Pull Printing is a printing feature where a user's print job is held on a server or on a user's workstation and released by the user at any printing device which supports this feature. A number of software products exist that support Pull Printing. The user needs to first authenticate themselves at the printer, either using embedded software (e.g. i.c.w. a pincode), or an external device (e.g. i.c.w. a smartcard). Once they have been authenticated, the user may select from the list of print jobs from the server, or web portal in the case of a server-less pull printing solution, which ones they wish to release at the current device. Some systems also allow delegation where the user may access print jobs submitted by other users or systems.
Alternative Terminology
- 'Find-Me' printing which is a brand of PaperCut Software
- 'Follow Me' printing, which is a trademark of Ringdale.
- 'Global Print', which is a trademark of Sepialine.
- 'Release Printing' which is a trademark of PrinterLogic
- 'Follow-You' printing which is a trademark of Nuance
- 'MFPsecure' which is a trademark of LRS
- 'Secure Release Here' which is a brand of Pharos
- 'Secure Jet' which is a trademark of Jetmobile
Advantages
- Flexibility: The user can print first and choose the printer afterward (while standing next to it).
- Costs and environment: Reduces uncollected paper.
- Security: The user must authenticate increasing privacy policy compliance.
- Accounting: Although this is not really a Pull Printing feature, centralized printing solutions often come with these additional features (e.g. reporting, charging, monitoring).
Disadvantages
- Speed: The user has to wait for the job to be copied and processed from the moment the print job is pulled.
- Costs: Extra licensing and hardware.
- Specialised software may be required on the server and also possibly on the printer.
- Compatibility: The print driver used when the user initially prints must be compatible with all the devices that the user might release their print job on. Some software solutions, can perform conversions or a common print driver to negate this requirement.
- Printer Hardware-Specific: Often solutions are only compatible with certain vendor's own hardware; there are however exceptions.
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