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IBM Infoprint 1532 Express
35 ppm Monochrome Network Printer
Key Buyer Benefits
Versatile workflow capabilities, powerful
35 ppm printing, and document
management, all in a compact footprint.
Automated URL/file printing schedule
utility allows commonly accessed web
pages to be printed without user
intervention.
Walk-up PDF printing capability directly
from device front console interface using
USB flash pocket drives.
Common interface design between PCL
and PostScript drivers makes navigating
between the two PDLs seamless.
Quick and easy installation of both
hardware and software components.
User-friendly icon-driven walk through
when user intervention/maintenance is
required.
Simple right-click direct PDF utility,
saving users from having to open
separate utilities or browsers.
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Product Dynamics
Overview:
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3,850-sheet maximum input capacity
Extensive networking, wireless, and
fiber-optic security options.
An optional 25-sheet stapler unit that
can hold up to 40 stapled sets (500
sheets maximum).
The user was clearly placed in the bull’s
eye when IBM sat down to redesign its
popular Infoprint-series monochrome
printer family.
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A host of new innovative features have
been added, and features already present
have been modified to make them easier to
use. The result is a device that delivers a
very user-friendly walk-up experience, a
selection of productivity enhancing tools,
and greater automated capabilities for
routine office tasks, further enhancing
productivity and reducing opportunities for
human error. For these reasons the IBM
Infoprint 1532 Express has been elevated
to the prestigious level of 5-star status by
BERTL, an award only given to devices
that set the bar higher than the
Target Market:
The IBM Infoprint 1532 Express is a
powerful workgroup printer specifically
targeted to financial services, retail,
healthcare, and government verticals, and
will also be a good fit in most general office
environments.
The simple GUI interface, along with its
graphic help screens, gives this printer a
low-learning curve — increasing worker
productivity. Features like ImageQuick for
direct printing of files from desktops and
the slick USB interface for direct printing of
PDF files at the console turns this printer
into a high-throughput appliance.
competition, creating a new benchmark
that others will aspire to match.
At 35 ppm, the IBM Infoprint 1532 Express
is the entry-level product in the recently
reworked Infoprint-series which goes up to
50ppm. The Infoprint-series are workgroup
level printers that are an important part of
IBM “print-less strategy.”
The Infoprint 1532 comes in a base model
and the “n” model which supports Ethernet
networking.
Highpoints of the feature set are:
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400 MHz processor,64 MB RAM
(expandable to 576 MB), and an
optional hard drive.
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Graphic LCD provides walk- through of
user maintenance tasks.
10-digit number pad makes secure
printing easier than ever before
Direct USB port interface at device for
walk-up PDF (and other supported file
format) printing from flash USB drives.
ImageQuick comes as standard,
providing pull printing from file and
web/URL destinations.
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Product Dynamics
Hardware Installation:
We found this departmental device easy
to install and set-up. The entire hardware
installation was completed in less than
one hour. No special tools were required
— allowing the procedure to be
performed by non-technical support
personnel.
Device Driver Installation:
The installation of the device driver onto
a PC was equally simple and quick. The
IBM installation CD wizard asks users
The driver installation software for the IBM Infoprint
or the administrator to follow simple
instructions which guide them through
the process.
series
Administrators will like the ability to install
the driver onto one or multiple remote PC
desktop locations within a single
installation process. To achieve this the
administrator chooses remote installation
and then either enters the specific network
location, browses across the network to a
location, or specifies a pre-defined list of
PCs. For example, an
The IBM Infoprint series allows driver installation
on multiple workstations.
administrator could set up a list
of all the PCs in the second
floor sales department. He/she
could give that group access to
the IBM Infoprint 1532 Express
— a process that, with IBM’s
installation wizard, can be
achieved in a matter of
seconds.
The installation of the driver
software added only a few
minutes to our total set-up time.
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Device Management
Remote management of the IBM Infoprint
1532 Express can be accomplished
through the device’s embedded Web
Server. From their browsers, administrators
can monitor resource levels (toner, paper,
fuser), configure network and security
settings, check print statistics, and
establish email alert conditions.
Two features that we would have like to
have seen in its Web implementation are
direct printing of files — the same formats
available through the DragNPrint — and
access to stored jobs on the hard drive.
However, these minor deficiencies are
more than made up by IBM’s free
comprehensive remote management
software, called MarkVision Professional.
The home page for the IBM InfoPrint series displays
the device’s current status along with paper levels
and toner status.
