Equitrac Express 4.0: is a leading print management and cost recovery solution for universities, colleges, K-12 schools and libraries. The Express software easily tracks, analyzes and charges every output page to a specific student, faculty member, staffer or guest. What's more, the new Equitrac Embedded option for use with Sharp OSA™ enabled MFPs allows full cost management for copies, scans and faxes at your fingertips - from the touch screen control panel of your Sharp OSA-enabled MFP.

In one semester, in just one computer lab, an Equitrac solution helped a university cut paper consumption from 350,000 sheets to 68,000  -  an 80% reduction.

Equitrac Express benefits include:

• Convienient and flexible payment options:
• Cash, store-value cards, campus card or network printing accounts
• Charging to user, department, grant or fund allocation
• Self-serve account deposit device support
• Administration-free anonymous online account support
• Support for legacy value card readers
• Effortless print quota enforcement
• Security and confidentiality capabilities with Equitrac Follow-You
• Extensive reporting:
• Summary, detailed and total activity reports
• Scheduled reports with multiple export options
• Report customization at site and personal levels
• Manageable solution for access control and transaction collection
• Monitor and manage all network document activity-complete audit trail
• Generate revenue using cost recovery
• Cost reduction using device management
• Easy, centralized administration of users, devices and reports management
• Minimizing waste and authorizing use of office equipment
• Identifying optimal devices based on cost and workflow
• Ease of use with Equitrac Embedded
• Helps eliminate the external page counter device (in some cases)
• Simple familiar touch screen on Sharp OSA - enabled device
• Single integrated user experience the simplifies workflow, increases user satisfaction

• Campus-wide cost allocation and expense management
• Software-based capture, costing and reporting of all printing and copying expenses
• Scalable architecture accommodates multi-campus deployments
• Supports a variety of charging models
• Schedule reports, transactions and archival
• Customizable notifications: printed pages, messages, email
• Pricing and Account Management
• Security and confidentiality capabilities with Equitrac Follow-You
• Equitrac Embedded Features supported from the MFP front panel:
• User authentication with the Equitrac Accounting Server
• Secure printing
• Follow-You Printing™ support
• Billing code support
• Copy, Scan and Fax tracking and captures document activity
• Access Control