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How to Replace Loftware Print Server

Not ready to have your printing operations go off premises? If you are looking for a more cost-effective cloud-ready label printing solution, we have a solution for you.

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Loftware recently announced plans to retire Loftware Print Server (LPS). Support for LPS officially ends on December 31, 2024. Read the official statement regarding the LPS retirement. What does this mean for LPS users? While the simplest option may be to just move to Loftware Spectrum, it’s important to know to important things:

  1. Loftware Spectrum is more expensive than Loftware Print Server
  2. There are better and more cost effective products on the market

So, what are LPS customers’ options are going forward? Let’s find out.

Loftware Print Server Products Being Retired

The following Loftware Print Server (LPS) Family solutions are going to be retired:

  • Loftware Print Server (LPS)
  • Loftware Label Manager (LLM)
  • Loftware Web Access (LWA)
  • Loftware Cloud Web Services
  • Loftware Oracle Connector
  • Loftware SAP Connector
  • Loftware Universal Connector

Loftware is currently pushing LPS customers to the a more costly product – Loftware Spectrum package or Loftware NiceLabel Cloud. For users looking to improve their printing capabilities and stay at a reasonable price point, migrating from LPS to a new printing engine can alleviate several potential issues.

Considerations for Migrating

When planning your migration from Loftware Print Server, consider the robust and well-established MarkMagic solution for direct label printing from your business system. MarkMagic provides multiple input methods to generate label print jobs, seamlessly integrating variable data from your ERP system’s database.

Features and Capabilities

MarkMagic gives users more features and capabilities than any other label printing product on the market. Here’s a shortlist of features:

  • WMS & ERP Friendly: MarkMagic is built into some of the most popular WMS packages including Manhattan Associates WMi, VAI S2k, and Oracle.
  • Form & Label Designer Included: Create forms, labels, receipts and any other business documents just as you want them without writing any code or outsourcing.
  • Template Library: Access template formats such as shipping labels, retail labels, invoices, statements, purchase orders, packing slips, quotes, checks, etc.
  • Printer Code Has Met its Match: Importing your forms and labels is easy with MarkMagic. We can convert printer code such as ZPL into a format that you can edit visually inside our designer tool.
  • Incomparable Speed: MarkMagic is the ideal application for high volume enterprise printing.  MarkMagic can print 1,700 variable fields every 50 ms. Customer print speeds as fast a 5ms.
  • Unlimited Printers: Add MarkMagic to as many printers as you need at no additional cost.

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