Secure printing

We’ve made security a cornerstone of our products from day one, so peace of mind is as simple as hitting ‘print’ from any device, printer, or app.

Secure printing 101

Businesses spend billions on IT security and firewall protection every year, but some of the biggest (and simplest) security wins actually sit right under our nose at the printer.

It all begins with a fundamental understanding of a print job’s journey from submission to collection.

The print lifecycle

The print lifecycle outlines what happens to a print job before, during, and after printing.

Before printing – securing your print infrastructure (who can print, what they can print, and so on).
During printing – securing print workflows (security of the printing process itself).
After printing – securing printed output (protection of documents out in the wild).

Core secure printing

Now that you’re familiar with the all-important print lifecycle, let’s explore different print security features and how they apply to the three stages of the print lifecycle.

Foundational and advanced security features

Broadly speaking, security features are classified as either foundational or advanced.

Foundational security features are measures that every organization should implement.
Advanced security features are optional measures you can implement for A+ security.

This table outlines how you can implement the features into the print lifecycle.

	Foundational	Advanced
Before printing	Authentication Access control	Access policies Behavior alerts Encryption
During printing	Secure Print Release Find-Me printing	Card authentication Two-factor authentication Device error handling
After printing	Print log auditing Behavior reports	Watermarking Digital signatures Archiving