For over ten years, Lexmark and SAP have partnered to provide a comprehensive set of solutions for paper-based processes used within the SAP ecosystem. Lexmark technologies for print, scan, and document delivery improve the movement of information between paper and SAP. Lexmark scan workflow solutions improve process time and reduce transcription errors, so that information can be leveraged within the SAP ecosystem more quickly.

Lexmark document solutions provide security for printed documents by ensuring delivery of documents to authorized recipients only, at the location of each recipient's choice. Plus, print solutions like Lexmark's electronic forms tools, native PDF printing, and Unicode support improve speed and quality of printing in the SAP software environment.

Alliance Overview

Lexmark is an SAP global technology partner and software partner. In addition, Lexmark is a member of the SAP Printer Vendor program.

Lexmark co-developed with SAP the first Unicode printer, so that SAP users can support a single printer configuration worldwide. Device types for all business-class printers are available from SAP and Lexmark.

Key Customer Benefits

Lexmark offers these and other customer benefits:

• Lexmark scan-to-SAP workflow solutions improve speed and quality of data input.
• Lexmark's Print Release solution provides security and flexibility for documents printed from SAP by requiring user authentication at the device of each user's choice.
• Lexmark offers the only full letter-size radio frequency identification (RFID) document printing from laser printers. The same printer used for reports can print RFID labels as well.
• Lexmark Global Services, which manages the output infrastructure for large global organizations, drives down cost by reducing printing and using our advanced technology to streamline paper workflow.

Capabilities and Industry Expertise

Lexmark is industry focused, with sales and consulting organizations in retail, pharmacy, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, distribution, education, and government. Advanced print and scan workflow solutions simplify business process issues unique to each of these industries.

Lexmark Multifunction Printer (MFP) solutions offer the optimum print and scan tool for the SAP environment. Customized workflow prompting guides users during scan-to-SAP processes, reducing the time spent getting information into the SAP system while improving the quality of the data transfer.

When printing from SAP software, Lexmark solutions improve document delivery and security. With Lexmark Print Release, print jobs sent from workstations or mobile devices are stored and printed only when a user logs into a printer or MFP. Confidential jobs do not linger at the printer. Jobs not printed within a specified time are deleted from the queue, eliminating costly "forgotten" or obsolete jobs.

About Lexmark

Since its inception in 1991, Lexmark has been a leading developer, manufacturer, and supplier of printing and imaging solutions for customers in more than 150 countries. Lexmark is the only printer manufacturer that internally develops and owns all three core-print technologies in the market – laser, ink jet, and dot matrix.

Lexmark's enterprise sales force is organized into industry-specific teams that identify the unique challenges of each major industry in terms of output and workflow processes.