MarkVision Professional:
The IBM Infoprint 1532 Express comes
with a powerful Windows-based
management utility called MarkVision
Professional. BERTL has always been
impressed with the level of functionality,
integration and desk-based management
capabilities available to the end user (and
the IT Manager) through MarkVision
Professional.
Acting like a sophisticated NMS — e.g.,
Tivoli and HP OpenVue — MarkVision
Professional lets administrators organize
printers and MFP devices into logical
categories based on MarkVision’s internal
SNMP-based fields. Using a folder
Job length statistics can be viewed from the IBM
printers, mono printers within the sales
department, etc.
metaphor, administrators can then quickly
navigate to areas of interest. For each
folder, they can choose filter criteria from a
set of static fields (location, paper size,
etc.) or dynamic ones tied to status or
resource levels. Since sub-folders inherit
the parent folder’s filter settings,
administrators can create a hierarchy of
device groupings — e.g., printers, mono
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Device Management
Overall, the software’s features,
settings, and action menus provide
administrators with many ways to
arrange and display device data.
They can also create custom
“views” to display built-in graphics
and tables. And they can create
new tables by selecting from
MarkVision’s list of device fields.
MarkVision Messenger:
MarkVision is designed as server-
based software and supports a Web
interface in addition to the Windows
one. Roving administrators can
therefore manage printers
With MarkVision, users can access
preset views of the device’s SNMP database.
remotely.
The Web interface includes MarkVision
Messenger. This application allows
administrators to build email alerts based
on a large set of conditions — e.g., finisher,
low supplies, and life waning. Messages
can include macro fields allowing device
specific information to be
Email messages can contain device specific information.
inserted into the
message text.
For convenience,
MarkVision Professional
lets administrators tie
alerts to individual
folders containing a
filtered set of devices.
With a single click, alert
conditions can be
targeted to group
devices, rather than
forcing manual entry of
IP address or host
names.
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Paper Handling
Input:
overfills a paper tray, any paper over the
limit of the tray will be pushed out, reducing
the chances of paper jams and downtime.
The IBM Infoprint 1532 Express comes
with a 250-sheet universal and a 100-sheet
multipurpose tray. Additional paper
drawers stack below the standard drawer.
The paper input options break out to a 250-
sheet duplex paper drawer and choices of
either 500-sheet or 250-sheet universal
drawers in the next three slots. At the base
a 2,000-sheet high-capacity feeder brings
the IBM Infoprint 1532 Express to its full
complement of 3,850 sheets. The printer
supports up to A4/legal. An optional
envelope feeder holds 85 envelopes
maximum.
The paper feeding mechanism on the IBM
Infoprint 1532 Express is different to those
offered in rival units. There are no corner
gripper units that can catch sheets and
result in paper jams, and the tray does not
have a spring-loaded base. Instead a
paper grip roller is lowered to the paper
which is then pulled up into the paper path
via the sloped front exit.
IBM Infoprint series with two 500-sheet trays.
This sloped front exit also acts to prevent
overfilling of paper trays. When a user
Paper tray with sloped front
and no paper gripping corners
Excess paper being pushed out after overfilling
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Paper Handling
Output:
On the output side, the IBM Infoprint 1532
Express supports a high capacity output
stacker (1,850-sheets), five-bin mailbox
(120-sheets per bin), and an output
expander (650-sheets). These additional
paper handling options can all be added to
the IBM Infoprint 1532 Express without
increasing the device footprint, thus
offering valuable additional benefits with no
increase in space requirements.
Finisher:
The optional StapleSmart Finisher offers
stapling, offsetting, and an additional
output bin. With the same “floating” tray
system as the High Capacity Output
Stacker. The StapleSmart Finisher can
staple up to 25-sheets per set and can hold
up to 40 stapled sets. However, the
capacity is limited to a maximum of 750-
sheets.
The duplexer unit for the Infoprint series is
positioned behind the device.
Duplexer:
The optional duplexer for the IBM is found
on the rear of the model. We found this to
be an inconvenient location, since the
duplexer is a common site for paper jams.
The duplex also sits outside the main
housing, and increases the depth to
28.2“ (716 mm).
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Maintenance
All the consumable components on the
IBM Infoprint 1532 Express can be user-
replaced without the need for sophisticated
tools or a high level of technical ability.
To aid users with user intervention tasks
such as paper jams and other events the
new IBM interface now includes a larger
LCD panel that supports icons.
