Uniflow - Pretty but not worth the money.

I asked around for some quotes for print and copy management software, the results are pretty silly really :)

UniFlow
Uniflow demo went well until the Canon guy lied to me to say they didn’t let other people develop app's for Canon machines. Also I was unconvinced about the flexibility of the system what if my card reader technology changes in the future? (not that I have picked anything just yet).
Also the cost of uniflow was just silly and frankly I don't want to only have Canon machines, as good as they are thing's change, in 2 year's time I may want Lexmark copiers and be able to use my chosen print/copy software with it.
One good feature was Job Ticketing, where you could let people know what they need to do to get the print. Of course this was an "optional module" along with most of the good and useful tools other people throw in for free... /sigh!

So uniflow was expensive, also (and this may be wrong) I read it couldn’t talk to Active Directory, this is madness!

On paper Uniflow looks the business but not once you start to look under the rug or get the price list.

While Canon machines/support/service all seemed fine I just didn’t like the software as it tied me to Canon and was very expensive.

The cost of the Canon machines was more than reasonable but nothing that stood out from other offerings.