Category Characteristics

– Conversion– Host connectivity– Printing– Enhancement

BENS SERVER

Connectivity

BENS Server works as a network print server manipulating and optimising print data streams to ensure Konica Minolta output devices adapt to virtually any print environment, for example SAP.

ADAPTATION TOANY PRINTING ENVIRONMENT

Completely application-independent, BENS Server refines print data to achieve the targeted results. Barcodes or corporate fonts can be added and carbon copies created to replace matrix printers or translate proprietary print data streams into standard printer languages. Full flexibility for filters and licences is ensured.

Next to this, BENS Server is a smart solution for the crea-tion of customer-specific print and document workflows.

BENS Server combines conversion as well as enhance-ment capabilities, is easily scalable and offers numerous advantages to extensive printing facilities: a single BENS Server appliance supports and enhances the feature set of a corporate network. With its reliable hardware and operating system, BENS Server offers flexible, clever and scalable print process management.

KEY FEATURES Conversion

– Prescribe conversion: The filter converts Prescribe print

data into PCL for printing on nearly all Konica Minolta output devices.

– Unicode printing: Unicode print data are converted for ASCII printers that are not capable to print double-byte characters.

Host connectivity – SAP printing: It is possible to receive print jobs from SAP

and add ”Enhancement“ features to the printout.– IPDS and AFPDS printing: Print jobs can be received

directly from a host via IPDS/AFPDS port. The received data is converted on-the-fly and sent to the printer.

Printing

– Protocols: LPR, SMB, Socket, IPP, SNMP, DHCP, IPDS/AFPDS, AirPrint (optional) are all supported.

Enhancement – Barcode printing: With this feature, barcode commands

are read and converted into printable objects for almost any Konica Minolta output device.

– OCR A/B fonts: With this feature, BENS Server enables printers to use OCR fonts for enhanced character recogni-tion.

– Font processing: Special fonts can be integrated into the print data, for example a company font used exclusively for the corporate design.

– Carbon copy: As part of the print job, copies are created of the original, providing the same functionality as on older matrix printers using carbon paper. The copies can be separated in the finisher, for example with the stapling function.

– Macros: This feature allows the adding of letterhead data to the print job so that plain paper can be used, avoiding the necessity to stock preprinted letterhead paper in a tray.

– Data compression: This feature reduces the network traffic from printing.

– Smart document management: Additional filters are available, such as rule-based printing, and many more.

DATASHEET BENS SERVER

WORKFLOWOUTPUTINPUT PROCESSING BENS

Client

Mainframe

Network Network

Network

Network

Network

Network Network

Network

Filter “Barcode”

IPSD/AFPDS Data conversion

Filter “Unicode”

Filter “2”Filter “1”

Filter “Carbon copy”

Filter “3”

Virtual printer 50

Virtual printer XX

Virtual printer 2

Virtual printer 1

DATASHEET BENS SERVER

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONSSYSTEM CONFIGURATION Hardware appliance (up to 50 printers)

Memory 2 GBCPU 1.6 GHzNetwork RJ45, 1,000-Base T (1 Gbit)Storage SATA SSD 32 GB standardCooling Fan-lessPrinting protocols LPR, SMB, Socket, IPP, DHCP, Sprintet, IPDS/AFPDSCommunication HTTP, SNMPManagement and Via HTML interface (password protected) configuration Working temperature 0 – 75°CPower supply 12V DCDimensions (W x D x H) 133 x 85 x 38 mmWeight 0.4 kg

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS (MIN.) Virtual appliances (unlimited printers)

Supported virtual VMWare, XEN, Microsoft HyperV environmentMemory 4 GBCPU Intel 2.0 GHz and higherNetwork RJ45, 1,000-Base T (1 Gbit)Storage 40 GBPrinting protocols LPR, SMB, Socket, IPP, DHCP, AirPrint, IPDS/AFPDSCommunication HTTP, SNMP Management Via HTML interface (password protected)

The support and availability of the listed specifications and functionalities varies depending on operating systems, applications and network protocols as well as network and system configurations.