UNIX Print Management
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LP Plus is a comprehensive and easy-to-use Print Management System for UNIX. It delivers the power and flexibility you need to manage a dynamic print operation all from within a real-time menu system. It's a product designed by people who realize that priorities change, printers break down, and sometimes you need only one page of a 50-page report. Above all, LP Plus understands that all users have different printing needs, and those needs change every day. That's why LP Plus provides the power to let you control your print operation, no matter if you have 4 serial printers or 300 network printers.

LP Plus provides powerful print spooling features from the UNIX command line, or from its own comprehensive Status and Control menu system. Changing print jobs that are in the print queue has never been more simple. With LP Plus, you can stop and restart print jobs, print a range of pages, save print jobs for later, view print jobs, and more. By looking at the real-time status of print jobs, any user can quickly see where their print jobs are in the queue, what page is printing, and how many pages are in the print job. Viewing a print job in 80 or 132 column mode allows any user to check their work before it prints. Users can also check the result of their print job before it is removed from the queue system. All of these features add up to savings in time, effort, and paper for your business. LP Plus can replace the existing UNIX lp facility or run concurrently with lp. All of the command line programs and files are provided to allow programmers and integrators to completely customize their print environments using LP Plus.

Some of the many features of LP Plus are:

Fast and simple installation, command execution, and printer/print job status checks.
Outstanding technical support and engineering team dedicated to your success with LP Plus.
Can replace or run concurrently with the existing UNIX lp, lpr, or enq system.
Runs on most UNIX systems such as IBM AIX, HP/UX, DG/UX, SCO UNIX, SVR4, Sun Solaris 2X, DEC UNIX.
Lets you monitor each printers workload and status at any given moment in real-time.
Delivers only the printing you want, a page at a time, a range of pages, or an entire job.
Provides centralized print job and printer management for networked systems.
Lets you decide which spool files to retain, which ones to purge, . . . and when.
Is able to print to or from any system or product that supports the LPD/LPR protocol for network printing.
Improves scheduling by telling you the total number of pages in a print job.
Lets you view spool files in a full featured report viewer.
Gives you the ability to attach a terminal, user, or Windows client, to a printer for message routing.
Makes it possible to suspend print jobs.
Lets you start printing at any page, or at the last page printed.
Lets you specify a date/time for future printing.
Provides detailed security by user, printer, and command.
Provides on-line help.
Allows if-then type actions with event processing.
Has an accounting system for printer usage.
Much more.

Managing Printers with LP Plus

Since things don't always go smoothly in data processing, LP Plus has features to help manage workflow and equipment problems. It's a product designed by people who realize that priorities change, printers break down, and sometimes you need to print only one page of a 50-page report.

LP Plus advises when a printer has a problem and lets you move the downed printer's workload to another printer. By assigning printers to groups, print requests are printed on a next available printer basis. From managing existing printers to adding and configuring new ones, LP Plus provides the information to let you know what your printers are doing (or not doing) and the interface to make the job easy.

Integrating LP Plus into your UNIX environment is easy because it can run concurrently with the UNIX lp system or replace the lp system altogether. It is command option line and status compatible with the existing lp system. Therefore, scripts and applications that use the UNIX lp system can remain unchanged. From the moment of installation, users and system administrators will enjoy the power, simple control and added flexibility LP Plus brings to the UNIX print operation.

LP Plus Main Status Screen       Report Viewer Screen        LP Plus Administration Screen
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The Productivity Solution for Your UNIX Print Operation

LP Plus delivers the control and flexibility you need to manage a dynamic print operation. Above all, LP Plus understands that all users have different printing needs, and those needs are constantly changing. That's why LP Plus provides the power to let you control your print operation, no matter how many printers you have, or how many users your system supports.

Technical Support

The UNIX professionals at Digital Controls are dedicated to helping you get the most out of LP Plus. Call our toll-free support hotline, for all the assistance you need.

Access and Control with LP Plus

LP Plus gives you access and control over your entire print operation. Whether you have two serial printers or two hundred network printers, your users and administrators can manage their print environment.

Simple administration of all your printers
Complete network printing with lpd/lpr compatibility
Centralized network print management
Print to and from Novell systems with addition of NovPrint
Print to and from Windows systems with addition of WinPrint

What LP Plus Users Are Saying:

"The ease with which LP Plus operates give us control of print requests at the end-user level because it takes no operator training to be proficient. Our users are able to change forms, route to different printers, hold, release and print at will without MIS involvement. That alone was worth the cost of the product." Howard E. Hawkins, Cardinal Scale, Webb City, MO

"LP Plus allows me to move print jobs to any available printer. I can make any other changes needed right from the menu. Special training is not needed." Virginia Loving, Administrative Assistant, Cherokee County Administration

"We consider LP Plus to be an indispensable part of our UNIX environment. We particularly like the no purge' option for the batch reports we run at night. Now when users complain that they didn't get a particular report the next morning, we cannot only prove it was printed, but more important we can print another copy without rerunning the batch job!" Norry Hersey, City of Pensacola, Pensacola, FL

"We have found the software (LP Plus) to be rock solid' in its ability to handle a wide variety of printer operations for us. We have fourteen system printers, some are used for dedicated printing only, others are periodically detached' for forms printing and then reattached' for normal jobs. We have printers at remote sites and we use a variety of printer models." Rita Graham, Delicato Vineyards, Manteca, CA

"LP Plus enables us to manage our print jobs rather than them managing us. It saves many hours of reprinting. Managing special forms would be difficult without LP Plus. My operations people would lynch me if they had to go back to UNIX lp." Rick Pearson, Brown Moulding Company, Montevallo, AL

"LP Plus has a better user interface and more functionality. The ability to display print jobs for a single printer and instant command access are my favorite features." Werner Bartels, MIS Director, Cummins Mid-America

"LP Plus has filled a vast void UNIX has in dealing with print spooling needs. Fantastic product!" Gary Dame, MIS Director, Pacific States Cast Iron Pipe

"We like LP Plus because we can view reports before printing. We also appreciate the ability to save spool files and to turn off printing of the banner page." Ed Windham, Jet Stream Plastics, Siloam Springs, AR

"When we needed to restart a print job or back up a few pages, it had to be done manually, so the end users were always calling DP. Now they can take care of their own problems through the menu system and selection of the correct command ...I don't know what I would do if we had to go back to a system without an lp system such as LP Plus. You would never dream what you were missing until you have used it." Cheryl Rogers, Paul Jackson Wholesale, Roseburg, OR

"LP Plus has worked very well for us. I was particularly pleased with the support I received when I had a problem or a question." Dave Smith, High Grade Beverage, South Brunswick NJ

Free Evaluation

Experience the benefits of LP Plus before you buy. Use the complete product, documentation and technical support on your system for 30 days. If you are not satisfied that LP Plus greatly enhances the productivity of your print operation, simply remove LP Plus and give your print operation back to UNIX lp. Call (800) 274-1627 today for a free evaluation of LP Plus or click here to e-mail a request for an evaluation copy of LP Plus. Be sure to provide the following:

Your name
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