During the pandemic, we were confined, we protected ourselves with masks and, if we touched anything, we soon used disinfectant gel. This itself helped the rise of QR codes: without touching a restaurant menu or a magazine, we learned to access information by scanning the QR with our smartphone. Hasn’t it made our life easier…?
QR (Quick Response) codes are encodings that contain specific information (URL, SMS, email, text, etc.) and can be found on travel tickets, vending machines, brochures, websites, etc. Interested parties access the information by scanning it with an app. Due to the pandemic and their easy use on smartphones, these QR codes are already part of our daily lives.
This code, which never expires and is unlimited scanning, can be placed anywhere and we only need a sticker printer to print it. We can use it at our points of sale to show the customer information that may be useful to him.
Related to the latter, Nubeprint announces an important new feature: you can now print the QR on identification labels for printers!
The Panel user (Dealer operator or your end customer) can easily print the QR on the printer with a single click.
What it is for:
1) The QR is the best way for a printer user to report an issue when he is in front of the printer. By scanning the QR with his own smartphone, the Cloud of that printer is displayed.
2) From the Cloud obtained, you can see the status of the consumables and if any replacement cartridges have already been sent to the printer. You can also see if there are any open technical issues and their status or open an issue.
3) On NetLess printers, the QR allows the user to report the counter value and order consumables, as well as request technical assistance.
4) The printed label contains the QR and also the Dealer’s name, allowing you to identify all the printers you manage for your customer, differentiating them from those you do not. The QR is an automatic information service for the end customer and for reporting incidents, so by placing this label, the Dealer is providing its customers with a differentiating value compared to its competitors.
How it works “Print QR”:
1º. In Panel, find the printer for which you want to print the QR.
2º. Open your Cloud by clicking on the serial number.
3º. Click on the QR image. A new tab will open in the browser with the image to be printed.
4º. From that page of the browser, select print (this option is usually in the Menu), select the printer and print.
* It is recommended to use a printer for printing adhesive labels.
Finally, it should be noted that the label comes personalized with the Dealer’s name (as registered on your Nubeprint license) and that no other printer monitoring system has this functionality.
The natives of this tribe in the Brazilian Amazon have traded bows and arrows for laptops and smartphones to fight deforestation and protect their land. Thanks to new technologies, they will preserve their survival. What is this unusual alliance with Google engineers…?
The result of this collaboration is a map of 243,000 hectares with which the Suruí have monitored the entire forest around them.
Thanks to the immediacy of the Internet, new mobile devices, Google Earth, GPS and other technologies, the Suruí are vigilant of any threat to their ecosystem.
The Suruí used to live surrounded by jungles in the state of Rondônia, in northern Brazil, until the construction of a highway made their reserve accessible to the rest of the world and deforestation began, which became a major threat.
Almir Suruí (the first member of the tribe with a university education), searched for his territory in Google Earth and decided to travel to California to meet with a Google manager and, with the help of new technologies, create an interactive map of the Suruí’s land to preserve the ecosystem.
Rebeca Moore, head of Google Earth’s social branch, understood the threat posed by illegal loggers and mining companies and facilitated Google’s technology to protect the Suruí’s land, incorporating software into the smartphone to send and collect data from anywhere in the forest.
Today, this data not only serves to map the Suruí’s territory, but also to warn of its rapid deterioration at the click of a button, making it possible to report deforestation wherever it occurs in real time and send images immediately to the authorities.
The 3D atlas that Google Earth and the Suruí have created goes beyond an inventory of the flora and fauna of this territory, allowing new generations and any Internet user to access the tribe’s history, culture and traditions. The current challenge is to extend this initiative to other South American countries.
Nubeprint allows to create a map of all the printers managed in MPS. Each project identifies a specific client with all the printers it has, of any type or brand, with the manufacturer, model, serial number and IP, as well as all the necessary information for managing the printer fleet, appearing on the dealer’s panel. It is also possible to detail the exact location of the machine (department, office, etc.) and the contact person for a specific section, including telephone and email. As an important novelty, we can print a sticker with a QR code for each printer when we visit the customer, a label where the dealer’s name and QR code will appear, and that will allow each customer to scan it at any time to access the Cloud of the printer and see the Data in real time, even share with the dealer the information to detect any problem or monitor the status of the particular machine.