This allows the device to prompt users on
how to resolve issues with a series of walk-
through screens actually showing the user
images of the steps that need to be taken.
This is a great step up in terms of user-
friendliness compared to the text driven
prompts of the past.
IBM’s Infoprint series “show me” screen walks
users through all paper jam errors.
High-res monochrome illustrations (below) pin-
point the problem.
In the images to the right the device is
taking us through how to correct a paper
jam.
End user routine maintenance is limited,
like previous Infoprint-series products,
essentially to the all-in-one cartridge which
is loaded at the front of the device and can
be carried out by non-technical personnel.
Print cartridge — 6,000 page
standard — is accessible
from the front of the
IBM Infoprint series.
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Security
IPsec:
The networking options on the IBM
Infoprint 1532 Express are extensive: fast
Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, and 802.11G
wireless. LAN and WAN security is
accomplished through standard IPSec.
IPsec is a framework for a set of protocols
for security at the network layer of the TCP/
IP protocol stack. IPsec supports both
authentication and encryption. A major
advantage of IPsec is that security
With IBM printers, IPsec can be enabled
on a port basis.
arrangements can be implemented without
requiring changes to existing user
software. For example, with Windows XP
and 2000, IPsec can be enabled through
the Microsoft Management Console
(MMC). Networking protocols like Telnet,
FTP, HTTP, LPR, Discovery and others
can then be secured transparently.
the Windows encryption policy for a
security negotiation to complete
successfully.
With authentication and encryption
configured, administrators then use the
“TCP/IP Port Access” Web page, selecting
which ports to enable security on. If
desired, ports can be configured to accept
both secure and non-secure
To enable security for the IBM Infoprint
1532 Express, administrators, using the
Web interface, must first configure how the
initial authentication of devices is
performed. They can choose from pre-
shared keys, digital certificates, or
Kerberos authentication. In many LAN
environments, the pre-shared
key may be sufficient and is
communication.
The IBM supports certificates, pre-shared keys,
and Kerberos authentication.
simpler to implement.
Administrators enter the same
secret shared key on both the
IBM Infoprint 1532 Express
and on Windows by setting up
an MMC policy.
After the devices authenticate
each other they can then,
depending on the policy
configured, encrypt the data or
print stream. The IBM Infoprint
1532 Express supports DES,
3DES, and AES. These
standards must be included in
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Security
IBM also offers a host of other security
features to accommodate the need for
keeping information safe.
PIN Codes:
To safeguard the production and storage of
documents, the new ten-digit button
interface now allows users to enter four-
digit PIN with values from 0-9, when on
previous models it was limited to only digits
1-6 in combination. We were also pleased
to find that the entry of the PIN is also now
displayed as an asterisk upon entry. On
previous drivers the PIN had been
Administrators can set the maximum retry
attempts for PIN entry.
displayed as a number thus giving a
potential thief the opportunity to watch from
afar and observe the PIN displayed on the
PC screen.
Encrypted Data:
Data can also be stored in an encrypted
format on the optional hard drive, rendering
it useless if stolen. To secure transmission
IBM, utilizes its own Decryption feature. To
safeguard passwords as they are sent
across the network the device utilizes
IPSec protocol.
Document Lockout:
To further protect against forced code
breaking attempts, the IBM Infoprint 1532
Express can be set up to lockout access to
documents where incorrect PINs have
been entered. Confidential jobs can also be
set to delete after a period of time. This
means that a user sending a confidential
document and forgetting to release the job
at a later stage will not have left
An additional level of security is available
through a printer lockout PIN.
Administrators can selectively prevent
unauthorized users from printing network,
system settings, reports, and paper menus
(see below).
confidential information on the device’s
hard drive permanently.
With Confidential Print, users can assign PINs
to print jobs.
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Direct Print
ImageQuick Drag’N’Print:
Drag’N’Print is a direct print utility that is
provided with the driver CD as a standard
feature for the IBM Infoprint 1532 Express.
IBM’s direct printing will be a popular
resource among users looking for fast
reproduction of high bandwidth graphic
files. The reason being that IBM’s direct
printing allows users to send PNG, PCX,
DCX, PDF, JPEG, HTML, TIFF, GIF, BMP,
and PS files directly to the print engine
without launching an application or riping
the file into a PCL or PostScript file. The
time alone required to open an application
such as Photoshop can be longer than the
time it takes to print the file.
