The growing numbers of printing devices connected to networks has led to a corresponding need to perform numerous management tasks, including output device setup and configuring client PC print environments. Until now, each of these tasks has required a different utility, making the job of system administrator unnecessarily complex.

imageWARE Enterprise Management Console Configuration

To solve this problem, Canon developed imageWARE Enterprise Management Console, an application that integrates the management of various tasks previously handled by several utilities, including printingdevice setup, address-book delivery, and printer-driver installation.

This software is designed so that functions are added as plug-ins, making it possible to add address-book management, printer-driver management, and other functions, in addition to such basic functions as device discovery, device-setting management, and user-account management. Combining these functions creates a wide-ranging solution set that allows administrators to easily register and automatically implement printing-device settings and install printer drivers for specific client groups.