Inkjet & Digital Printing
OKI Data Americas Joins Leading Global Manufacturer Cloud Printing Alliance with Cortado Partnership
Friday 04. March 2011 - Cortado Workplace App Available for Mobile Printing Increases Efficiency in the Field or Office
OKI Data Americas, which markets its products under the OKI Printing Solutions brand, today announced the companys partnership with the leading mobile communications solutions provider, Cortado, a division of ThinPrint. Cortado Workplace is one of the leading worldwide cloud printing solutions that enable documents to be printed directly from smartphones and tablets to any WiFi or Bluetooth enabled printer. Mobile printing is supported effortlessly with OKI Data Americas certified printers and multifunctional devices completing a verification process to ensure the approval of the official Cortado Cloud Printing Ready logo.
The free Cortado Workplace app is available for download with smartphone and tablet users (via the smartphones App Store), and unlike other solutions enables printing without resorting to a PC or installing print drivers. As a result, high-quality printouts can not only be processed immediately at home, but also on the road or in the office for mission-critical documents from mobile devices. Incorporating Cortado cloud solutions with existing OKI Printing Solutions products increases office efficiencies by creating the ease of printing while adding the organization of managing documents via the cloud anywhere in the world. This global system will assist any size business with a portable online desktop right from a mobile device.
As part of the partnership OKI Data Americas will join Cortados Cloud Printing Alliance, allowing mobile cloud printing to any PCL/PS- enabled OKI printer or multifunctional device. The leading global printer manufacturer alliance makes it easy for customers to identify complementary products and solutions that enhance Cortado Workplace technology.
“The combination of Cortado Workplace technology with the power of OKI Printing Solutions award-winning printers and MFPs provides our SMB customers with a complete and comprehensive mobile printing offering,” said Steve Feldstein, Senior Planning Manager – Color Products at OKI Data Americas. “Furthermore, inclusion in the Cloud Printing Alliance helps ensure reduced costs and increased workflow productivity by enabling OKI customers to easily print and manage documents directly from smartphones and tablets to any OKI wireless enabled printer or MFP.”
“We look forward to working with OKI Data Americas within the Cloud Printing Alliance. Cloud printing with tablets and smartphones only makes sense if documents can be printed on demand. Thanks to this collaboration, customers are ensured that OKI Printing Solutions printers and MFPs with the Cortado Cloud Printing Ready logo are reliably supported,” says Frank Hoffmann, Director Strategic Relationships at ThinPrint AG. “The unmatched support for Blackberry, Nokia, Android , iPhone and iPad eliminates complicated installations and the need to turn on a computer.”
OKI Data Americas plans to continue expanding its cloud-based print offerings in the support of Enterprise-size customers and those requiring high levels of security/authentication with a Private Cloud Printing Solution in the near future.