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Tailored print management solutions for complex, security-conscious enterprises
Pharos Blueprint®
Pharos Blueprint Enterprise is an ISO 27001 certified,
on-premises print management solution proven to help
large-scale enterprises streamline complex print
workflows and manage multi-vendor fleets.

BLUEPRINT IS DESIGNED TO:

• Reduce costs
• Enhance security
• Optimize printing
Blueprint’s unique blend of flexibility, scalability, and integration
with your existing technology makes it easy for you to manage
your entire print environment.
Benefits

Enhance security Reduce printing costs

SECURE YOUR DEVICES AND DOCUMENTS LEVERAGE EXISTING INVESTMENTS
Our ISO 27001 certified platform secures network Our scalable and dependable platform seamlessly
devices so documents can only be released after owner integrates with Active Directory and LDAP user
authentication. authentication. Blueprint provides:
• Control access to all features on multifunction devices • Flexible, single-system management of various printer
manufacturers and device models
• Leverage industry standards including TLS 1.2 and IPPS
• Streamlined print queues with secure print workflows that
• Implement print forensics to automatically identify
reduce waste while allowing users to print at any Pharos-
sensitive information in documents and notify your data
secured device
protection officer or other relevant parties if it’s printed
• Decreased print server requirements by holding print jobs
at the workstation level—ideal for remote/branch offices
Optimize printing and secure printing in restricted network areas

MANAGE WITH QUOTAS

SCHEDULE REPORTS
Control printing costs by setting monthly page count
Automatically schedule monthly reports for a
quotas.
comprehensive view of your print environment.
• Apply and enforce group-specific quotas—if quota
• Choose from over 50 reports, including enterprise
thresholds are exceeded, the user and manager are
summaries, job-level tracking, and device utilization
notified by email
• Send reports off-schedule for unplanned requests
• Set separate quotas for black-and-white and color pages,
• Audit printing and recover costs by charging back as well as different departments and managers
to departments
• Access up-to-date printer information and provide FOSTER SMARTER PRINTING HABITS
more accurate insights and data modeling to admins Establish more environmentally-responsible printing habits
and analysts by educating users and enforcing print policies.
• Easily integrate with 3rd-party reporting tools • Easily enforce company print policies

TRACK AND MANAGE FROM YOUR BROWSER • Educate employees about printing costs, including
financial and sustainability impact
Print Center makes it easy to manage common
administrative tasks right from your browser. USE LESS TONER
• Troubleshoot issues in your print environment without Reduce toner consumption by 25-35% without
having to log into a server compromising on print quality.
• Track and manage system performance and components • Achieve significant cost savings by leveraging Pixel
that may affect printing operations Optimization

INTUITIVE USER EXPERIENCE • Define the level of toner savings you want and
automatically apply it to all jobs, specific jobs, or specific
Provide a consistent user experience on multifunction applications
printers embedded with Pharos’ common UI, regardless
of manufacturer. • Set toner saving rules for specific groups, departments,
or users
• Pharos’ truly “universal” print driver built on the IPP
Everywhere™ standard provides a consistent print
experience to the multivendor fleet
• Reduce user training and frustration with a consistent
look-and-feel across MFPs from different manufacturers
• Customize the UI to display your organization’s logo and
brand colors

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Pharos Print Center™

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USERS CAN EASILY MANAGE THEIR PRINT QUEUE: WITH MOBILEPRINT, USERS CAN:
A. View and release print jobs sent to Pharos queues E. Upload documents to the print queue
B. Select previously used printers or search for new ones F. Change print settings for jobs submitted by
email or web upload (e.g. color vs. monochrome,
C. Delete unnecessary print jobs
simplex vs. duplex, number of copies, etc.)
D. Preview documents before printing
G. Support touchless print release via QR code scan
to limit employee contact on shared surfaces
 The Secure Print Workflow
Secure Print frees IT staff from managing hundreds of print queues
and vendor-specific print drivers, and it eliminates piles of unclaimed
printouts.

User submits a job . . .

Secure Print . . . to a secure queue.

Print jobs are held on the

network and released after
the user authenticates
at the device. . . . directly to a device.

• Ensure confidential User is informed of job details

and subject to designated limits.
documents are released and
collected by their owners User/device activity data is sent
• Significantly reduce for reporting.
abandoned and forgotten
documents Authentication is required
to release print jobs.
• Stop users from having to rifle
through stacks of paper to User/device activity data
find documents is sent for reporting.
• Print to a single queue
and release at any Pharos-
enabled printer, regardless
of manufacturer or location

Print is released to the

No documents are left on the authorized user.
printer and there is no need
for banner pages. Unreleased
jobs automatically expire.

