Off-Network Printing is a key solution for hybrid organizations with remote employees, temporary contractors, and affiliate partners who need open access to printers to do their jobs. Through a Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), you can allow employees open access to printing while maintaining high levels of network security by requiring all employees to authenticate their identities before printing every time, no matter what.
Where Off-Network Cloud Printing differs is how print job data travels to the printer. Off-Network Cloud Printing eliminates the need for local infrastructure, like the Internal Routing Service, sitting between the cloud and the networked printer. Instead, data is encrypted, and temporarily at rest in the cloud until the ONCP App, running on the printer, downloads the print job and prints it.
For a technical dive into Off-Network Printing, check out this white paper.