Product of the Week: Adobe LeanPrint

Product of the week: Adobe LeanPrint Enterpise Edition.

Manufacturer: Adobe Systems Inc.

Description: A printing and reporting system designed to minimize overall costs that supports all printer types in the law firm. Users can optimize Office, PDF, and web documents to automatically reduce print requirements and fine-tune formatting, colors, and layout to save paper and toner or ink.

LeanPrint client software installed on Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7 lets you automatically reduce printer consumables by optimizing print jobs originating from Outlook, Office (.doc, .ppt, .xls), and Adobe Acrobat applications as well as web browsers in one click, selecting either a toner-saver or super-saver mode. Toner-saver mode automatically prints the original layout in a reduced toner format. Super-saver mode optimizes the layout (number of pages) and toner. For example, "LeanPrinting" an eight-page PDF in super-saver mode automatically reduced the original to two optimized pages in a two-column format referencing the original page numbers.

Figure 1 shows LeanPrint's user interface surfacing after selecting the print command in Word. A super-saver mode provides a one-click method to reduce toner consumption and the number of pages without losing document readability; the one-click toner mode reduces the toner requirements while maintaining the original document layout and number of pages. Click image to enlarge.

LeanPrint supports FireFox 4, Internet Explorer 8 and 9, and Chrome. Note that LeanPrint requires the current version of Adobe Flash Player for Internet Explorer.

Data from clients are aggregated and reported to a dashboard powered by a central server application located on-premise or in the cloud. From the dashboard, firms can track all print jobs and costs, assess total printer costs, and measure savings.

For more information see the LeanPrint website and data sheet.

Target market: small to midsize law firms.

Competitive landscape: Managed print services from the likes of Hewlett-Packard Corp. and Xerox Corp. as well as cost-recovery services from nQueue Billback, Nuance Communications Inc. eCopy, and Control Systems Inc. Copitrak, a division of Nuance.

Price: Starts at $20 per user for individual licenses.

The product of the week is gleaned from the many press releases Law Technology News receives via email or at tradeshows. Send your press release to lawtech@alm.com. Each week, on Friday, we will select a new or upgraded product or service that has debuted within the previous four weeks. The product or service must be of use to lawyers or law firms and support the practice or business of law. It must be available to readers on or before the publication date.

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Attorney Sean Doherty is LTN's technology editor.

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