Windows Protected Print mode

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Windows Protected Print Mode provides additional print security benefits by leveraging Windows modern print stack that solely relies on Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) and Microsoft IPP Class Print Driver.

Enabling Windows Protected Print Mode

Please follow official Microsoft documentation.

Enabling of Windows Protected Print mode deletes already installed queues.

SAFEQ Cloud Client installation and deployment

You don't need to do any additional setup. Once the Windows Protected print mode is enabled, SAFEQ Cloud Client will recreate print queues on the next printer synchronization which is triggered:

Every time the SAFEQ Cloud Client service is started.
Periodically in set intervals (default is one hour).
Manually by the user via tray menu "Synchronize printers".

Enabling Windows protected Print mode on a PC with already installed SAFEQ Cloud Client is supported as well as installation of SAFEQ Cloud Client to PC with enabled Windows Protected Print mode.

Enablement of Windows Protected Print mode in organizations

It is recommended to enable Windows Protected Print mode first for several individuals or small group of people via group policy and check compatibility with your printers. Older printers don't have to be compatible with PDF generated by Microsoft IPP Class Print Driver and may require document conversion.

Mopria certified printers are supposed to work without any issues or document conversions.

The output type of the Microsoft IPP Class driver is PDF. Therefore, it is pre-requisite that all the printers support the PDF generated by the Microsoft IPP Class driver.

Supported Finishing Options

The SAFEQ Cloud Client supports the following finishing options:

Color modes
- Color
- Monochrome
Duplex modes
- Simplex
- Duplex - flip on long edge
- Duplex - flip on short edge
Number of copies
- Collated copies
- Uncollated copies
Various paper sizes
- Particular paper size must also be supported by the printer where the job is released.
Page range
Input tray
Output bin
Stapling
Punching

The following table compares the available finishing options when using the SAFEQ Cloud Client with WPP, the Universal driver or printing with a vendor driver via IPP:

Finishing Option	WPP	Universal Print Driver	IPP with vendor driver
Color modes
Duplex modes
Number of copies
Page sizes
Page range
Input tray
Output bin
Stapling
Punching
Watermark
Booklet
Media type

The availability of these finishing options depends on the capabilities of each vendor driver. They are not recorded by our server, may not be editable on the terminal, and will only function with the vendor's printers.

Links to Additional Information

For additional information about specific cloud terminals and their limitations see: