Consider how easy the system is to plug into an existing network, and whether it is easy to deploy and will provide immediate benefits with little start-up training.

• Does the vendor provide web based software that configures, manages, monitors and reports on printing devices throughout the enterprise?
• Are wizards provided for critical processes including installation, troubleshooting, upgrading, cloning, to free up your more experience technical staff?
• Are the print drivers for all devices provided and installed from a common CD with always the most current drivers downloadable from the web?
• Does the system provide an open architecture for integration with a wide variety of document management systems? • Will it play well with current desktop applications, standards, and document repositories in place?
• Does the scanner emit industry standard file formats, such as PDF (including searchable PDF), TIFF, and JPEG?
• Does the system support common network user authorization, authentication schemes and common directory protocols, such as LDAP?

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