3.13.4. Cloud storage

Enable storage of pending documents in your own secure cloud storage.

To get here:

1. Select Menu , Settings
2. Select the Cloud storage tab.

Benefits:

• Availability will increase as users can release print anywhere and print later documents while their computer is offline. A Printix Client still needs to be online on the printer’s network to release the documents.
• Performance will improve, as you can set up an own cloud storage that is closer to your users.
• Security will improve, as documents are stored in your own cloud storage.

See also:

• How to add Azure Blob Storage
• How to add Google Cloud Storage
• Which documents go via the cloud?

Cloud storage

• Type
  The type of cloud storage.

• Name
  The name of the cloud storage.

• Active
  At this point in time only the first active cloud storage is used.

• Last verified
  The last time the cloud storage was verified (happens automatically every 30 minutes). Select and Test to check and verify the cloud storage instantly.

Deactivate

1. Select and Deactivate to deactivate a cloud storage.
   No new documents will be written to this storage.

Delete

1. Select and Delete to delete a cloud storage.
2. Select Confirm.

Options

Once you have added cloud storage, documents printed Via the cloud (including Chrome print) or as Mobile print from phones and tablets, Android and iOS/iPadOS, will go via your cloud storage, rather than the Printix Cloud. In addition you can enable storage of pending documents in your secure cloud storage:

• Store print anywhere documents
  Check this if you want print anywhere documents to be stored in the cloud.
• Store print later documents
  Check this if you want print later documents to be stored in the cloud. Be aware that print later documents are typically larger in size compared to print anywhere documents.

Which documents go via the cloud?

Scenario	Printix Cloud	Own cloud storage
Print anywhere	Documents are stored on the computer that submitted the document. If the release printer is on another network the document is sent via Printix Cloud at the time of the release.	Documents are stored on the computer that submitted the document and if Store print anywhere documents is checked, the documents are also stored in your cloud storage.
Print later	Documents are stored on the computer that submitted the document. If the release printer is on another network the document is sent via Printix Cloud at the time of the release.	Documents are stored on the computer that submitted the document and if Store print later documents is checked, the documents are also stored in your cloud storage.
Via the cloud	Documents are sent via Printix Cloud.	Documents are sent via your cloud storage.
Chrome print	Documents are sent via Printix Cloud. Documents to be released (anywhere and later) are stored in the Printix Cloud.	Documents are sent via your cloud storage. Documents to be release (anywhere and later) are stored in your cloud storage.
Mobile print	Documents are sent via Printix Cloud. Documents to be released (anywhere and later) are stored in the Printix Cloud.	Documents are sent via your cloud storage. Documents to be release (anywhere and later) are stored in your cloud storage.
Capture	Captured documents are sent via Printix Cloud. Captured documents to be sent to email are stored for 1 day in the Printix Cloud.	Captured documents are sent via your cloud storage. Captured documents to be sent to email are returned to your cloud storage after processing (OCR) in the Printix Cloud. Capture with Mobile requires properly configured Cross-origin Resource Sharing (CORS) rules to be setup for the used Azure Blob Storage. Scanned documents will not be stored on Google Cloud Storage (coming later)

*Documents are automatically deleted from your cloud storage after the number of days (1, 3, 5 or 7) selected for Mark documents for deletion after. However, documents are kept for another 12 hours to allow reprint from the Recents page in Printix App. So once the document no longer appears on the Recents page it has been deleted permanently and also from your cloud storage.

*Captured documents are automatically deleted from your cloud storage after 7 days (as the defined time-to-live).

To reduce Internet network traffic, it will always try to retrieve the release document from the computer that submitted the document if the computer is online, and it is on the same network as the printer. Otherwise, it will retrieve it from the cloud storage.

Documents that go via an own cloud storage are protected by time- and session-restricted credentials issued by the Printix Cloud. Printix Client does not store cloud storage credentials/keys.

Print via own cloud storage

Print via Printix Cloud

Capture with own cloud storage

*Capture with Mobile requires properly configured Cross-origin Resource Sharing (CORS) rules to be setup for the used Azure Blob Storage. Scanned documents will not be stored on Google Cloud Storage (coming later)

Capture with Printix Cloud