Pull Printing VS Secure Printing

Within PrinterLogic, there are two main options for securely releasing your print job, Pull Printing and Secure Release Printing. Both options allow you to release your print job securely when ready, with one significant difference.

The main difference between Pull Printing and Secure Release Printing is that pull print jobs can be released to any pull print-enabled printer, while Secure Release Printing jobs can only be released to a specific printer. End-users authenticate with an identity provider through release options where they view and release print jobs to the printer.

Pull Printing, considered the one-to-many option, uses a pull printer object as a virtual print queue to hold the job. The pull printer object is installable on end-user workstations and appears like a regular printer. Jobs sent to it are automatically held, and these held jobs can be released to any printer object with the Allow Pull Print jobs to be released to this printer setting enabled.

Reference Pull Printing for steps.

Secure Release Printing is also a method of holding a print job but is considered a one-to-one option. Meaning a print job can be printed from a workstation and then held to be released at a specific printer. To allow this function, the printer must be configured as a Secure Release printer within the Admin Console.

Reference Secure Release Printing for steps.

For both Pull and Secure Release Printing an identity provider must be configured correctly for user authentication purposes at the printer.

Time to print depends on several factors, including the size of the job and the type of printer, which control how long it takes to start printing. However, after you click Release, expect the print job to be sent to the printer within 15 seconds. Mobile Printing can be a little different since all mobile print jobs are sent sequentially by a central computer, which can be slower.