LBM Systems Product Technology Overview

LBM Systems understands the complexities involved with corporate output management infrastructures. LBM products are written for and extensively tested on a wide variety of UNIX, Linux, AS/400 and Windows servers, including:

  • AIX
  • HP/UX
  • Solaris
  • Windows
  • AS/400 – IBM i
  • Red Hat Linux
  • SuSe Linux
  • Other Operating Systems, UNIX or Linux platforms – contact us
AXIAR Technical Specifications

Server Requirements

AXIAR currently runs natively on: Windows – UNIX (HP-UX, AIX, Solaris, most other brands) – Linux (Red Hat, SuSE, others) – IBM i (AS/400) – Other platforms upon request (we have compiled on many different Operating Systems)

200 megabytes free space (Windows); 64 megabytes memory; TCP/IP networking capability; minimal hard drive required for UNIX, Linux and AS/400 servers

Client Requirements

Client workstations/laptops using the AXIAR Client Manager to manage jobs and devices are required to have the following installed/available:

  • Latest Oracle Java runtime or update Windows systems for the Windows GUI version.
  • Any PDF viewer
  • A web browser (Edge, Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera, etc.)
  • Notepad or Notepad++ for non PDF files
  • If client prints using PS files, a PS viewer program is required

Network Requirements

TCP/IP networking capability recommended; remote printing also supported to clients with locally-connected printers (Windows, Mac, etc.), cloud printing supported (contact us for details)

Printer Recommendations

Any printer with PCL5 drivers installed; PCL6, PostScript and Direct PDF printing also supported; AXIAR supports both network- (TCP/IP) and remote-connected printers

AXIAR Highlights

  • Accelerate business critical information delivery
  • Track, audit and secure output
  • Format, print, email, fax and web-deliver with a single application print request
  • Automatic failover and event alerts ensure output delivery
  • Cluster printers to harness the combined speeds of network printers
  • Intelligent output distribution based on data variables
  • Complete output management, print queue management and data conversion software
  • Cross-platform print queue management ensures delivery to network devices regardless of print job origination platform
  • Single-screen interface displays output jobs and output devices
  • Seamless integration with output formatting products
  • UNIX, Windows, AS/400 and Linux server based – runs natively in each of these operating systems
  • Secure user log-in and restricted access
  • COM and .NET enabled to facilitate application integration

How It Works

AXIAR enables IT personnel to format, track and manage print queue, digital output and document management processes. AXIAR can reside on UNIX, Linux, Windows and AS/400 operating systems, empowering IT personnel to pick best-of-breed server infrastructure and deploy AXIAR on servers of their choice. AXIAR:

  • Accepts output and print requests using industry-standard TCP/IP commands from business applications and client sources
  • Manages a wide variety of output streams (text, PCL, PostScript, etc.) created by business applications from vendors such as Oracle, SAP, PeopleSoft, Infor, QAD, etc.
  • Manages output delivery to any network output object (printers, fax gateways, email gateways, storage devices, etc.)
  • Monitors and reports status of output objects (online, busy, error conditions, etc.)
  • Provides page-level print job recovery for ensured job completion
  • Captures output stream and output object usage statistics for accounting and chargeback processes
  • Runs on any network UNIX, Linux, AS/400 or Windows server
  • Provides print management capabilities to large and small networks

AXIAR resides on a network server and manages network print requests and digital document delivery:

Highlights for IT personnel include:

  • Cross-Platform Output Management and Print Queue Management
  • UNIX, Linux, AS/400 and Windows Native Software
  • Single Screen Overview of Network Printer Environment
  • Intelligent Routing
  • Back-Up Printers
  • Partial Range Printing
  • Error Detection and Adaptive Printing
  • Print Job Scheduling
  • Cluster Printing
  • Print Statistics and Metrics Collection
  • Intelligent Data Conversions (ASCII to PCL, PCL to PDF, others)
  • Laser Printed Forms and PDF Forms
  • Dynamic/conditional data conversion
  • Cross-Platform, Local and Remote Printing Consolidation
  • Securing Documents and Print Resources
  • Printing Barcodes, MICR and Other Fonts Without Dedicated Printers
  • Automatically Creating Document Images for Storage and Retrieval
  • Routing Scanned or Drag-and-Drop Documents from External Sources
  • Securing Documents and Print Resources

Benefits to IT personnel include:

  • No more ‘lost’ print jobs
  • Fewer helpdesk calls
  • Less time spent troubleshooting printer-related errors
  • Print job delivery verification
  • Rapid form design
  • Fewer printers to support
  • Lower application customization costs