications such as PlanetPress, Objectif Lune Connect and GMC Inspire and allows for the smooth transition between these technologies.

Sophisticated process automation – is delivered thanks to the seamless integration of PRISMAsatellite with COSMOS, which can interlink with customer environments, such as SAP ERP. Multiple different processes can be integrated into one coherent workflow, increasing production efficiency and reducing the risk of output errors. Users also receive ongoing reporting of throughput, error rates and costs, for simpler, more efficient management.