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Centralised printing from IFS Cloud

Do Gooder (Customer)
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Hi all,

 

We have recently implemented IFS Cloud. 

As an organisation we have centralised follow-me printing, so a single print queue with multiple multi-function printers which you release your job on your printer of choice.

 

If you Preview your document, you can print to directly to the print q as yourself.

If I send the print job via the Print Agent, it sends the job to the print Q from the cental Print Agent as Administrator, so gets lost as a none-user job on the print server.

 

It has been suggested that I have the Print Agent installed on every device, which isn’t really a viable option.

 

Does anyone have any suggestions or experience of this Follow-Me style printing and Print Agent?

 

TIA

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    Do Gooder (Customer)
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    • ChrisJEH
    • Do Gooder (Customer)
    • February 28, 2025

    Hi all,

     

    We have recently implemented IFS Cloud. 

    As an organisation we have centralised follow-me printing, so a single print queue with multiple multi-function printers which you release your job on your printer of choice.

     

    If you Preview your document, you can print to directly to the print q as yourself.

    If I send the print job via the Print Agent, it sends the job to the print Q from the cental Print Agent as Administrator, so gets lost as a none-user job on the print server.

     

    It has been suggested that I have the Print Agent installed on every device, which isn’t really a viable option.

     

    Does anyone have any suggestions or experience of this Follow-Me style printing and Print Agent?

     

    TIA

    How have you found your experience with this?

     

    I’m surprised there seems to be next to no posts or discussions regarding cloud printing using single print queues with applications such as Papercut MF or Papercut Hive.

     

    I’m really interested in other users experiences with this as we review our printer setup.

    Hero (Customer)
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    also interested in this topic.
    Thanks

    Dominik

    Mike Rogers
    Do Gooder (Customer)
    • Mike Rogers
    • Do Gooder (Customer)
    • October 19, 2026

    As an IFS partner, I can confirm that centralised printing is achievable and there are a number of approaches depending on the architecture you're trying to implement.

    We have experience with both centralised print environments and follow-me printing, where print jobs can be routed to the appropriate print server, printer or location based on business rules and user requirements.

    One of the key considerations is whether you need cloud-based printing, on-premises print servers, follow-me printing, or a combination of these, as that will typically influence the overall design.

    It would be useful to understand a little more about your current print landscape and what you're trying to achieve.

    Disclosure: I work for Lasernet, an IFS partner specialising in document and print management solutions.

    Mike Rogers
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