Migrate Print Servers to a Secure, Cloud-Native Platform
Cloud print migration moves print management from legacy, on-premises print servers to a secure, cloud-native platform. With Pharos Cloud, enterprises can eliminate traditional print server infrastructure while keeping printing simple for users and easier for IT to manage. Users print as usual, while Pharos Cloud handles authentication, routing, and job delivery behind the scenes. Built for complex, multi-vendor environments, Pharos Cloud helps reduce IT overhead, strengthen security, and centralize management while providing greater visibility and control across the enterprise. The result is less infrastructure to patch, monitor, and maintain, and a more scalable, resilient foundation for enterprise print.
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Legacy Print Infrastructure Creates Cost, Complexity, and Risk
56% of organizations reported at least one print-related data loss in the past year. (Source: Quocirca, 2025 Print Security Landscape Study)
Enterprise print environments weren’t designed for today’s distributed, cloud-first organizations. On-premises print servers, fragmented driver management, limited visibility, and infrastructure spread across locations create unnecessary work for IT while introducing additional cost and potential points of failure.
Distributed environments only add to the complexity. Supporting multiple locations, remote offices, and hybrid employees can mean more infrastructure to deploy, maintain, patch, monitor, and troubleshoot.
As organizations modernize the rest of their technology stack, print shouldn’t remain an infrastructure exception. Moving print management to the cloud helps simplify operations, strengthen security, and give IT centralized control across the entire environment.
What You Gain When
You Migrate
Cloud print migration changes more than where your print infrastructure runs. It gives IT a simpler, more secure, and scalable way to manage print across the enterprise.
Lower Costs and Reduce IT Overhead
Physical print servers come with ongoing costs, from hardware and licensing to the IT resources needed to keep them patched, monitored, and running. Migrating to Pharos Cloud reduces that infrastructure and the time spent maintaining it, helping lower total cost of ownership and freeing IT teams to focus on higher-value priorities.
Stronger Security Posture
Reduce your attack surface and eliminate potential points of vulnerability associated with traditional print server infrastructure. Pharos Cloud supports Zero Trust principles with user and device validation and protects print jobs with end-to-end encryption, helping strengthen security across the print environment.
Gain Centralized Visibility and Control
Manage users, devices, policies, and print activity across your organization from a centralized cloud platform. Gain visibility across locations and use print data to understand costs, identify trends, optimize resources, and make more informed decisions.
Scale Across Your Enterprise
Support new users, devices, and locations without deploying additional print server infrastructure. With print delivered through the cloud, adding users, locations, or devices can take minutes, not procurement cycles. As your organization grows, Pharos Cloud lets you scale print alongside the business.
Simplify Multi-Vendor Print Management
Manage a diverse printer fleet through a centralized platform and deliver a consistent print experience across supported devices, regardless of manufacturer. Reduce the complexity of managing drivers, queues, and print infrastructure across a mixed fleet.
Simplify Printing for Users and IT
Give employees a reliable, consistent way to print across locations while reducing common sources of print-related support requests. With less infrastructure to troubleshoot and centralized management for IT, teams can spend less time managing print issues and more time on higher-value work.
The Legacy Way vs. Pharos Cloud
| On-Premises Print Servers | With Pharos Cloud |
|---|---|
| Heavy server maintenance and patching | Cloud-managed platform with no servers to patch |
| Limited visibility across departments and locations | Real-time visibility across every location |
| Exposed attack surface from vulnerable servers | Zero Trust security with end-to-end encryption |
| Inconsistent user experience, more help desk tickets | Consistent printing experience, fewer tickets |
| Complex multi-vendor driver management | Universal driver support, centrally managed |
| Unpredictable downtime | 99.999% uptime |
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Citizens Bank Modernized Print Infrastructure and Reduced Monthly Printing Costs by 45%
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Migrate Without Disrupting Your Print Environment
Moving to Pharos Cloud doesn’t require a complete hardware refresh. Pharos supports multi-vendor environments and a broad range of existing printers and MFDs, helping you modernize your print infrastructure while protecting your existing hardware investments.
Modernization doesn’t have to disrupt how employees print. Pharos Cloud provides a consistent experience across supported devices and manufacturers, while universal driver support and location-aware print queue management simplify the experience behind the scenes for IT.
Modernize Print Without Compromising Security
Moving print to the cloud shouldn’t mean sacrificing security or control. Pharos Cloud helps organizations modernize print infrastructure while supporting enterprise security and compliance requirements.
- Support Zero Trust principles with user and device validation
- Stronger document security with authentication and secure release printing
- Encrypt print jobs throughout the print workflow
- Reduce infrastructure components requiring ongoing patching and maintenance
- Support enterprise security requirements with ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27017, and SOC 2® Type II
Compliance details are available at the Pharos Trust Center.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is cloud print migration?
Cloud print migration is the process of moving print management from on-premises print servers to a secure, cloud-native platform. With Pharos Cloud, print jobs move directly between users and printers without traditional print server hardware in between. Pharos Cloud handles authentication, routing, and job delivery behind the scenes, while IT manages printers, users, and policies from one centralized platform. This reduces the infrastructure IT needs to patch, monitor, and maintain while keeping printing simple for users.
What’s the difference between cloud print migration and serverless printing?
Cloud print migration describes the process of moving your organization away from traditional print servers and to the cloud. Serverless printing describes the underlying architecture that makes it possible, enabling printing without traditional print servers in between.
How long does migration to Pharos Cloud take?
Timelines depend on your fleet size and environment complexity. Most organizations follow a phased rollout: assessment, pilot, then full deployment. A phased approach limits disruption during the transition.
Will Pharos Cloud work with our existing printers?
Pharos Cloud supports printers and MFDs from leading manufacturers, including Canon, HP, Konica Minolta, Lexmark, Ricoh, Sharp, Toshiba, and Xerox, helping organizations protect their existing hardware investments.
Is cloud print migration secure?
Pharos Cloud supports Zero Trust principles, end-to-end encryption, and Secure Release printing. Pharos holds SOC 2 Type II attestation and ISO/IEC 27001 and ISO/IEC 27017 certifications.
What happens to our print servers after migration?
Pharos Cloud removes the need for on-premises print servers entirely. You retire the hardware. Patching, monitoring, and maintenance work end too.
Ready to Migrate Your Print Environment?
Move beyond legacy print servers with a secure, cloud-native platform built for enterprise print. See how Pharos Cloud can simplify print management, strengthen security, and give your IT team greater visibility and control.
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