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?

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

Cloud storage

• Type
  The type of cloud storage.

• Cloud stroage
  The name of the cloud storage.

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

• Documents
  The Types of printed documents that the cloud storage is used for: Print anywhere, Print later, Via the cloud, Chrome print, or Mobile print.
  • Hover over the text Types: n to see the types of the printed documents the cloud storage is used for.

• Capture
  The Sources of captured documents that the cloud storage is used for: Printer or Mobile.
  • Hover over the text Sources: n to see the sources of the captured documents the cloud storage is used for. You will only see Mobile: Yes if you have set up Azure Blob Storage for CORS (Cross-origin Resource Sharing). Otherwise documents captured with mobile will go via the Printix Cloud.

• 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?

Printing	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	Printix Cloud	Own cloud storage
Capture at the printer	Captured documents are sent via Printix Cloud.	Captured documents are sent via your cloud storage. After processing (OCR) in the Printix Cloud the document is written to your cloud storage, and from there it is read by the Printix Cloud destination service and delivered to the destination. Captured documents will not be stored on Google Cloud Storage.
Capture with mobile	Captured documents are sent via Printix Cloud.	Captured documents are sent via your cloud storage. After processing (OCR) in the Printix Cloud the document is written to your cloud storage, and from there it is read by the Printix Cloud destination service and delivered to the destination. Captured documents will not be stored on Google Cloud Storage. Capture with mobile requires that you set up Azure Blob Storage for CORS (Cross-origin Resource Sharing). Captured documents will not be stored on Google Cloud Storage

*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 cloud storage after 7 days (168 hours) 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 that you set up Azure Blob Storage for CORS (Cross-origin Resource Sharing). Captured documents will not be stored on Google Cloud Storage.

Capture with Printix Cloud