Users are able to set up as many direct
PDF queues as they require. This is a
valuable feature allowing users to set up a
direct print queue with the required
document production features necessary
for a specific job type. For example, a user
could set up one job queue defaulted to
duplex output on paper from tray one, while
another queue could be set to incorporate
an overlay of the company letterhead and
print from the bypass tray.
We also liked the ability to be able to use the
direct print facility without having to first open
a browser or windows application. This step,
which is found on many rival devices can
swallow up much of the time advantage that
the process is supposed to deliver.
Users of the IBM Infoprint 1532 Express
have multiple ways in which they can route
a job into a direct print queue. They can
either drag a file on the desktop onto the
ImageQuick icon or they can simply right
click on the file and select the direct print
queue from the ‘Send To’ options (as
shown to the right.)
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Direct Print
Automatic Print Scheduled Events:
This function has a broad range of real-life
applications. In the example below a stock
Another valuable and unique feature on the broker in New York has set up a series of
IBM’s ImageQuick utility is the ability to set
up automatic print scheduled events.
scheduled print events to ensure that when
the brokers arrive in the morning that they
have the main news page of the NY Times,
CNN, Financial Times, and the Nikkei
Index — all ready to scan before the days
events get underway. In a business where
time is money this can be invaluable.
These can be files stored on a local device,
networked device or even URLs pulled
directly from the world wide web.
Scheduled events can be set up to go out
on a one off basis or at regular intervals, to
be set by the user.
In another example a retail head office
could set up a specific URL with the flyer
design for the day’s promotions. Separate
regional store can then set up a scheduled
print, so that each morning the point of sale
material and daily flyers are ready to be
displayed and handed out immediately.
The user simply sets up the location of the
file, be it a network folder location or the
URL address (if a web site address), the
print parameters and saves the job as a
scheduled task.
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Direct Print
USB Flash Drive Support:
There is another way in which files can be
submitted directly to the IBM Infoprint 1532
Express without the need for a printer
driver, or indeed without the need of a
desktop PC.
We were very pleased to see that, after
years of asking, a manufacturer has finally
included a USB flash drive reader on the
device console. For years manufacturers
have been boasting about their ability to
handle raw PDF data. However, it is only
now that a user is finally able to walk up to
a device with a USB flash drive (an IT
gadget that has moved away from being a
geek must-have to being a standard piece
of equipment for the IT literate) and print a
Console users can direct print PDF files from
their USB flash drives.
PDF directly from the device.
At this point users can only select the
number of sets they require. We would
have liked to have the ability to choose
features such as duplex or finishing options
(if available) allowing for even greater
document flexibility.
This function has a great number of
potential real-world benefits. The most
obvious being in the service print industry,
namely business centers in hotels, airports,
conference centers, internet cafes and high
street print for pay businesses. In these
instances traveling business people will
frequently have laptops and USB pocket
flash drives. If they receive a contract or
order form via email and need to get the
file printed they have only to transfer the
file to the USB card, pack away the laptop
and walk down to the hotel business center
or airport lounge and print the file.
To use this novel feature we simply had to
insert the USB flash drive into the socket
on the front console panel. We were then
able to browse through the folder tree of
the drive until we reached the PDF file we
wanted to print.
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Print on Demand
Both drivers include a range of job
delivery options. In addition to
sending a job to print, we could also
choose between:
Verify Print:
Prints the first copy of a multiple-
copy print job, then holds remaining
copies until you either continue
printing the job or delete the job
using the printer’s operator panel.
Reserve Print:
Stores a print job on the printer for
printing at a later time, i.e. Print on
Demand functionality. To find stored
jobs, we had to scroll through the
job menu to our username, then
scroll to the job we wanted to
reprint.
Users assign a PIN to their
confidential jobs within the driver.
Repeat Print:
Does the same as reserve print but
produces a printed set of the job at the
same time.
Confidential Print:
Sends print jobs to the device with a
secure PIN. Users must first scroll to their
username, then enter the PIN number
using the keys on the printer operator
panel. We were pleased to see that the
PIN is now displayed as asterisks when
entered by the user. In the past, the PIN
had been displayed as the actual numbers
on screen allowing a potential thief to
oversee the data entry code. The 10-digit
number panel is a great new feature on the
device, providing users with a fast method
of entering PIN details. Before, IBM users
were restricted to 6 digit codes.