New technologies and internet connection are expanding more and more on the African continent. With a lack of infrastructure, internet coverage and banking network, where many cannot even afford to buy a computer… Has the smartphone become the ideal device to access all the advantages of the digital world?
The director of Airbnb in Africa (the internet platform where individuals rent their homes by the day), pointed out that the technological boom there opens up a potential market of 54 countries and more than a billion people.
Other businesses linked to the mobile network, such as apps for ordering transport, food or entertainment, continue to grow in Africa.
Facebook highlighted South Africa (19 million users) and Nigeria (15 million) as the countries that connect most to its social network, with 95% doing so from their smartphones (in some areas, there are more users with access to a cell phone than with access to electricity or drinking water).
The growth of smartphones connected to the network is exponential (more than 500 million by 2020). Almost half of the continent’s population will be connected via their cell phones, especially in Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Kenya and Congo, which account for 50% of mobile subscribers in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Transsion, a Chinese company, accounts for 40% of smartphone sales in Africa due to the versatility of its software and its prices between $20 and $40 (no touch screens or cameras with good resolution). It also allows the purchase of a phone with up to 4 SIM cards (due to coverage problems), as well as keyboards for local languages and other more widespread languages such as Swahili.
In Tanzania, cell phones are used by the Maasai in the savannah to improve their communication about dangers and the state of the area, such as fires or the proximity of predators.
In Kenya, the M-Pesa platform makes it possible to make payments or send and receive money with the smartphone, which has changed the way of paying in this country (28 million users, more than 60% of the population). School fees, medical care or sending money to relatives can be paid, even in rural areas it is popular because there is no need to carry cash.
Nubeprint App is installed on the smartphone and is compatible with any printer that has a WiFi or network connection. It allows you to monitor any user’s printers and automate the management of both consumables and any necessary maintenance so that the printer always works and never stops printing, without the need for expensive computers where resources are more limited.
Many of us have gone through the tiresome experience of placing several online orders on the same day and receiving the items “by chapters”, that is, on different days and times, having to be aware of their arrival at all times or visiting the collection point several times in a week. Wouldn’t it be more comfortable, simple and easier to receive everything in one go…?
When we buy a product, we value what it can bring us and the price, of course, but we also look for good customer care and good service, not to mention when the purchased item has to be delivered to us.
When it comes to several products purchased from the same supplier, what less than receiving them at the same time which, unfortunately, is not always the case (example of online shopping). However, when it comes to the delivery of consumables, we have good news: Nubeprint allows delivery on a single day of the week by combining 2 of its 22 apps. What does it consist of…?
The Status app allows you to change the consumables alert thresholds to days (by default, they are set to 20% load), so you know which specific day to send the consumable.
Once the thresholds are defined in days, the Grouped Shipments app allows you to consolidate all shipments scheduled in a week to a specific customer to be made on the day of the week that you prefer or have agreed with the customer (Wednesday, for example).
What are the advantages of grouping orders?
1ª. Cost reduction
By grouping several shipments into one, transportation costs are reduced, saving fuel and time.
2ª. Greater efficiency in inventory management
Delivery management and stock control are optimized.
3ª. Improved delivery planning
The time required to carry out the shipment is reduced and the efficiency in the organization of deliveries is increased.
4ª. Minimize environmental impact
Fewer shipments reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reduce the environmental footprint in favor of sustainability.
5ª. Improved shipment security
Fewer shipments mean greater efficiency and less chance of loss or deterioration of the product to be delivered.
6ª. Greater flexibility in delivery
Group shipping allows companies to better adapt to the needs of their customers, as they can choose which day of the week the product will arrive.
In summary, Nubeprint’s Status and Group shipping apps are the perfect combination to achieve our customer’s satisfaction, increasing efficiency and flexibility in deliveries, as well as reducing costs and making your company compliant with the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals). Adapting to customer needs is key to building customer loyalty and achieving an excellent customer experience.
The Internet revolution is gradually making everything connected. With printers, it has gone even further: for more than 4 years now, not a single printer has been manufactured that is not connected to a LAN network. However, there are still printers connected directly to the PC via USB cable: would it be possible to monitor them as well?
