Issues with print maintenance and figuring out how to properly configure your printing environment has always been a huge struggle for system administrators.

Both set up environments will have its problems and advantages. Deciding upon how to configure your printing environment, whether it be through direct IP printing or print servers, really comes down to your needs.

Printing can be considered one of the most basic business processes, yet traditional printing still causes many problems in an organization. In the past, SaaS was used for functions which involved the Internet, including multi-function communications, portals, email marketing, file transfer etc.

Over the years, SaaS has grown across the board both for external and internal operations regarding workflow automation. SaaS Printing is transforming the way we print, work and manage our documents. Not only is it just a different deliver model, but it changes the way printing software is used, licensed, and improves end user experience and workflow in ways traditional printing cannot.

When Microsoft introduced Office 365, it took the corporate world by storm! The innovative software as a service (SaaS) solution offered users access to their favourite Microsoft Office productivity tools from one single platform.

Productivity levels soared for corporate users, with enterprises across the world purchasing the SaaS subscription for their organizations. With additional products catered specifically for business environments, such as Skype for Business and SharePoint, Office 365 has become a mainstay for most organizations.

As new, innovative SaaS solutions are introduced into the market, they also bring along their own challenges.

As you may already know, with the adoption of cloud and mobile technology, there has been an increased trend with organizations looking for tools and applications that support employee mobility and the adoption of digitally influenced tech that people use in their daily lives.

BYOD users and guests should be able to easily and securely print from both corporate and personal mobile devices, while you retain the ability to control what and how each user prints.

Security is obviously a big challenge and the use of follow me printing software along with mobile printing has many potential cost savings and security features which will benefit organizations in the long run.

Oh man! Client side rendering, who thought this was a great idea? Ok so you basically turn your entire client machine base into print servers right!?

Well, yes because that’s effectively what you are doing if you adopt a client side rendering print method.

So why is client side rendering so popular in many IT communities and why is it pushed so heavily by the printer hardware vendors?

Simply put, it reduces print servers and prevents print traffic from traversing the WAN. These reasons sound great, but for all intents and purposes it creates more printing issues than you had in the first place.