Pharos Beacon Print Analytics

Pharos Beacon Print Analytics is a solution designed to provide print analytics and cost optimization for print environments. According to the vendor, this product is targeted at small to large enterprises and caters to a range of professions and industries including IT Managers, Print Administrators, Facilities Managers, Finance Managers, and Education Institutions.

Key Features

Granular details: According to the vendor, Pharos Beacon Print Analytics provides granular details about where, when, and how print costs arise across the entire organization. This comprehensive understanding of print operations is said to help identify specific areas of print costs and potential cost-saving opportunities.

Comprehensive view: The vendor claims that Pharos Beacon Print Analytics offers users a singular, comprehensive view of enterprise-wide print operations. This eliminates the need for separate dashboards for each office or device manufacturer, providing a centralized platform to monitor and manage print activities.

Identify outliers: The vendor states that the solution enables quick identification of outliers in print usage and costs, allowing administrators to pinpoint top cost-producing users and devices. This proactive management of print resources is said to optimize cost savings for the organization.

Intuitive dashboards: According to the vendor, Pharos Beacon Print Analytics offers intuitive dashboards that visualize key metrics of the print environment. Administrators can reportedly drill down to job-level details for deeper analysis, enhancing their understanding of print operations and facilitating informed decision-making.

Rapid deployment: The vendor claims that this product enables total enterprise-wide fleet awareness in as little as 1 hour. It is said to streamline the deployment process for quick implementation, minimizing disruption to ongoing print operations during installation.

Automated device discovery: According to the vendor, Pharos Beacon Print Analytics automatically discovers and populates new printers added to the network within Pharos Cloud. This ensures up-to-date visibility of all network printers, saving time and effort in manually configuring and adding new printers.

Customizable views: The vendor states that users have the ability to create personalized views that include relevant data, allowing them to organize data in a manner that is intuitive to them. This feature is said to enhance usability and tailor the interface to individual preferences.

Print monitoring software technology: According to the vendor, Pharos Beacon Print Analytics utilizes Device Scout and Print Scout to capture print device metrics and job information. It collects comprehensive data about each print job, including user, time, and device used, and sends this print data to Pharos Cloud for reporting and analysis.