Connecting to a LAN network multiplies the advantages of printing equipment from multiple points of view. On the one hand, the user can enjoy printing on the same machine from multiple devices: from any PC installed on the network, or even from smartphones and tablets, all efficiently and easily.
Equipment maintenance is also improved, as it is easy for the technician to connect to the machine to make the necessary adjustments.
In addition, there are different ways of contracting the printer, which are only possible when it is connected to a LAN network. Among these services is automatic cartridge replacement, where the user does not have to worry about ink or toner because he knows that his printer is always ready to print.
For all these reasons, one would expect the gradual extinction of printers connected directly to a PC via the traditional USB cable. But reality has proved to be very stubborn and there are still many groups that, although they buy their printer with WIFI or LAN card, connect it directly to the PC via the USB port.
As with the village populated by the unyielding Gauls of our well-known Asterix, some niche markets are reluctant to connect their printer to the LAN network. No doubt they have their reasons, but this has prevented them from benefiting from the services that most print equipment distributors have added to their portfolio: services such as automatic consumables replenishment are only possible when the printers are being monitored, and this is not possible when the printer is connected via USB. But to be correct, we should say that it has not been possible until now….
Nubeprint has just announced that it has upgraded its CPM data collector agent and can now monitor USB-connected equipment. The solution uses Nubeprint’s unique Machine Learning (ML) technology to measure the consumption of the different inputs of the printing equipment.
As a result, with Nubeprint’s new CPM data collection agent, a service provider with any of Nubeprint’s MPS products can monitor USB printers (in addition to those connected by LAN), obtaining consumable levels, alerts to send when reaching the chosen threshold in days or the selected percentage level remaining, and even bill their customer for the pages printed.
Nubeprint’s MPS Zero and Enterprise-Q solutions now allow you to monitor USB-connected printers. The technology, unique to Nubeprint, automatically discovers the equipment connected to the PC and displays the evolution of the levels of the different consumables and the pages being printed. The same Nubeprint CPM data collector also allows one to identify and monitor printers in NETWORK, making installation in customers with mixed USB and LAN printer fleets very efficient.
It wasn’t all about smartphones at the Mobile World Congress Barcelona 2023.
Glass for phones that won’t break with a hammer, flexible screens, humanoid robots… There has been everything for everyone at this world congress: What has been the most outstanding and unique…?
For 4 days, up to 88,500 people attended this event in Barcelona (Spain) where, in addition to smartphones, new technological advances from other sectors were presented. Let’s take a look at the most striking examples:
1. Flying cab – Over the next few years, SK Telecom will develop this electric model, which will need to connect to 5G or higher networks to operate in cities, so SK will apply its experience in the telecommunications sector.
2. Hydrogen scooter – The Segway Apex H2 model was presented as a concept in 2021 and it has now become a reality at this fair.
3. Lucid Air 2023 – High-end electric vehicle that competes directly with the Mercedes-Benz EQS 2023 and the Tesla Model S, not suitable for all budgets: you will have to pay about 220,000 euros.
4. Police car – The Tesla Model 3 electric car has all the necessary equipment for law enforcement officers: facial recognition, control cameras, sensors for recognizing car passengers, etc.
5. Silencing aircraft noise – Vueling has developed a system that will prevent this annoying noise, although it will take time for this technology to reach airports.
6. Body recognition robot – It is no longer only facial but recognizes the entire body. It can be used in home surveillance tasks and to manage tickets to macro events.
7. 3D Hologram – Presented by Telefónica, this system can enter any virtual reality environment after creating our hologram in a volumetric capture space.
Finally, let’s not forget the most important curiosities in terms of smartphones, highlighting the Motorola – Lenovo roll-up phone (the concept has been presented, which shows that it is technically possible) and the Techno Chameleon smartphone concept (which allows its casing to vary between 1,600 different colors as many times as the user wants, using a technology of crystals with prisms).
Nubeprint, with a clear vocation for the future, has 7 patents, including the DCA for smartphones, which allows printers to be monitored through this device, the only one of its kind on the market. It is also committed to technological advances and invests 30% of its resources in R&D&I, currently developing BI systems and obtaining the Innovative SME certificate (Innovative SME, AENOR EA 0047) by the end of 2022
Machine Learning and Business Intelligence are complementary but different.
