Strathmore University
About the Solution
Objective:
Strathmore University wanted to reduce the number of devices as well as control fleet costs and introduce confidential printing and print mobility to aid its 50 per cent cost reduction strategy.
Approach:
- Implemented an HP Channel Led Pay-Per-Use solution
- Deployed HP 9040 Multifunction Printers (MFPs) across the campus to consolidate print/copy/scan funtions and eliminate personal desktop printers
- HP Web Jetadmin software implemented for management of fleet
- Deployed SafeCom Pull Printing software
IT Improvements
- Consolidating the fleet by 80 per cent has created a reliable printing and imaging environment
- SafeCom provides a secure, pull-printing capability
Business Benefits:
- Creates a platform for university's 50 per cent cost reduction stategy; departments are charged by usage
- Enhanced fleet management minimises downtime, increasing effiency of printing for staff and students
- Confidential printing safeguards sensitive information
- Pull-Printing enables users to only print documents collected through MFP panel PIN authentication
SafeCom Partner

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“
IT staff now deal with more pressing matters and pullprinting has already improved workflows; staff simply print at another location when a printer is unavailable, driving efficiency
”Isaac Mbuthia, ICT Director, Strathmore University

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