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IBM Infoprint 1532 Express
Panasonic WORKiO DP-6530
Product Dynamics
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Overview:
The user was clearly placed in the bull’s
eye when IBM sat down to redesign its
popular Infoprint-series monochrome
printer family.
A host of new innovative features have
been added, and features already present
have been modified to make them easier to
use. The result is a device that delivers a
very user-friendly walk-up experience, a
selection of productivity enhancing tools,
and greater automated capabilities for
routine office tasks, further enhancing
productivity and reducing opportunities for
human error. For these reasons the IBM
Infoprint 1532 Express has been elevated
to the prestigious level of 5-star status by
BERTL, an award only given to devices
that set the bar higher than the
competition, creating a new benchmark
that others will aspire to match.
At 35 ppm, the IBM Infoprint 1532 Express
is the entry-level product in the recently
reworked Infoprint-series which goes up to
50ppm. The Infoprint-series are workgroup
level printers that are an important part of
IBM “print-less strategy.”
Highpoints of the feature set are:
• 400 MHz processor,64 MB RAM
(expandable to 576 MB), and an
optional hard drive.
• Graphic LCD provides walk- through of
user maintenance tasks.
• 10-digit number pad makes secure
printing easier than ever before
• Direct USB port interface at device for
walk-up PDF (and other supported file
format) printing from flash USB drives.
• ImageQuick comes as standard,
providing pull printing from file and
web/URL destinations.
• 3,850-sheet maximum input capacity
• Extensive networking, wireless, and
fiber-optic security options.
• An optional 25-sheet stapler unit that
can hold up to 40 stapled sets (500
sheets maximum).
Target Market:
The IBM Infoprint 1532 Express is a
powerful workgroup printer specifically
targeted to financial services, retail,
healthcare, and government verticals, and
will also be a good fit in most general office
environments.
The simple GUI interface, along with its
graphic help screens, gives this printer a
low-learning curve — increasing worker
productivity. Features like ImageQuick for
direct printing of files from desktops and
the slick USB interface for direct printing of
PDF files at the console turns this printer
into a high-throughput appliance.
The Infoprint 1532 comes in a base model
and the “n” model which supports Ethernet
networking.
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IBM Infoprint 1532 Express
Panasonic WORKiO DP-6530
Product Dynamics
Hardware Installation:
We found this departmental device easy
to install and set-up. The entire hardware
installation was completed in less than
one hour. No special tools were required
— allowing the procedure to be
performed by non-technical support
personnel.
Device Driver Installation:
The installation of the device driver onto
a PC was equally simple and quick. The
IBM installation CD wizard asks users
or the administrator to follow simple
instructions which guide them through
the process.
Administrators will like the ability to install
the driver onto one or multiple remote PC
desktop locations within a single
installation process. To achieve this the
administrator chooses remote installation
and then either enters the specific network
location, browses across the network to a
location, or specifies a pre-defined list of
PCs. For example, an
administrator could set up a list
of all the PCs in the second
floor sales department. He/she
could give that group access to
the IBM Infoprint 1532 Express
— a process that, with IBM’s
installation wizard, can be
achieved in a matter of
seconds.
The installation of the driver
software added only a few
minutes to our total set-up time.
The driver installation software for the IBM Infoprint
The IBM Infoprint series allows driver installation
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IBM Infoprint 1532 Express
Panasonic WORKiO DP-6530
Device Management
Remote management of the IBM Infoprint
1532 Express can be accomplished
through the device’s embedded Web
Server. From their browsers, administrators
can monitor resource levels (toner, paper,
fuser), configure network and security
settings, check print statistics, and
establish email alert conditions.
Two features that we would have like to
have seen in its Web implementation are
direct printing of files — the same formats
available through the DragNPrint — and
access to stored jobs on the hard drive.
However, these minor deficiencies are
more than made up by IBM’s free
comprehensive remote management
software, called MarkVision Professional.
MarkVision Professional:
The IBM Infoprint 1532 Express comes
with a powerful Windows-based
management utility called MarkVision
Professional. BERTL has always been
impressed with the level of functionality,
integration and desk-based management
capabilities available to the end user (and
the IT Manager) through MarkVision
Professional.
Acting like a sophisticated NMS — e.g.,
Tivoli and HP OpenVue — MarkVision
Professional lets administrators organize
printers and MFP devices into logical
categories based on MarkVision’s internal
SNMP-based fields. Using a folder
metaphor, administrators can then quickly
navigate to areas of interest. For each
folder, they can choose filter criteria from a
set of static fields (location, paper size,
etc.) or dynamic ones tied to status or
resource levels. Since sub-folders inherit
the parent folder’s filter settings,
administrators can create a hierarchy of
device groupings — e.g., printers, mono
The home page for the IBM InfoPrint series displays
the device’s current status along with paper levels
Job length statistics can be viewed from the IBM
printers, mono printers within the sales
department, etc.
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IBM Infoprint 1532 Express
Panasonic WORKiO DP-6530
Device Management
Overall, the software’s features,
settings, and action menus provide
administrators with many ways to
arrange and display device data.
They can also create custom
“views” to display built-in graphics
and tables. And they can create
new tables by selecting from
MarkVision’s list of device fields.
MarkVision Messenger:
MarkVision is designed as server-
based software and supports a Web
interface in addition to the Windows
one. Roving administrators can
therefore manage printers
remotely.
The Web interface includes MarkVision
Messenger. This application allows
administrators to build email alerts based
on a large set of conditions — e.g., finisher,
low supplies, and life waning. Messages
can include macro fields allowing device
specific information to be
inserted into the
message text.
For convenience,
MarkVision Professional
lets administrators tie
alerts to individual
folders containing a
filtered set of devices.
With a single click, alert
conditions can be
targeted to group
devices, rather than
forcing manual entry of
IP address or host
names.
Email messages can contain device specific information.