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Gain complete control over Print, Copy, Scan and Fax

PaperCut MF is a simple, low cost software application that lets you take control and manage your printers, copiers and multi-function devices.

BOSS Business Systems has recently partnered with ACDI Professional Services in order to provide a very unique and inexpensive product that can literally save you thousands on your printing costs.  We are happy to offer this incredible print management software to our customer base.  Some of the features this product offers:

• Web Based Administration:
  Many applications are moving “onto the web”. The advantages of doing this are clear: web technologies make cross-platform support easy, and the web based nature removes the need to install additional software (or access a system where the software is already installed!).PaperCut comes “out of the box” with a web based interface for administration. There is no need to configure your own web server however, because PaperCut includes its own. Modern web design techniques such as tabs, effects and transitions even make PaperCut’s web interface feel like a traditional desktop application.

• Advanced Charging:
  In a quota-based or charged environment, one of the most important tools at the administrator’s disposal is the ability to charge different amounts for different types of documents or on different types of printers.Printers are designed for a particular task and a particular work rate. For example an inkjet color printer is ideal for photos or the occasional color page but should not be used print 1000-page black and white documents when the heavy duty laser printer is located just down the corridor.

• MFD Embedded Software (Multi Function Copiers)
  For printing PaperCut authenticates and tracks print jobs at the server layer before they pass to the MFD. To track off-the-glass device usage such as copying usage the authentication and tracking step needs to be done on the device itself. Where possible this is accomplished using embedded software. The embedded software runs on the MFD and works with the PaperCut Server to bring the same experience offered with printing to direct device usage.

• Paper Cut MF Reports
  Get access to the most important data in realtime – straight from your web browser, from anywhere on your network. Create reports with custom data by specifying date ranges, filtering and sorting by the data available. Great to give you different perspectives on printing usage.Create reports that will be regularly generated and emailed to members of your organization or scheduled to be saved to disk. Great for sending regular reports to managers without even needing to compile it first

• Web Print
  Web Print is PaperCut’s unique and industry leading solution to manage the growing need for printing from laptops, wireless devices and anonymous users. As a core feature of PaperCut, Web Print enables printing from user-owned devices without the overhead of installing printer drivers and managing server authentication. PaperCut’s Web Print has been deployed across hundreds of education campuses and is an ideal solution for offering print services via student owned laptops and netbooks.PaperCut can also track wireless printing from the iPad and iPhone (iOS devices).

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For more information and a free live demonstration of this incredible new and cost effective software you can contact us today by clicking the link or call (209) 952-2677.

 

 

 

Customers often ask: “How do I get my machine to meter my color and black prints properly when I make booklets or multi-page documents?”

Here is a simple explanation from our research into this sometimes frustrating topic.

The simple explanation is that the issue usually lies with the software that is sending to the copier.  The copier, if receiving the correct information in the print stream, can meter each separate page as color or black and white and in turn count your meter clicks correctly.  However, that can be challenging to many users when there is not complete control in how each page is created.  Here are some steps to ensure that your files meter properly and to have black pages count as black pages when metered. (this applies to and Adobe workflow)

1.  Create all JPEGs or TIFFs in Photoshop to ensure that they are saved in grey scale and not CMYK Black.   This is the #1 cause of error.

2.  Ensure that all type being used is actually black and not CMYK Black.  You can see this by looking at you color palette in Indesign.  Notice that next to the Black Color is the CMYK symbol.  Next to the Registration color is no CMYK.  This means that the copier will interpret the “Black” color as CMYK Black.

3.  The other sneaky problem in Indesign is using any of the Type Effects.  If you open this window to apply them to your text and you select “preview” you will notice how the black and white photos of the document change when you turn the effects on and off.  Indesign converts the page to CMYK Black when using any of these effects.

4.  If you want to create type effects the best option is to make them in Photoshop and then import them as grayscale images into your indesign project.

Following the above tips will help you to properly create pages that correctly meter on your machine.

 

 

BOSS Business Systems, Inc. is pleased to announce that our flagship brand, Konica Minolta, has received the Product Line of the Year Award from Buyers Laboratory.

“What Konica Minolta has achieved with a third consecutive A3 MFP Line of the Year Award is nearly unprecedented,” said BLI Managing Editor Daria Hoffman. “In the 26-year history of the award, Konica Minolta is one of only two vendors to earn the award three years in a row and it is the only vendor to do so in the past decade.” “All in all, Konica Minolta’s current lineup of A3 MFPs includes 12 products that have earned Pick awards—more than any other vendor—and 14 products that have received Highly Recommended ratings,” said George Mikolay, BLI’s senior product editor of A3/Copier MFPs.

BOSS provides copiers, printers and faxes to the greater Stockton area as well as much of the central valley.  We service Amador County, Stanislaus County, Tuolumne County, Calaveras County and San Joaquin County.  To contact someone about purchasing one of our Award Winning Konica Minolta copiers click here.

 

Google Docs on your bizhub!

Konica Minolta now offers a Google Docs connector application that can be installed on the newest line of color and black and white copiers and printers.   Just log into your google account once the application is installed on your bizhub and you can browse, search, preview, and print Google Docs, emails, and email attachments, scan and upload your paper documents to folders or as email attachments, etc.

In order to install Google Docs you must have the correct App feature installed on your machine.  Please contact us today for information on this option.

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The Konica Minolta 2013 Dealer Event just concluded in Las Vegas, NV with many exciting releases.

This year Konica Minolta hosted the 2013 dealer meeting in the beautiful Palazzo Hotel in Las Vegas.  Over 350 dealer from around the world were in attendance to this 3 day event.  BOSS Business Systems was in attendance to get the latest news and view new equipment that is for sale now as well as into the future.  Below are a few of the highlights of this event:

Konica Minolta Launches bizhub 454e/364e/284e/224e Series
Incorporating the award-winning INFO-Palette design, these new bizhub models offer integrated hardware and software control from the touchscreen control panel for enhanced workflow management and productivity.

New bizhub PRESS C1100
Konica Minolta announced the upcoming bizhub C1100.  This massive production print machine prints at 100 pages per with many new accessories and options that will be of high interest to our production print customers.

Mobile Applications (Apps)
There are many new Apps that have been released to increase the productivity and workflow of our customers.  These are all available threw the in Info Palette design bizhubs.  Some of the apps include Google docs connector, Sharepoint connector, weather and corporate announcements.

For more information contact us today.

xerox is a term used by many to describe a copier used to make a xerographic copy.

If that is what you are looking for then you have come to the right place.

BOSS Business Systems, Inc. sells and services copiers in the greater Stockton area.  Our territories include San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Tuolumne, Amador and Calaveras counties.  We are locally owned and operated and have been in business here in Stockton, CA for over 24 years.  We sell a full line of Konica Minolta and Samsung copiers and laser printers.  We also offer Managed Print Services to help companies take full control over their printing environment saving time and money.  Our Konica Minolta copiers have been rated #1 in the industry for 2 years in a row.  So if you want the latest in technology from a locally owned and operated dealership contact us today.