These two A.I. disciplines are often used in the business world, but they have significant differences in their approach and objectives. How to distinguish one from the other…?
BI focuses on the collection and analysis of business data in order to improve decision making and operational efficiency. It uses specialized techniques and tools to transform data into useful information and present it in a clear and accessible way. Its approach is more structured and systematic, relying on historical data to make predictions and decisions.
On the other hand, ML develops systems that can learn and improve themselves through the analysis of large amounts of data. Instead of relying on predefined rules and algorithms, these systems use machine learning techniques to identify patterns and trends in the data and make decisions based on them. ML is a more dynamic and flexible discipline, and can be used to solve a wide variety of problems, from predicting the price of a product to fraud detection.
What are the two main differences between BI and ML?
1.The approach – While BI focuses on collecting and analyzing historical data to improve decision making, ML is based on developing systems that can learn and improve themselves through data analysis. This means that ML is better suited for solving problems that change over time or are difficult to define precisely, while BI is better for more structured and predictable problems.
2. The amount and type of data used – BI works with structured data, i.e., data that is organized in a clear and easily accessible way (sales or inventory records, for example). ML, on the other hand, is able to handle large amounts of unstructured data (images or text, for example) and can extract valuable information from it.
In short, ML and BI are two branches of A.I. that differ in approach and type of data used, both being indispensable in any area for decision making and operational efficiency.
Nubeprint offers a managed MPS solution with dynamic algorithms and filters. In 2013, it develops the first A.I. engine for MPS and, since 2017, it has a Machine Learning (ML) developed specifically for MPS: through this machine learning, the system develops pattern recognition and the ability to learn continuously, with predictions based on Big Data, after which it makes the necessary adjustments without having been specifically programmed to do so.
Nubeprint invests 30% of its resources in R&D&I, currently developing BI systems, and obtained at the end of 2022 the Innovative SME certificate (Innovative SME, AENOR EA 0047).
Telecommuting is regulated in every corner of the planet.
The rise of remote work due to the pandemic has generated a new reality that needs to be legislated. More and more countries are seeking to bring it into line with the new office model. What are the highlights of this new regulation…?
The EU advocates that policies on telework should consider productivity and quality of work, in addition to workers’ work-life balance.
The regulation of remote work should promote the professional development of its employees, which requires some technological investment (only 38% of European SMEs will undertake it).
In Portugal they have the Green Paper on the Future of Work, which has created legislation appropriate to the new remote models and have attracted many of the digital nomads.
German companies are obliged to give the option of remote working (where possible) and the works council must be consulted before introducing remote working.
Ireland aims to bring hybrid work to all relevant sectors within a short period of time. As in Germany, companies must demonstrate the existence of an insurmountable pretext for refusing a request for remote working. In addition, they must provide the appropriate equipment to conduct the work at home.
In Russia, companies must provide the equipment and means for telecommuting, such as office chairs or the necessary software.
How is remote work regulated in Spain?
Royal Decree-Law 28/2020 sets the basis when it involves a minimum of 30% of the working day. It establishes the following types:
1. Remote work: the work activity is carried out on a regular basis at home or other locations on a full or part-time basis.
2. Telework: remote work involving the use of computer/technological systems.
Among the most salient points of teleworking we have:
1. It has to be voluntary, reversible and maintaining the same rights (you can return to the face-to-face system without penalty).
2º. The work schedule will be documented to confirm its fulfillment.
3º. The employee will be entitled to financial compensation for expenses incurred (internet access, for example).
4º. The right to digitally disconnect outside working hours (the company will limit the use of technological means during rest periods).
In short, the telework legislation extends globally, and the employee needs the means to exercise the activity from home, such as a laptop, monitor or printer. In this case, it is essential to always have consumables available so as not to be left at a standstill.
The Nubeprint App allows remote monitoring of printers once the employee connects his smartphone to the wifi and the printer is on the same network. In this way, thanks to consumable alerts, the employee will receive the new cartridge or toner before running out, avoiding disruptions in the performance of their work.
* This article was not written by ChatGPT but by Nubeprint.
The new Nubeprint app monitors any printer easily and simply.
How many apps do we use frequently? The bank app, the health insurance app, Uber, Glovo, the car charging points app, the home alarm app, and so on? There is no doubt that downloading an app on our smartphone makes our lives easier and allows us to carry out any management with just a few clicks. What is the new Nubeprint app about?
