Regardless of whether you are a small company or big business with several locations – uniFLOW offers features for every company size.

HelixPW combines Web2Print and Workflow Management within one platform.

Since Web2Print and Workflow Management are both integral systems within HelixPW, continual easy communication between the print room and end user is ensured.

HelixPW allows the administrator to customize nearly all items of the Web Submission front end.

The Catalog function in HelixPW allows jobs containing variable data to be ordered, such as business cards and mailings.

The Catalog in Web Submission reflects all products on offer by the print room and allows managing print jobs and variable data printing as well as predefining orders for different end users.

The HelixPW web based shop front can support an unlimited number of web shops for different users.

Helix Production Workflow enables in-house print rooms to offer a flexible Web2Print solution with a wide range of functionalities such as a shopping cart, preflight, host conversion, job status, job ticket, native file support or an authorization workflow.

With the Multi-Level Cost Center option a hierarchical cost center structure can be built to supply a more accurate allocation of costs.

Informative and effective user and department cost allocation reports can be generated and individually configured to suit the business needs of individual print rooms.

When HelixPW is performing print and copy cost accounting, it is also possible to differentiate between per document options and per page options.

Accounting and tracking of detailed print job information and costs are an integral part of HelixPW.

HelixPW is equipped with an easy-to-use page composition tool that allows Adobe Acrobat to be launched directly from the application.

When a job is submitted via the web, HelixPW will check if the document meets pre-defined quality criteria, such as the resolution of images and font availability showing it to both the end user and printer.

The Web Submission job ticket in HelixPW can contain information like printer options, finishing options, additional services, personal data or a delivery address.

With HelixPW end users can upload PDF-/ PostScript files by default.

HelixPW Web Submission provides an easy way for end users/ customers to upload files via a configurable website. These files can then be checked, formatted and printed by an in-house operator as per the job specifications and instructions.

Media Synchronization allows the automatic exchange of media information between Canon imagePress devices and HelixPW.

HelixPW includes a wide range of strong features in relation to interfacing and communicating with output devices optimized to the Canon range, but other makes of device can also be part of the workflow.

Ordinary print management systems can tell you that a user made a copy on a device at a certain time. Only uniFLOW can show you what they copied.

You can bring paper documents into your Data Loss Prevention system by monitoring the content of each print, copy, fax and scan job.

Worried about information leaking from your organization? Monitor the content of each print, copy, fax and scan job to alert the security department if a breach occurs.

uniFLOW helps maintaining your ISO14001 certification by comparing your environmental impact to a previous period.

You can promote environmental awareness through reports showing the number of trees saved from duplex printing and jobs not printed through secure printing.

Accurate billing will be ensured through centralized meter and counter readings regardless of device manufacturer.

Load on the IT support department can be reduced by having the printers and MFDs themselves reporting when there is a problem.

Never run out of toner with consumable management and predictions of when new toner will be required.

Personalized individual scanning workflows follow the user to each device so they can perform the actions related to their job role regardless of where they are.

uniFLOW allows you to turn paper into editable formats, such as Microsoft Word, at a touch of a button.

Remove the need to re-enter information on paper by using Zone OCR and barcode recognition when scanning.

Capture key information on paper by scanning files directly to back office document management systems.

Scan documents securely to the cloud using GoogleDocs without having to enter usernames and passwords.

Scan documents as highly compressed documents directly to the location of your choice such as email, folder or Microsoft SharePoint.

You can prompt the user to print to the cheapest device – and track which users ignore this advice.

uniFLOW will save you costs by automatically printing emails in black and white or changing large jobs to be printed double sided.

In uniFLOW all mobile printing is tracked back to individual users ensuring that all reports and budgeting is the same as if they printed from their desktop.

Smartphone and tablet users can use their device to identify themselves, select and release their secure print jobs.

Guests have with uniFLOW the ability to print when visiting your organization while still retaining control of what device functionality they are given.

With uniFLOW you can allow mobile users to print from any mobile device to any printer anywhere without a need to install printer drivers or applications.

Managed mobile printing allows you to control which guests can print to your devices and which ones can’t.

You can print directly from smartphones and tablets using the native printing functionality already in the operating system.

If you forgot to print double sided or with a staple: Never mind – just add the setting before releasing your secure print job.

Users can identify themselves with a variety of different identification methods such as proximity card, smart card, magnetic swipe card, PIN number, fingerprint or username and password.

Users can pick up their print jobs from any printer - if one printer is out of service, they can walk to another one to release their jobs.

You are able to work even when the network is down as the MFD remembers the login details of previous users or key personnel.

uniFLOW Universal Driver ensures you get the correct output every time regardless of make or model of printer.

You can store print jobs on a server and only release them once you are standing next to the printer of your choice.

Each print and copy job can be priced in four different ways allowing you to track your internal costs, external costs and profit.

Internet based credit card payment systems allow students to top up their printing and copying funds 24/7.

uniFLOW’s modular architecture allows you to tailor the platform to your particular situation, paying only for the functionality you need.

uniFLOW is available globally through Canon in more than 50 countries all over the world.

The drag and drop workflow engine allows you to change the way print, scan and mobile jobs are processed depending on your exact requirements.

All printing, copying and scanning activity will be tracked and stored, so you can track and control how much each printer and user is costing your organization.

Cost savings can be optimized by enforcing printing rules to make the user print to the cheapest device.

Budgets stop users printing more than they are entitled to.

Costs will be charged back to the correct client as users can be prompted to select the cost center when printing or copying.

Laser printers are convenient but expensive to run. Manage a balanced deployment by prompting the user to choose a more cost effective device for larger jobs.