Sentinel print management software, pull printing, secure print release, managed print services, serverless printing. Print reporting, control over all printing devices of the enterprise, network and locally connected printers monitoring. Sentinel by ePaper Ltd. is print management software with flexible, modular architecture that can be customized according to the printing/copying/scanning needs of any type of organization - from small business to global enterprise. It adjusts according to any enterprise architecture. Sentinel integrates with existing printing infrastructure and opens the possibility to save a large amount of money on toner, paper, electricity and costly maintenance. It makes possible to set printing policies for users and groups, enforce duplex printing if needed, control the quality and other parameters of print output. The options for customization are unlimited due to powerful scripting language used in Sentinel. Sentinel uses unique SaveToner technology that makes possible to reduce the amount of toner use across whole enterprise not compromising on quality. The built-in reporting system will keep track of all printing activity. All printing devices are monitored regardless of connection type – both network and connected locally. A number of private printers in use can be reduced - it is possible to use network printers instead, keeping the security at the highest level with pull printing technology. The system uses existing Internet infrastructure avoiding costly or, in some cases, impossible upgrade - using traffic less printing technology when the print job is compressed of only the metadata is sent to print server. Sentinel makes possible to print heavyweight documents even over unstable, slow or interrupted connection keeping printing process intact and secure. Distributed printing is possible from any data source – Unix, Mainframe, ERP etc.

2. What is Sentinel?
Sentinel is an innovative printer management solution, designed for
organizations who need better control over their printing system
Sentinel provides improvements in many areas
Security
Cost control
Printer Management
Environmental impact
And more…

3. System Architecture

4. The job is captured
and saved by
Sentinel software
print server
Sentinel software
user station
User Station
database
Print Process
Sentinel
controllercentral
printer
Sentinel
controllercentral
printer
A print job is created
by the user
The Sentinel
server receives the
user ID and finds
the user’s print
jobs
The user identifies
at the controller
The print job
is printed

5. Security
 To pull a job from the printer, the user must self-identify
 Users can only see and collect their own print jobs
 Printed material is not left unattended
 Scan To Me prevents sending scanned documents to the
wrong address by mistake

6. Cost Control
 Print jobs are not processed until the user who sent the job
comes to collect them
 If the job is not collected, it is deleted after a timeout, defined in
the system settings
 Budgets can be managed, by group or department
 Generated reports indicate usage of printing resources
Existing customers report a cost
reduction of 20 to 30 percent

7. Printer Management
 Web user interface for administrator use allows you to
manage the system from any workstation
 Built-in reports can be delivered automatically by email
 Simple to install and easy to use
 Automatically detects network printers
 Collects information and statistics, including errors relating
to the toner status
 Centralized management, no need for individual workstation
maintenance

8. Printer Management

9. Environmental Impact
If …
 Pages are only printed when
someone arrives to collect
them
 System deletes forgotten jobs
after timeout
 Administrators can force
duplex printing
 Employees know their printing
expenses are recorded and
budgeted
Then …
 Fewer pages are printed
 Fewer printers are needed
 Less electricity is used
 Less toner and ink are
used

10. Mail To Print
 Print email and email attachments by forwarding the email to
the Sentinel email account
 Print from your mobile device easily, without connecting to the
enterprise network

11. QR Code and NFC Tag
 Pull your print job using any smartphone or mobile device
 Simply scan the QR code or NFC sticker attached to the printer
 Works on any printer type, with no need for additional hardware

12. Scan To Me
 Scan directly to your email account without typing your email
or managing an address book at each printer
 Secure
 Fast
 Prevents mistakes due to sending scanned documents to the
wrong email address

13. Scripting Language
 Enables administrator to create special rules
 Customizes the integration of the system into the company
infrastructure to suit their needs
 Calls external applications to perform special tasks
Sample scripts
 According to job name, force duplex and long edge
 Write user name, document name, date, and time on each page,
at the left side, vertically
 According to job name, reduce toner by 25%

14. Scripting Language, cont.

15. Reporting System
 Use the built-in reports
 Program the Report Designer to create your own report, including
accessing external databases rather than the Sentinel database
 Schedule your reports to run automatically
 Deliver them by email or to the file system

16. Multi-Site Support
 Install Sentinel server at each print server site
 All sites are connected to the same database and managed in
one place by the Sentinel web application
 A print job can be pulled from a different site, where it originated