How to Replace Loftware Print Server

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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

In this article, we’ll go over what is going on with Loftware Print Server, and what customers’ options are going forward.

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.

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  • Template Library: MarkMagic license gives you access to template formats such as shipping labels, retail labels, invoices, statements, purchase orders, packing slips, quotes, checks, etc.
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  • 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.

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