Push/pull printing

[Mrluckhurst]

Hi, not sure this is in the right thread but it kind of fits!

 

We are a fairly large junior school with a number of printers spread across the site. As always the printer you want to use in a hurry has a huge job on it. I am looking for a low cost or ideally free push/pull printing solution that enables staff to just print from their desktop/iPad and then pick it up from any printer.

 

What sort of solutions have you implemented?

 

Thanks

 

Chris

[robsonma]

What you need is a managed print service, With something like papercut on, User Prints to a Virtual Print Que, ie, Follow-Me walk's to any of the Printers can log in using AD Cred, a pin or swipe card. and select their print job and out it comes.

[mavhc]

What printers do you have?

[Mrluckhurst]

A bit of a mix - two rioch multi-function devices and a few laser printers dotted around. I can devices I can dedicate to the lasers

[robsonma]

We have MFP, We are a primary school and gone from 18 Desktops to 5 Toshiba e-studio 2505AC and 1 Toshiba e-studio 5506AC Everything is covered in the Contract so no unexpected costs, the Printer knows when the Toner is low and re-orders.

[mavhc]

Apart from papercut there's a load of stuff listed at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pull_printing

 

In the Open Source world https://www.savapage.org/ seems to be the thing to look at

Edited July 11, 2017 by mavhc

[ReverentCreature]

Big thumbs up for papercut from me. You pay based on the number of AD users who will use the system. Having managed print also means you are cutting down on wastage (eco friendly) and also protecting data (as users have to physically release the job). So that helps a school be compliant in those areas.