Adding a Print Delivery Hub
PrinterOn’s Print Delivery Hub (PDH) is intended to provide a simple and reliable solution to deliver print jobs to printers and MFPs that are distributed across numerous disparate and isolated networks. The PDH acts as a centralized distribution server, coordinating the delivery of print jobs between PrinterOn’s print servers and clients and PrinterOn’s print release station software.
Note: The Print Delivery Hub component is only available for PrinterOn Enterprise Edition.
📘 Instructions
When deploying a cloud printing solution, printers and MFPs can be distributed globally. However, users still want access to these devices much like any other local device. The PDH offers a solution for enabling these print devices without the need for significant network reconfiguration. The Print Delivery Hub provides access to these devices while maintaining a high degree of security.
The PDH server accepts and holds print jobs generated and transmitted by PrinterOn’s clients until they are retrieved for downloading and release by PrinterOn’s Print Deliver Station (PDS) component. The PDS software initiates the communication from within the network and behind the firewall. The PDS can also be configured to communicate using commonly available ports such as 80 and 443. This combination minimizes the network configuration required to deliver print jobs from one network to another.
The PDH is based on the industry standard Internet Printing Protocol (IPP). PrinterOn has extended and enhanced the protocol with several PrinterOn extensions for improved print job data security (encryption), data compression, and collection of print job metadata that is used for print job tracking and integration with print management and other cost recovery solutions.