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uniFLOW Online For Government

A true public cloud solution for government agencies to increase efficiencies, control costs and maintain high-quality and accessible data.

 

Whether you are a local council or large government organisation, uniFLOW Online has been designed to meet your fundamental need to provide secure and reliable printing, copying and scanning facilities to your staff and your communities.

Secure data and improve workflows with one platform

uniFLOW Online has grown to include a wide range of scanning applications, easy driver deployment, print from cloud, and support for various job submission pathways. Hosted in the Microsoft Azure server based in Australasia, uniFLOW Online is highly-available, resilient and complies with a robust security framework.

Additionally, uniFLOW Online allows local Governments the ability to secure and optimise workflows. Through the assistance of a detailed site scoping, Canon can uncover security risks, double handling and workflow optimisation opportunities.

Benefits of using uniFLOW Online for government
Government agencies can run smarter, more efficient, and sustainable services, whilst unlocking faster ways to manage day-to-day administration, reduce operational costs, connect people and safeguard sensitive data.
  • Gain control over costs

    Without the need for physical infrastructure, and the operational and labour costs that come with it, cloud technology reduces the typical financial barriers to innovation and digital transformation. Smaller agencies who may traditionally struggle to come up with the upfront investment required for on-premise implementations, can access new capabilities through cloud-delivery models.

  • Boost agency agility

    Through uniFLOW Online’s Emergency Mode, we store the last 100 logins to the device on the Canon imageRUNNER ADVANCE itself – encrypted. Emergency Mode also stores another 100 sets of login details for a group of users so they can always login to any imageRUNNER ADVANCE (even if they have never done so previously). The user will be able to log in without any internet connectivity and print whatever documents they need or access any other functions on the device. 

  • Improve data security

    uniFLOW Online prevents unauthorised use of the device by restricting printer access to authorised users only. This prevents any breaches of data and misuse as print, scan, copy, and fax functionalities are unavailable to unauthorised visitors or employees. All data protection and IT security measures inside NT-Ware are ISO27001 compliant meaning they are subject to structured processes, sound risk management and continuous improvement.

  • Support your environmental efforts

    uniFLOW Online can also benefit sustainability initiatives by reducing energy consumption, greenhouse gases, and allowing for the dematerialisation of on-premise equipment. You can also gain visibility on printing habits across user and department through the reporting functionality, which can allow you to identify areas to reduce paper wastage.

Product features
  • Intelligent scanning workflows

    Users can scan directly to emails or upload them to the cloud for easy distribution via SharePoint Online, One Drive, Microsoft Teams and many more popular cloud storage destinations.

  • Print from your own device

    Provide your guests greater flexibility by allowing them to print from their own laptop, tablet, smartphone.

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    Mutiple authentication methods

    To prevent unauthorised use of devices, users are required to authenticate themselves at the device using a card login, username/password, PIN code, job code, anonymous login, or a combination of these options.

  • Secure print queues and release

    Print jobs are sent directly and held at the printer; they will only be released after identification and print job selection.

  • Allocation by cost centres

    Cost centres, also known as billing codes or cases, allow print, scan or copy charges to be allocated to different projects or cases.

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    Centralised management

    uniFLOW Online alleviates the burden of managing a modern IT network and offers a centralised IT administration platform. Regularly scheduled software updates for peace of mind that your organisation has the latest security features.

Six Consecutive Years of BLI Awards

UniFLOW Online has once again impressed in the 2024 Buyers Lab Pick Awards, winning for the sixth consecutive year as an Outstanding Cloud Output Management Platform. Keypoint Intelligence recognised its powerful scanning functions, secure printing capabilities, and mobile/email printing functionalities. Users can easily scan documents to various cloud destinations such as Google Drive, Microsoft Teams and OneDrive for Business, and benefit from automatic background image processing options. The special text-block OCR option enables quick document filing by scanning batches of repetitive documents.

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Frequently Asked Questions
  • Why should I choose uniFLOW Online for my print, copy and scan management?

    uniFLOW Online is a scalable and modular platform to manage all printing, copying and scanning workflows in any government agency. It enables agencies to realise significant cost savings via a range of features e.g. “job routing” so that documents are rerouted to the cheapest device or automatic deletion of jobs which have not been released within a set time period. uniFLOW also provides improved security benefits; the secure print function can be enhanced by introducing intelligent scan workflows to add a real business process advantage.

  • How is uniFLOW Online licensed?

    Your needs will dictate whether a device-based or server-based licensing model will be required. With the two different licensing models, Canon can provide the most cost-effective solution to suit on a monthly subscription.

  • What is the difference between uniFLOW and uniFLOW Online?

    uniFLOW is a server-based print, scan and device management solution and has a very large feature set so it can be expanded to cover additional business processes such as scanning, mobile printing or production printing. It can also be customised to cater for specific business requirements.

    uniFLOW Online is a cloud-based secure printing solution suitable for agencies who don’t want to invest in, manage or maintain local servers. uniFLOW Online provides secure printing, mobile printing, and accounting.

  • What are the typical cost savings?

    Cost savings are dependent on the feature set that is implemented. Most savings result from the automatic deletion of uncollected print jobs, correct cost allocation, rerouting of print jobs to more efficient devices and optimisation of scan processes. Agencies typically see cost-savings when implementing secure print. Adding extra features will, of course, lead to increased productivity and further cost savings.

    If your organisation currently runs print management on servers, you could also potentially benefit from cost savings relating to the maintenance and the hardware itself.