Cloud Print Management for Higher Education
Pharos Cloud Education Edition helps campus IT modernize print infrastructure by eliminating print servers, enabling secure printing from anywhere, recovering print costs, and centrally managing printing.
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Campus printing changed. Legacy infrastructure did not.
Students expect to print anywhere. Legacy infrastructure wasn’t designed for today’s flexible, multi-device learning environments.
IT teams need to do more with less. Managing print servers, drivers, and support requests takes time away from higher-priority IT initiatives.
Print costs are harder to control. Without clear policies, quotas, and reporting, it’s difficult to manage print usage and recover costs.
Meet Pharos Cloud Education Edition
A cloud-native print management platform built for higher education. It replaces legacy print infrastructure with a secure, centralized solution that simplifies IT administration and improves the campus printing experience.
Secure release printing, cost recovery, print policies, and actionable insights help institutions reduce IT overhead, control print costs, and manage multi-vendor printer fleets—all from a single platform.
Make Student Printing
Simpler Anywhere
Give students the flexibility to print from any device and securely release jobs at any campus printer.
- Print from Chromebooks, mobile devices, laptops, and the web
- Submit jobs from anywhere and release them securely at any campus printer
- Consistent printing experience across campus with no complicated setup
Control Print Costs and
Recover Spend
Recover print costs while reducing waste with policies and reporting that make campus printing more accountable.
- Quotas, chargebacks, and departmental cost recovery
- Campus-wide print policies to reduce unnecessary printing
- Reporting and usage insights for better budget planning
Secure Every
Print Job
Protect sensitive documents with secure release printing, end-to-end encryption, and modern authentication.
- Authentication required before every job is released
- End-to-end encrypted print delivery
- Supports Zero Trust principles and secure print workflows
Run IT Without
Print Servers
Eliminate print servers and simplify print management with a cloud-native platform built for higher education.
- No print servers to deploy or maintain
- Centralized management for multi-vendor printer fleets
- Reduce help desk burden and free IT for higher-priority work
Turn Print Data into
Better Decisions
Gain visibility into device activity, usage trends, and costs to improve planning and optimize your print environment.
- Real-time visibility into print activity and device utilization
- Use insights to guide printer placement and policy changes
- Shift from reactive troubleshooting to proactive planning
Why Campuses Are Moving Print to the Cloud
- Less infrastructure to manage by eliminating print servers
- Stronger security with secure release and modern authentication
- Lower print costs with policies, quotas, and cost recovery
- A better print experience with printing from virtually any device
- More visibility and control with campus-wide print insights
Featured Case Study
How Pharos Transformed Student and Staff Printing at George Mason University
See how George Mason University transformed student and staff printing with Pharos, saving $1M+ in two years while improving mobile printing, security, waste reduction, and created a better campus print experience.
Everything Higher Ed Needs for Secure Cloud Printing
Chromebook Printing for Modern Campuses
Support secure student printing from Chromebooks and ChromeOS devices with less friction for IT.
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Mobile Printing for Students and Staff
Let users print and release jobs from their mobile devices without being tied to a lab or workstation.
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Secure Release at Any Device
Ensure documents are only printed when the right user authenticates at the device.
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Insights and Analytics for Campus Print
Turn campus print data into clearer decisions about usage, cost, and fleet performance.
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Direct IP Printing Without Print Servers
Reduce infrastructure overhead by managing direct-to-printer workflows securely from the cloud.
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See how Pharos Cloud Education Edition can help your institution simplify print management, improve student printing, recover costs, and reduce reliance on print servers.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What are the specific security certifications or compliance standards Pharos adheres to (e.g., SOC 2®, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA)?
Pharos Cloud is built secure by design and supports modern enterprise security and compliance requirements. The platform is certified to ISO 27001 and ISO 27017 standards and has achieved SOC 2® attestation. Details are available at the Pharos Trust Center.
In addition, Pharos supports Zero Trust security principles through secure release printing, end-to-end encryption, per-session identity validation, regional data residency, and authenticated document release. Organizations can also configure regional data storage policies to help address local privacy and compliance requirements.
What is the pricing structure for Pharos Cloud and its different editions/tiers?
