Secure, Cloud-Native Print Management for Utilities and Energy Organizations
Pharos Cloud is a cloud-native print management platform designed for electric, gas, water, and energy organizations. It helps utilities reduce reliance on legacy print servers, protect sensitive operational information, gain real-time visibility across distributed infrastructure, and simplify print management across control centers, plants, substations, field offices, and remote sites.
Built for Every Utility and Energy Organization
From regional utilities to large, distributed energy providers, Pharos Cloud provides the security, reliability, and centralized control needed to simplify print across complex operational environments, from control centers and substations to plants, field offices, and remote sites.
Electric Utilities
Water and Wastewater
Natural Gas and Pipeline
Renewable and Power Generation
The Grid Has Modernized. Print Hasn’t.
Utilities and energy providers are modernizing operations with grid automation, SCADA modernization, OT/IT convergence, and cloud technology. Yet printing remains part of critical operational and business workflows across control centers, plants, substations, field offices, and remote job sites.
Work orders, switching instructions, safety permits, compliance records, and other operational documents still need to be available securely wherever work happens. As utility environments become more connected and distributed, legacy print infrastructure adds unnecessary complexity. Organizations need a modern approach that strengthens security, reduces infrastructure dependency, improves visibility, and keeps printing reliable across every site.
Pharos Cloud brings print into the modern utility environment with secure, cloud-native management built for complex, distributed operations.
Print Looks Different in Utilities and Energy
Utility print environments extend far beyond the corporate office. Printing needs to work across control rooms, generation facilities, substations, remote field locations, and temporary sites, often with limited local infrastructure or connectivity.
Pharos Cloud gives IT teams the flexibility to manage print across these diverse operating environments while maintaining centralized security, control, and visibility.
From Legacy Print to Modern PrintOps
| Challenge | How Pharos Cloud Helps |
|---|---|
| Legacy print servers at substations, plants, and field offices increase infrastructure cost and administrative burden. | Eliminate print servers everywhere with cloud-native print management. |
| Work orders, switching orders, and safety permits can sit unclaimed on shared printers in control rooms and yards. | Secure every document with authenticated print release. |
| Managing printers across substations, plants, and remote facilities strains limited IT and OT staff. | Centrally manage printers, users, and policies across every site from one cloud platform. |
| Field crews and control-room staff need consistent printing across multi-vendor fleets and rugged environments. | Support direct IP printing, location-aware printing, mobile access, and centralized driver management. |
| NERC CIP and other regulatory frameworks demand stronger control over sensitive operational documents. | Support Zero Trust with end-to-end encryption, ISO 27001 certification, and SOC 2® attestation. |
| Utility mergers, co-op consolidations, and municipal acquisitions leave IT managing inconsistent print environments. | Bring acquired sites onto a single print platform without deploying new infrastructure. |
| Sustainability commitments and cost pressure require better visibility into paper, energy, and device usage. | Gain real-time visibility into print activity, costs, and environmental impact. |
Protect Operational and
Compliance Documents
Utilities and energy organizations print sensitive information every day, from work orders and switching instructions to safety permits, compliance records, and other operational documents. Pharos Cloud helps reduce exposure and strengthen control over printed information with secure, authenticated printing.
- Hold sensitive jobs until authorized users release them
- Authenticate users with badge, mobile, or credentials
- Protect operational data from unauthorized access
- Reduce unattended documents across operational sites
- Strengthen NERC CIP alignment and audit readiness
- Support Zero Trust with ISO 27001 and SOC 2® attestation
Modernize Print Across
Every Site
Managing print across control centers, plants, substations, field offices, and remote sites shouldn’t require mission-critical print servers at every location. Pharos Cloud provides a flexible, cloud-native platform that reduces infrastructure dependency and simplifies administration across complex IT and OT environments.
- Reduce reliance on mission-critical print servers
- Centrally manage printers, users, and policies
- Simplify administration across hard-to-reach sites
- Support segmented and distributed environments
- Support cloud-first OT/IT modernization strategies
- Reduce maintenance, site visits, and IT overhead
Gain Visibility Across
Every Facility
When printing spans a complex, distributed utility environment, it can be difficult to understand usage, control costs, and identify inefficiencies. Pharos Cloud provides centralized analytics that help IT teams monitor activity, optimize resources, and make better decisions across a highly distributed environment.
- Monitor usage by site, region, or business unit
- Understand print costs and usage trends
- Identify high-volume devices and workflows
- Uncover waste and optimization opportunities
- Improve device utilization and planning
- Support budgeting and sustainability reporting
Keep Crews and
Operations Teams
Focused
Whether staffing a control room, supporting plant operations, or working from a remote field site, employees need printing that simply works. Pharos Cloud delivers a reliable, consistent print experience across supported environments while reducing print-related friction for employees and IT.
- Deliver a consistent experience across sites
- Enable direct IP and secure release printing
- Support mobile and location-aware workflows
- Simplify printing across multi-vendor fleets
- Reduce print-related support requests
- Keep IT and operations focused on critical work
Future-Ready Print for Utilities and Energy
Print remains part of critical utility operations as infrastructure, cybersecurity requirements, and workforce needs continue to evolve. Utilities and energy organizations need print management that is secure, resilient, and flexible enough for distributed and regulated environments.
Pharos Cloud provides a secure, cloud-native foundation that helps organizations reduce infrastructure dependency, protect operational information, improve enterprise visibility, and simplify print across complex sites. From corporate offices to remote operational environments, Pharos Cloud helps make print a secure, integrated part of modern utility IT.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is utilities and energy print management?
Utilities and energy print management is the process of securely managing printing, print infrastructure, user access, device fleets, policies, and print data across electric, gas, water, and energy organizations, including control centers, plants, substations, and field offices.
How does Pharos help utilities and energy organizations modernize print?
Pharos Cloud helps utilities and energy organizations eliminate print servers, centralize print administration, strengthen document security, improve visibility into print usage, and support consistent printing across highly distributed operational environments.
How does secure release printing support NERC CIP and compliance requirements?
Secure release printing requires users to authenticate at the device before a document prints. This helps reduce the risk of sensitive operational or compliance documents being left unattended in control rooms, plants, or substations.
Can Pharos Cloud support printing across substations, plants, and remote field offices?
Yes. Pharos Cloud is built for distributed environments and supports centralized print management across control centers, plants, substations, service centers, and remote field offices, without requiring on-site print servers.
Can Pharos Cloud support multi-vendor print fleets in industrial environments?
Yes. Pharos Cloud is designed to manage enterprise printing across multi-vendor fleets through centralized control, print driver management, analytics, and supported integrations.
Why move utility and energy print infrastructure to the cloud?
Cloud print management can help reduce reliance on on-premises print servers at dispersed sites, simplify IT and OT operations, improve security controls, and give administrators better visibility into print usage and cost.
What types of utilities and energy organizations does Pharos Cloud support?
Pharos Cloud supports electric utilities, water and wastewater utilities, natural gas and pipeline operators, and renewable energy and power generation organizations that need secure, cloud-native print management across distributed operations.
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