Item: Vasion Print
Rating: 7
Author: Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Vasion Print

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use it to allow end-users an easy way to install printers they are allowed to use. It also helps us track usage across departments, which we are required to do for financial auditing purposes. Our campus uses a variety of devices and Vasion Print works well with all manufactures, even Apple and Microsoft devices.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Installation of printers by the end-user
Easy identification of printer locations
Automatic deployment of printers based on device hostname

Cons

CPA compatibility with Kyocera copiers
Technical support
More robust reporting, better ways to group users by department
Ability to choose the specific version of CPA client installed on each device

Return on Investment

Semi-automated reporting, no more manually collecting records for account tracking.
Much less help desk calls to install printers.
Easier to automate installing printers based on computer hostname.

Usability

It is easy to use overall from both the end-user side of things, but as well from the admin side of things. For the most part, we don't run into installation errors and because the printers are installed as TCP/IP, users can print without dealing with any issue in regards to a print server. The secure printing can sometimes be a pain though, as the client doesn't always log the user in using the correct credentials, so jobs are sometimes sent to the wrong account. This happens mostly when the client logs in as the local user on the computer, even though we use IDP or SSO that doesn't match the local user of the computer (domain\username vs username@domain).

Print Management Impact

Users are able to freely install printers that they are allowed access to and can even print when off the network easily. The secure print holds allow users to print to shared copiers when they are at the copier so confidential information is not seen by others. I wouldn't necessarily say it totally eliminates print servers though, as you still need a server to manage the CPA client on the machines, which is needed to use almsot all the features of Vasion Print.

Alternatives Considered

PaperCut

PaperCut actually has more features and works better than Vasion Print from a copier standpoint. In my opinion, where Vasion Print works better though is that it had better compatibility for our Apple Mac users. It also has a cool feature that lets you place printers on a map, so end-users can better find the printers close to them when installing. We chose PrinterLogic over PaperCut soley because of the better compatibility with Apple Mac.

Key Insights

Do you think Vasion Print delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Vasion Print's feature set?

Did Vasion Print live up to sales and marketing promises?

Did implementation of Vasion Print go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Vasion Print again?

Yes

Likelihood to Recommend

Works well in environments where you may want users to install their own printers and they need to easily identify which printers are located near their area. In my experience, not great to use the CPA client though if you have a lot of Kyocera copiers, but works really well with Konica Minolta.

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Channon Voyce
(Vendor Representative) commented 2 months ago
This is a very honest review thank you. We like to know how we are winning but also how we can improve. Please keep the feedback coming.

Great for End-User Installation