To release a confidential job saved on the IBM
Infoprint series, users enter the 4-digit PIN
assigned at the driver.
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Print
Printer Driver Functionality:
IBM Infoprint 1532 Express
shares the same PCL driver
interface as the new color
Infoprint Color 1567, the wide-
format Infoprint 1585, and the
rest of the Infoprint-series. So
enterprise users will feel right
at home when they first open
up and print to this workgroup
device.
As with these other IBM
devices, the drivers are split
out into four tabs: Page
Layout, Paper, Print Quality
and Other Options. The tabs
clearly define which printing
features they cover, so no time is
wasted browsing from tab to tab.
The IBM Infoprint series’s driver interface is the same as the rest
of the Infoprint series.
Within paper mode there is the option to
specify the paper source for the document.
However, there is no ability to select a
different paper source for the front or back
cover, a feature we would have like to have
seen in this departmental printer — for
example, using pre-printed header stock or
heavy card stock for cover pages in
manuals, brochures, presentations, etc.
(right).
Stapling, and offset are also
selected from here (if installed.)
Users can select the staple
position when they click on the
“More Finishing Options” button.
The driver also supports overlays
and watermark backgrounds
(right).
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Print
Image Quality:
The image quality achieved from the IBM
Infoprint series was to an acceptable level
across a wide range of typical business
applications.
Fonts were legible down to 4 points and
fine lines were accurately reproduced.
While not glaringly obvious, the image
quality on graphics was not as good as the
output we have seen on some rival devices
in this sector. Grayscales and halftones
had a slightly granular appearance, similar
to the course screening seen on
newspaper print. There was some banding
on some graphic output and on the
grayscale sliding test, but not the step
down at certain intervals as we have seen
on some competing devices.
High resolution digital camera image output on the
IBM Infoprint series, scanned at 600dpi
and reproduced at 100%
All being said, for typical office applications
users will be more than satisfied with the
output from the IBM Infoprint series, with
only users carrying out more heavily
graphically intensive work (who have yet to
make the transition to color) having the
potential for complaint.
Test pattern reproduced on the IBM Infoprint series
showing the slight banding on grayscale output.
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IBM Infoprint 1532 Express
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Summing Up
The IBM Infoprint 1532 Express brings
some new life to the workgroup printer
monochrome market with an enviable
number of unique features that put the
device on its own in terms of user-
friendliness and productivity in various real-
world settings.
The direct print facility via ImageQuick and
the USB interface on the device front panel
provide a wealth of walk-up and automated
printing abilities that are designed to make
the job of printing business-critical tasks as
streamlined as possible.
Image quality will satisfy most business
Productivity is much more than a simple users, but is an area we would like to see
case of click-to-clunk:
improved in the next generation as
business documents continue to become
more and more graphical in nature.
While some other devices may match the
IBM Infoprint 1532 Express in theoretical
print speed productivity when you take the
simplistic equation of comparing click print
to final output page, the overall productivity
equation is another matter.
What We’d Like To See:
There are other areas we would like to see
improved on the next generation product,
including a more flexible user ID cost
control system, allowing users to be
allocated a set limit per month rather than
the yes or no option currently available.
It is this overall user productivity equation
that separates the IBM Infoprint 1532
Express from the pack, offering up a host
of user productivity enhancements and
workflow automation process that reduce
the time a user has to spend getting to the
point where the Print button can be clicked.
After all, who waits by a printer as their
We would also like to see the USB direct
print facility expanded to include the ability
to choose finishing/document production
options in addition to the quantity choice
pages come out — only the foolish or those option — this would make the unique
fully intent on wasting time discussing last
night’s latest reality TV elimination drama.
feature even more impressive.
As some manufacturers look to keep
While one device may be faster at printing
a web page, the user must first open a
browser, select the page and then hit print.
Using ImageQuick this entire process can
be set up with NO user time at all.
pushing the price of network printers down
and down, IBM seems to be placing more
emphasis on overall value for money taking
the user time into account. When you
consider the rising cost of salaries and the
ever greater burden of responsibility placed
on achieving greater workflow efficiency,
we think IBM has taken the right approach.
The installation and maintenance
procedures are up to IBM’s usual high
standards, with MarkVision Professional. A We look forward to seeing what innovation
wealth of security networking measures are gets implemented on the next series.
also included as standard including IPv6,
Kerberos and LDAP authentication plus IP/
MAC filtering providing a professional
means of managing one or multiple
devices around the enterprise.
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