Introduction
Secure Print Release provides a secure, flexible, and convenient printing experience at St. Cloud State University. Print jobs are sent to a secure cloud-based queue and held until you release them at a participating printer using the mobile app or a passcode. This helps protect sensitive information, reduces printing waste, and allows you to print from multiple networked devices across campus.
Answer
Secure Print Release allows you to send print jobs to a secure, cloud-based queue where they are held until you are ready to print them. Documents can be released at any participating printer using the mobile app or by entering a passcode on the printer's touchscreen.
Because documents are only printed when you are physically present at the device, secure print release helps protect sensitive information from being left unattended or viewed by others. It also improves convenience by allowing you to retrieve your print jobs from multiple networked printers rather than being tied to a specific device.
In addition, secure print release helps reduce waste caused by misprints, forgotten print jobs, and outdated materials. The flexibility of releasing jobs at any networked printer has also enabled St. Cloud State University to consolidate its printer fleet, resulting in significant cost savings and more efficient use of resources.
To ensure the University fully realizes these benefits, direct print release (where documents print immediately after being sent to a printer) will be discontinued. Moving exclusively to secure print release provides a more consistent and standardized printing experience, enhances security, reduces backend complexity, and minimizes common issues such as printing to the wrong device or printing outdated versions of documents.