print management for education

Serverless Print Management for Education

Whether you’re administering a single school site, a handful of teaching spaces, or an entire district, print management for education with directprint.io can help you revolutionize your print management across Chromebook, Mac and Windows devices.

Take print to the cloud

 Google Workspace and Microsoft Azure integration. Deploy printers and drivers remotely. We offer several deployment options for Google Workspace and a number of deployment options such as Microsoft Entra ID for Microsoft environments, so you can easily meet your deployment strategy goals. 

  Supports Chromebook Printing. Whether you utilize ChromeOS on Chromebooks or are reinvigorating PCs or Macs with ChromeOS Flex, you can be sure that directprint.io provides a seamless print experience for your end users.

 Manage print your way. You can deploy printers by groups, devices, users and more. Our universal print driver can even be installed through Google Workspace Admin, Microsoft Intune/PQD, or your favorite MDM tool to all devices.

 

 

 

Tulia ISD

Case study

Tulia Independent School District

Read about how Tulia Independent School District is leveraging the directprint.io serverless print management solution to simplify how end-users access printers, and reduce print-related support calls.

You’re in control

   Control print capabilities. Apply to different OUs, groups and users through policy enforcement, you can even provide special print privileges to your VIPs or remove print access altogether.

   Track print costs and activity. Benefit from complete visibility of all print activity on your network and use those insights to identify where you’re wasting resources and enforce policies.

   Save admin time. Spend less time managing tedious tasks, address problems proactively and increase productivity. Enable printing without having to touch the end-device.

   Secure printers and documents. Enable secure pin release on printers to ensure that students aren’t collecting staff prints. Edge Print technology allows you to control which users can print remotely through our Google Workspace and Microsoft Azure integration.

Print management for education – a successful environment

  Seamless end-user experience. directprint.io print management software is easy to use for both admins and end-users, with intuitive interfaces and straightforward processes for printing, managing, and monitoring print jobs. With directprint.io – simply press – CTRL-P, File – Print.

  Access rights. directprint.io requires users to authenticate themselves before printing. Ensure the right people have the right access to the right printer at all times.

  Reduce support time. Migrate print to the cloud, automate time-intensive manual tasks and spend less time searching for lost print jobs and more time on strategic IT transformation.

  Responsible printing. Promote double-sided printing, restrict color printing, and set default printing preferences that align with sustainability goals. Encourage eco-responsible printing to help the environment and save costs with our print nudge feature.

Testimonials

A look at what our customers are saying…

“Before, we’d get a call every time someone couldn’t access a printer, but now, once the device is set up on directprint.io, it’s set up for everyone. The number of print-related calls we receive now is significantly lower, so it is definitely working well for us”

Bryan Barcroft, Systems Administrator

Tulia ISD

“directprint.io is just easy. Set up was really quick and the integration with Google Workspace and single sign-on is a huge plus. We managed the roll-out centrally, directprint.io automatically discovered the printers, we did a bit of tweaking, and it was up and running in a noticeably short time”

Tim Hawkins, Technical Services

Trillium Lakelands District High School Board
“With directprint.io, you have a great deal of control via the admin control panel. As an admin, I can force install printers remotely which makes the installation process much quicker”

Graham Gosden, Head of IT

ALP Schools

Key Benefits

What do we provide?

Serverless Printing

Ditch your print servers, save money and time by moving your print infrastructure to the cloud.

Simple Deployment

No need for manufacturer-provided drivers, our universal driver enables all print features.

Secure Documents

Enable on-device secure print to ensure sensitive documents are released by their owners.

Take Control

Apply specific print policies to different types of users. Enable stapling and hole punching for some, force mono and duplex for others.

Action on insight

Instant, highly-detailed reports can help measure print usage, reduce bottlenecks and eliminate errors.

Remote printing

Mix Edge Printing with Local Network Printing to find the perfect balance of local vs remote print use-cases.

Print management for education – blog spotlight

Check out our blog post all about why directprint.io is the best print management solution for Education K-12.

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