HP's Web Jetadmin now provides access to previously inaccessible management data on Ricoh devices including the Aficio, Lanier, Savin, and Gestetner series devices - greatly enhancing this product's position as a multivendor device management tool.
Pursuing its strategy to strengthen HP Web Jetadmin's sphere of influence, HP has been working with a broad range of device manufacturers to develop and certify vendor and device-specific plug-ins that work with HP Web Jetadmin.
benefits
These plug-ins permit HP Web Jetadmin to give administrators access to information on non-HP devices that was previously unavailable, thus enhancing HP's ability to manage non-HP network peripherals and greatly simplifying the management of multi-vendor device environments.
This enables the large segment of businesses that have printers and copiers from multiple vendors to implement HP Web Jetadmin as its preferred management tool. It also enables HP to penetrate multi-functional printer accounts dominated by the competition and to continue to strengthen HP's position as the imaging and printing solution provider of choice.
With the delivery of this first set of plug-ins from Ricoh -- and with plug-ins from other vendors following shortly -- HP offers an unparalleled value proposition to managers/administrators of network devices. Administrators can greatly simplify their management task, and can conveniently use a single peripheral management tool to effectively manage devices from multiple vendors, saving both time and money.
access to plug-ins
These third-party plug-ins can be downloaded individually, or for exceptional convenience, customers can subscribe to receive all non-HP plug-ins as a software bundle for a nominal yearly fee through HP Software Depot.
This service enhances the ability to get timely access to the latest and most complete set of plug-ins available.
additional information
For information on HP Web Jetadmin, the devices supported, or a full list of features supported, go to http://www.hp.com/go/webjetadmin and select "3rd Party Device Plug-ins."
To subscribe for the plug-in software bundle service, go to hp web jetadmin device plug-in service for non-hp devices.
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