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Pharos MobilePrint™
Pair Pharos MobilePrint with Blueprint to enable printing from any email or web-
enabled device, on or off-site, to any Pharos-secured printer. With MobilePrint,
you can leverage and extend your Blueprint investment, simplifying tasks for
employees and administrators.

DRIVERLESS PRINTING
MobilePrint does not require print drivers. All a user needs is a web browser
or the ability to send email. Print jobs can be easily sent from all versions
and flavors of Windows®, Mac, and Linux. It’s that simple.

DEVICE INDEPENDENCE
Pharos MobilePrint enables users to release their print jobs at any Pharos-
secured printer, regardless of manufacturer or location. For organizations with
a diverse mix of printing devices from different manufacturers, MobilePrint
delivers unmatched convenience and flexibility.

SECURE PRINTING
MobilePrint leverages our Secure Print technology for superior document security.
To authenticate and release a job, users must be physically present at a device.

MOBILE APPS
Our Pharos Print app for iOS and Android devices makes it even easier
for employees to submit documents for printing and view print history.

SUBMISSION NOTIFICATIONS
When jobs are submitted via email, users are immediately notified when their
document is ready for release. They are also notified if a job cannot be printed
due to an unsupported file format. This immediate feedback loop lets users
resubmit documents in a supported format before they walk to a printer.

Support For Popular File Formats & E-Mail Protocols

All of the most commonly printed file formats are supported, including*:

Adobe® Portable Document Image Files E-mail Protocols

Format (.pdf) • .jpg, .jpeg, .gif, .bmp, .png, .tiff • POP3, Exchange (EWS), Google
Mail (Gmail API), Office 365
Office Documents Text Formats (OAuth)
• Microsoft® Office (.doc, .docx, • .txt, .ini, .cfg, .rtf, .csv
.xls, .xlsx, .ppt, .pptx) * See product documentation
• Microsoft Outlook (.msg, .eml) for a full list of supported file
E-mail Contents
formats.
• Microsoft Publisher (.pub) • HTML as part of the e-mail
• Microsoft Visio (.vsd) body (HTML links or
attachments are not supported)
• Open Document Formats (.odt,
.ods, .odp, .odg, .odf, .otg) • E-mail in web links not
requiring authenticated access
MobilePrint User Experience

Typical user experience with

User submits a job . . . Pharos MobilePrint:

1) SUBMIT DOCUMENTS TO PRINT

OPTION 1 email documents
via Pharos Print Center to the address set up for
or Pharos Print app. . . MobilePrint (e.g. print@
organization.com).
via e-mail . . .
OPTION 2 Upload files via the
Pharos Print Center or Pharos
Print app.

2) RELEASE THE DOCUMENTS

OPTION 1 Walk up to your
MobilePrint™ preferred device, authenticate
using your ID or access card,
and then select the document(s)
Job is sent by MobilePrint
to the Pharos Print Server’s in your queue that you want to
secure print queue . . . print.
OPTION 2 Log into the Pharos
Print Center and select the
documents you want to print.

3) COLLECT DOCUMENTS FROM

THE PRINTER

User authenticates and

releases the job

With the Pharos Print app,

users can easily send content
from their iOS or Android device
to any Pharos-secured printer
to be printed. Download the app
directly from the Apple app store
or Google Play store.

User collects document(s)

from the printer

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Systems Requirements
SERVER OPERATING SYSTEMS CLIENT OPERATING SYSTEMS

Microsoft® Microsoft®
• Windows Server 2022 • Windows 11
• Windows Server 2019 • Windows 10
• Windows Server 2016 • Windows 8/8.1
• 64 bit versions and thin client support
Software Requirements
• Microsoft® Internet Information Services (IIS) 10 or later Windows Workstation SCOUT Requirements
• Microsoft® .NET Framework 4.6.1 or higher • Microsoft® Windows Installer 3.1
• Microsoft .NET 6+
Apple
Mac OS 10.14 - 11.5
HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS (MINIMUM*):
We also support Citrix environments. Please contact Pharos
Blueprint Collector(s) for more details.
• Single processor, dual core or greater * The number of users and type of features used may
• At least 4 GB RAM, and at least a 40 GB hard disk impact these recommendations. Please consult Pharos for
assistance in planning your server configuration.
Blueprint Analyst
• Single processor, dual core or greater
• At least 4 GB RAM, at least a 40 GB hard disk

DATABASE
Microsoft SQL Server 2017/2016/2014/2012

To learn more about Pharos, contact us today.

(585) 939-7000 or [email protected] www.pharos.com