Loftware Print Server Software
Loftware Print Server Software
Centralizes label printing management from design to label print job creation and printing.
Centralized Control for Enterprise Label Printing
The Loftware Print Server is a server-based software solution for managing and processing label print requests from corporate applications. It is available in Starter, Standard and Premier Editions. The Loftware Print Server is a highly scalable system that is designed to handle label print requests targeted to hundreds or thousands of printers. The Loftware Print Server can be deployed in enterprise architectures to support load dividing, fault tolerance, and automatic failover to assure continuous high volume label production.
Business-critical applications can off-load resourceintensive barcode label printing and RFID smart label encoding to the Loftware Print Server which translates label print requests into printer specific language before sending them to the printers. This eliminates the need to write and maintain costly device-specific code to attain optimum application and printer performance.
Control and Compliance without Coding
The Loftware Print Server links business-critical applications such as Enterprise Resource Planning, Supply Chain Management, and Warehouse Management Systems to the label printing infrastructure to solve the ‘Last Mile Connectivity’ problem. Loftware’s products support connectivity to the broadest range of applications including SAP®, Oracle®-Based Applications, and a large array of legacy systems and third-party software packages. Loftware is committed to protect legacy and future investments in the technology that drive your business. The Loftware Print Server delivers uniform control of the print process, from design through production, on a wide range of otherwise incompatible printers. Advanced management tools also allow IT professionals to monitor their entire network of printers.
Server Management
The Loftware Print Server Premier Edition features advanced administration tools that enable organizations to centralize operations for increased control and lower maintenance costs. These include E-Mail Alerts for system and printer notifications, a Status Client for monitoring the Loftware Print Server and its associated printers, utilities for system troubleshooting, and the ability to add and change labels without effecting the business applications generating label print requests.
Integration and Compliance
The Loftware Print Server supports a high level of integration:
- Industry-standard Loftware Web Services™
- Browser-based On-Demand-Print Loftware WebAccess™
- ASCII file (.XML, .CSV, .PAS) via a File Drop
With the Loftware Print Server, companies can readily adhere to the product (retail unit), container (trade unit), and/or shipment (logistics unit) label standards established by Government Regulatory Agencies (such as the U.S. Department of Defense), International Standards Bodies (e.g. GS1, EAN International, UCC, etc.) Industry Trade Groups (e.g. Automotive Industry Action Group, Health Industry Business Communications Council, etc.), Third Party Logistics and Shipping Companies (FedEx, DHL, UPS, etc.), and Strategic Business Partners (e.g. the major automotive manufacturers such as GM, Ford, Honda, Toyota, Delphi and retailers including Wal-Mart, Target, Sears, JC Penney, etc.).
Reliability and Performance
Built to meet the heavy demands of business-critical application environments, the Loftware Print Server delivers 24/7 mission critical availability with:
- Multi-processor support with load dividing between Loftware Print Server processors
- Fault tolerant (failover) support for multi-server clustering (Loftware Print Server Premier Edition only)
- Error recovery and event logging
- Full Audit Trail for archiving label requests
- Disaster recovery configurations available
- Centralizes control of the label printing function
- Ensures fast and reliable label production
- Prints thousands to millions of labels per day
- Enables label data integration from more than one application and/or database with the Loftware Connector®
- Provides new labels to meet growth opportunities now
- Quickly delivers updated labels to changing business requirements
- Assures compliance with strategic business partner and/or regulatory agency label requirements
- Multiple print requests are queued for each target printer with full error recovery and guaranteed delivery
- High-Speed TCP/IP Socket connectivity with Loftware Print Servers results in the rapid processing of label print requests and high label production throughput
- Translates label print request into device-specific printer control language in order to deliver optimal label printer performance
- Critical Print Status information available on a per job basis