Q PILOT®: Managing printing costs and document output network-wide

With Q PILOT®, Schomäcker Card Solutions offers a modern print and output management system for secure document output and company-wide cost control of print, copy and scan services. The simple system administration and user friendliness of the system tools ensure efficient operations and quick acceptance within the company in just a short time.

Use the advantages of Q PILOT®

• Network-wide security for transmission of print and scan data
  
• Secure document output through user authentication
  
• Differentiated cost registration for all print, copy and scan services   
• Comprehensive usage statistics with data export
  
• Simple user account administration with LDAP integration
  
• Just one IP address for reader and MFD
  
• User-friendly and web-based administrator interface
  
• Smooth integration into multifunctional card solutions
• Can be used as an independent solution or as an add-on

Product features at a glance
Document output control

• Control of print jobs for efficient device capacity usage
  
• Print tracking (print2me) across sites
  
• Time-controlled deletion of print and scan jobs
  
• Secure document output through user authentication at the device
• Management of scan services for users and user groups
  
• Budgeting and quotes for color prints

Company-wide cost registration

• Differentiated cost management for print, copy and scan services
• Cost billing according to cost units and/or via cashless payment
• Differentiated price tables for device services (print, copy, scan), output format and color mode
• Price table assignment to one of several device(s)
  
• print2me function across sites
• Support for direct printers

Administration of user accounts

• Native LDAP support
• Setup of user accounts with multiple logins
  
• User assignment to one or most cost units
• Define which users are in charge of cost units
• Define user budgets

Reporting functions

• Evaluation of individual users and user groups
• Evaluation of cost units
• Evaluation of individual devices
• Narrowed down usage statistics based on data filters (e.g. time limits, device names, etc.)
  
• Export of evaluation results
• Generation of cost overviews

Administration and user friendliness

• Clear-cut and web-based administrator interface
  
• Adjustable interface depending on administrator roles
• Configurable client (Windows®, Mac Os X®, Linux®)

Modern software architecture

• Usable as an independent solution or as an add-on
• Integrated database support for Microsoft® SQL, PostgrSQ®, MySQL® and Oracle®
  
• Server clustering with Q PILOT® Interchange

Product extensions for Q PILOT®

• Card readers by Schomäcker Card Solutions
  
• Cable kit 20PIN for blocking multifunction printers without user rights

Interfaces

• Interfaces with industry standards for the retail sector, industry, academic institutions and libraries

Complementary products

• Card charging and vending station RS 5000 series for cashless cost billing
• Schomäcker card management system for user administration and card personalization service offerings for Q PILOT®

Service offerings for Q PILOT®
Installation and integration service into existing solutions, server clustering, parallel operation of various card solutions. For additional questions, please contact us directly at:
Phone +49 (0)2203 / 92576-0