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Print servers and Azure Universal Print

  • May 3, 2022
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Hello, I have two questions around setting up print servers for a cloud hosted IFS apps 10 Aurena only deployment.

IFS recommends setting up print servers “as close to the physical printers as possible”. I see this as an outdated strategy. Many organizations have centralized data centers and/or cloud infrastructure and are actively trying to reduce the number of servers installed at locations, including print servers. There are low latency, high bandwidth connections that can overcome issues of the past. So, what are the actual needs for bandwidth, latency or other technical specifications to make IFS print servers work effectively so I can decide whether they actually need to be on site or in our data center?

Second question, does IFS support Azure Universal Print, which is ultimately where we’re going in our infrastructure.

Thanks.  

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  • Do Gooder (Customer)
  • September 1, 2022

Hi, I would be interested in any answer to this too. Thanks James


untsrikanth
Sidekick (Customer)
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  • Sidekick (Customer)
  • March 6, 2026

@PriceWarren 

I came across this thread while researching options for integrating Azure Universal Print with IFS Cloud / the IFS Print Agent.

Were you able to make any progress on this topic or successfully implement a working solution?

We are approaching our IFS Cloud go-live and are currently exploring the possibility of using Azure Universal Print for managing our printers. It would be very helpful to understand if anyone has already implemented this setup, or if there are recommended approaches (for example using a Windows print server with the Universal Print Connector).

Any insights, architecture details, or lessons learned would be greatly appreciated.