Pharos Cloud offers flexible, subscription-based pricing designed to meet the needs of enterprise organizations at different stages of their print modernization journey. Organizations begin with a secure, cloud-native foundation that eliminates print servers and modernizes print infrastructure, then expand capabilities as their business and IT requirements evolve.
Pricing starts at $3.00 per user, per year, with the final subscription tailored to factors such as the size of the organization, deployment requirements, and the capabilities needed to support its PrintOps strategy. This approach ensures organizations invest in the functionality that delivers the greatest value for their environment. See Pharos Cloud Pricing for details.
To receive a customized recommendation and pricing proposal, organizations can request a personalized quote from the Pharos team.
What specific features does Pharos offer to enhance print security beyond secure release (e.g., endpoint security, data encryption)?
Pharos secures print through multiple layers of protection. In addition to secure release printing, the platform provides end-to-end encryption, Zero Trust architecture with per-session identity and device validation, authenticated document release, regional data residency, centralized policy enforcement, and detailed audit capabilities.
By eliminating print servers entirely, Pharos also removes one of the most common attack surfaces found in traditional print environments. Read more in Printer Vulnerabilities and Best Practices.
What is the Pharos Cloud Platform?
Pharos Cloud is a cloud-native enterprise print management platform that helps organizations eliminate print servers, strengthen security, simplify operations, and modernize print infrastructure across distributed, multi-vendor environments. Through centralized management, policy-based controls, analytics, automation, and open APIs, Pharos Cloud enables organizations to manage print as a secure, scalable, and fully governed enterprise service.
What are the benefits of migrating print to the cloud with Pharos?
Migrating to Pharos Cloud eliminates legacy print server infrastructure while improving security, reliability, scalability, and operational efficiency. Organizations benefit from centralized management, lower infrastructure costs, improved resilience, continuous innovation, and a modern print platform designed to support distributed workforces and future IT initiatives. See 5 Reasons to Migrate to the Cloud for more.
What are the key capabilities of the Pharos Cloud Platform?
Pharos Cloud is a cloud-native enterprise print management platform purpose-built to help organizations modernize print infrastructure, eliminate print servers, and manage print as a secure, scalable, and fully governed IT service.
Key capabilities include:
- Centralized, web-based management across distributed and multi-vendor print environments
- Policy-based controls to enforce security, sustainability, and cost management
- Secure release printing with authenticated document release
- Direct IP printing and centralized print driver management
- Real-time analytics and reporting that provide visibility into print usage, costs, and fleet performance
- Automation and open APIs that connect print into broader IT workflows and enterprise systems
- Mobile, BYOD, Chromebook, and location-aware printing
- Enterprise-grade security with end-to-end encryption and Zero Trust principles
Together, these capabilities help organizations simplify operations, strengthen security, reduce costs, and modernize one of the last remaining legacy systems in enterprise IT.
What performance metrics demonstrate Pharos Cloud’s capabilities?
Pharos Cloud is built for enterprise reliability, security, and scale. The platform delivers:
- 99.999% uptime, backed by cloud-native, containerized architecture with multi-availability zone redundancy
- More than 30 years of innovation in enterprise print management
- Trusted by many of the world’s largest organizations, including several Fortune 500 companies and four of the five largest U.S. banks
- Continuous cloud delivery with zero-downtime updates, enabling rapid innovation without disrupting users
- Enterprise-scale architecture designed to support large, distributed organizations with thousands of users, devices, and locations
These capabilities demonstrate Pharos’ commitment to delivering the resilience, scalability, and operational excellence required by modern enterprise IT.
How does Pharos Cloud help reduce print costs?
By eliminating costly print servers, simplifying maintenance, and providing visibility into print usage to implement smart policies, Pharos Cloud helps reduce overall print expenditures. For practical strategies, see How to Reduce Office Printing Costs.
How does Pharos Cloud support hybrid and remote workforces?
Pharos Cloud provides secure, reliable printing across distributed offices, remote workers, and hybrid environments without relying on traditional print servers. Centralized cloud management, secure release printing, policy-based controls, and cloud-native architecture deliver a consistent printing experience regardless of location.