Many of us telework and have a printer at home, and all of us, without exception, have been in the unpleasant situation of running out of cartridge/toner when we needed it most. If only there was an app, since there are so many, that would guarantee delivery of the consumable before it ran out.
Yes, Nubeprint has such an app…! Thanks to its DCA for smartphone, unique in the market, the user’s printer is monitored by its printing expert, who will alert the user in time so that he never runs out of consumables and receives the correct reference, achieving the fundamental objective: that the printer never stops working.
Nubeprint app is very easy to install, does not commit the user until the consumables service is closed with the print expert and is not intrusive.
How does it work?
1º. Download Nubeprint app on your mobile (free):
Play Store: http://bit.ly/41Zj3P3
App Store: https://apple.co/3YvKmO5
2º. Open the app and click on “Register”.
3º. Enter name and email (WhatsApp, optional)
4º. In the search engine, type the promotional code or the initials of the supplier.
5º. As soon as the user is in the same location as the printer (turned on and on the same network/Wifi as the cell phone), the printer will be monitored by the printing expert.
What are the advantages of the app for the user?
1ª. Print whenever you want without worrying if there is any ink left.
2ª. Know who to call if there is an incident with the printer.
3ª. Not wasting time looking for who sells the cartridge/toner you need.
Nubeprint app monitors the printers and automates the management of consumables and any necessary maintenance so that the printer always works properly. It is installed by the user on the smartphone and is compatible with any type or class of printer that has a Wi-Fi or network connection.
Nubeprint values privacy: we comply with the strictest standards on data protection and security: our app does not capture any data from the cell phone or collect information about the documents that are printed, one more reason for the user to have peace of mind and to be able to use the printer at all times without any problems.
Civil registration, census, land registry… And what about the many apps, such as the bank’s, where we are asked for everything…? We download apps every day, but we like that the registration process is neither long nor complex: How many times have we left it halfway through because of the amount of data that we are asked to fill in? Is it really not possible to make it a little easier…?
We are increasingly lazy to register anywhere: it has to be really important (because it is a mandatory legal requirement, for example) or some app that catches our attention and suits us (as long as it doesn’t complicate our lives by filling in all kinds of forms).
We live in a dynamic world and time is money, we are not here to waste it with obstacles or complicated registrations that, in addition, often ask us for data that make us fear for our privacy.
Isn’t there any simple, fast registration that doesn’t even ask for my ID card? Well, there is! We are talking about the new Nubeprint app.
Any end customer (domestic, teleworker, SME, law firm, dentist, agency, etc.) who wants to monitor their printer of any brand or type from their smartphone, can do it in less than 3 minutes, step by step:
1º. Download Nubeprint app on your mobile (free):
Play Store: http://bit.ly/41Zj3P3
App Store: https://apple.co/3YvKmO5
2º. Open the app and click on “Register”.
3º. Enter only the name and email (Whatsapp, optional)
4º. In the search engine, choose the supplier that will provide the consumables sales service (enter the zip code where you live, or the promotional code provided by your printing expert).
5º. Once you are at the location of the printer (turned on), connect your smartphone to the same network/ wifi as the printer. From then on, the chosen supplier will now be able to monitor the printer.
The customer does not make any commitment until the supplier contacts them to explain their services. If an agreement is reached, the service is activated, and the supplier will receive cartridge alerts so that the monitored printer will never be down.
The interface that appears on the customer’s smartphone is very simple and intuitive: the supplier’s logo appears, they can access the supplier’s website at any time to view their products, create technical alerts and request assistance when needed.
The print expert monitors the status of the printer and will alert the customer before the cartridge/toner/drum (any of the consumables that the printer has) runs out, offering the correct reference, at a good price (even with special offer or discount), with warranty and always on time.
In addition, Nubeprint complies with the strictest standards in terms of data protection and security, certified by 7 international organizations, so the customer can be rest assured about the privacy of the data on their smartphone and those documents you print.
Finally, it only remains for us to say that Nubeprint exclusively owns the patent of the DCA integrated in the app for iOS or Android cell phones: it is the only software on the market that allows one to monitor printers via smartphone.
