There are a lot of printing solutions out there in the business world, but very few of them manage to combine a boost in efficiency with a boost in security. One of those solutions is follow-you printing--and when you see everything it can do for your business, you might just be surprised.

A Day in the Life

Sometimes the best way to really see a workflow solution in action is to imagine "a day in the life" with and without the solution in place. When it comes to follow-you printing,, this is pretty easy to do.

First, let's see what you're missing without follow-you printing. Imagine an average day in your business, and then assume that three different employees need to print sensitive documents.

• Employee #1 hits "print" and hurries to the machine--only to find that another print job has already been started. This causes that sensitive document to get lost among the other pages, which is a real security risk.
• Employee #2 hits "print" too, but doesn't find the document on the printer. Since there's no way to track the print job or the document, employee #2 has to figure out who printed last and who might have accidentally taken the sensitive data.
• Employee #3 did everything right, but unfortunately, they happened to choose a printer that's waiting for maintenance or repairs. Now employee #3 has to wait by the printer to make sure the sensitive document doesn't get misplaced.

Sound familiar? The good news is that follow-you printing introduces technology that allows each employee to have a personalized print queue, requiring user authentication at the machine before printing any sensitive document. This saves time, money, and stress, all while boosting security--and for proof, just look at the same day as before, but with follow-you printing.

• Employee #1 simply waits for the other print job to finish, and then uses follow-you printing to retrieve the sensitive document.
• Employee #2 never has to worry that the sensitive document fell into the wrong hands since only the right hands can access the queue.
• Employee #3 can finish other work while the machine is repaired, then return and retrieve the protected document.

If follow-you printing sounds like a solution to some of your biggest security concerns, contact us today!