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Manage costs, confidentiality and productivity with secure release printing

Follow Me, Find Me, Push Me, Pull Me printing – however you wish to call it, secure release print and in many businesses and education establishments. With many benefits for the environment and the bottom line, users are able to manage their printing requirements securely by releasing individual print jobs to the most conveniently located printer.

Multi-function printers (MFP) are now commonplace in larger organisations. Whilst there are many benefits to consolidating the print and copy function in a workplace, there are disadvantages to this form of shared equipment. Users sometimes forget to collect their documents or spend valuable time waiting in a queue behind a large print run. The use of MFPs can also result in an increase in paper use and toner wastage, higher maintenance costs and sensitive documents falling into the wrong hands.

ID Card Centre addresses these common issues by providing a comprehensive range of print and copy card reader hardware, brackets and stands from all the major manufacturers –

Once a document has been submitted to the printer, the user swipes an ID card or inputs a PIN to release the print job at the printer of their choice. They are more likely to collect their document and if it’s confidential, they can be sure that nobody else will pick it up. If a printer is out of service, users can release their print job to the next available printer, without disrupting productivity.

Users tend to think more carefully about their documents when they have to personally release them for printing, this can lead to less paper and ink being used. An overall reduction in print and copy needs is far more considerate to the environment and can also result in fewer printers being required at

Secure release printing helps businesses and organisations to reduce cost, protect data and support workforce productivity with the implementation of simply-installed card reader technology from ID Card Centre. The technology from industry-leading