SICFilePlus: Customisation Printer Solutions

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SICFilePlus is a is a range of products of non standard solutions for advanced printing.
For standard solutions we recommend the SQue 10.x product, which works well under most conditions.
Yet, to use the full range of possibilities of your printer you might want to do more or different things than possible with the standard SQue solution.
Therefore we propose the SICFilePlus product.
SICFilePlus is not only limited to UNIX/Linux environments: some solutions work also in MS Windows environments.

Some of the SICFilePlus products can be shipped and then installed by yourself. Some, however, would require on-site support by SIC International.
Currently this is only possible for tender business cases, except for France.
The SIC Success Stories page gives some examples of implemented solutions.

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The following SICFilePlus products are currently available:

Filters to change finishing behaviour For example: change the paper format (Letter to A4, for example). Or change the input tray. Or send output to a specific output bin, etc. This way you would not have to modify the main application as the filter will work inside a printer queue.

Printing with overlays SQue has some support of overlay printing in PCL. For more advanced cases, sometimes including development of the overlays a SICFilePlus is required. This may happen if you want to replace a matrix printer with pre-printed forms by a laser printer. A more detailed description.

Optimised printer queues Sometimes printing on laser printers does not reach the desired output speed, or in connection with some UNIX systems some jobs would come out in a different order than expected. SICFilePlus proposes a solution for theses cases. A more detailed description.

CPCA Server with Samba on Linux When a Linux server with Samba is employed within a Windows environment, the Canon Windows driver may be uploaded on the Linux server. If, however, you would like to use department accounting, a SICFilePlus solution will help: The CPCA server has the possibility to fix the user id, password and/or mailbox based on the Windows login. A more detailed description.

SICFilePlus Fax Solution Sending fax messages from UNIX to a Canon iR device is possible with another SICFilePlus solution. A more detailed description.

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For a SICFilePlus product you can contact your local Canon sales representative who will make the link with SIC International.
Otherwise you may always contact SIC International directly: see the Contact Us page.

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Filters to change finishing behaviour	For example: change the paper format (Letter to A4, for example). Or change the input tray. Or send output to a specific output bin, etc. This way you would not have to modify the main application as the filter will work inside a printer queue.
Printing with overlays	SQue has some support of overlay printing in PCL. For more advanced cases, sometimes including development of the overlays a SICFilePlus is required. This may happen if you want to replace a matrix printer with pre-printed forms by a laser printer. A more detailed description.
Optimised printer queues	Sometimes printing on laser printers does not reach the desired output speed, or in connection with some UNIX systems some jobs would come out in a different order than expected. SICFilePlus proposes a solution for theses cases. A more detailed description.
CPCA Server with Samba on Linux	When a Linux server with Samba is employed within a Windows environment, the Canon Windows driver may be uploaded on the Linux server. If, however, you would like to use department accounting, a SICFilePlus solution will help: The CPCA server has the possibility to fix the user id, password and/or mailbox based on the Windows login. A more detailed description.
SICFilePlus Fax Solution	Sending fax messages from UNIX to a Canon iR device is possible with another SICFilePlus solution. A more detailed description.