The benefits of PRISMAsync Remote Match are the following:
Aligned print quality: Align the color and media configuration to achieve comparable print quality on similar printers.
Consistent and aligned workflow: Work with the same workflow configuration to realize the same way of working on similar printers.
Configure media, color, and workflow on printers only once: Update the media, color, and workflow configuration of similar printers quickly and easily. For example, you can use the synchronization mode where the main printer overwrites the media, color, and workflow definitions of the other cluster printers.
A PRISMAsync Remote Match cluster is a group of similar printers that you synchronize because the printers must share the same media, color, and workflow configuration.
PRISMAsync Remote Match cluster printers belong to the same commercial printer series and have the same printer software version.
The cluster definition includes the synchronization area. The synchronization area determines what part of the printer configuration must be synchronized:
[Color] (only applies to a cluster of color printers) , [Media], and [Workflow].
The cluster configuration also includes the synchronization mode. The synchronization mode determines how the synchronization area must be synchronized:[Merge all cluster printers], [Merge with main printer ], and [Overwrite by main printer].
PRISMAsync Remote Match can be used for cluster printers that belong to the same or different LAN networks or company locations. Moreover, a printer can belong to two clusters.
Cluster printersWhen a printer belongs to two clusters, the synchronization areas of the two clusters cannot overlap. In the example below, in cluster 1 the workflow configuration of the printer is synchronized and in cluster 2 the media and color configuration of the printer is synchronized.
Synchronization areas of a printer that belongs to two clusters