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Universal Print from Microsoft

Print effortlessly with native Universal Print support on Brother printers.



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Streamline the Way You Print and Manage Print

The Universal Print solution is offered on select Brother devices to help users manage their print infrastructure through cloud services from Microsoft. These Brother printers are Universal Print ready with Universal Print compatible firmware, which provides native support to Universal Print.

With a required Microsoft 365 subscription, users can access Universal Print to:

  • Monitor printer status, configurations, and availability
  • See who's using the Brother printers and how much they're printing
  • Configure user permissions
  • Use Universal Print with select Brother devices without the “Universal Print connector”

Universal Print Overview

Universal Print provides users with the ability to streamline the way they print and manage print. Organizations no longer need on-premises print servers and do not need to install printer drivers on devices. In addition, Universal Print adds functionality like security groups for printer access, location-based printer discovery, and a rich administrator experience.

Connecting to Universal Print

Print to office from home
Print from home to a device at the office for others to retrieve the print job. Home users can print using Universal Print just as if they were sitting in the office.

Print to home from home (with corporate processes and security)
Via Universal Print, enable tracking and accountability for all print jobs printed on the printer.

Print to / from anywhere
Someone sitting in the office can print to the home-office printer for the remote worker's convenience.

Interconnected web of devices

Benefits of Universal Print

Print from anywhere when connected to the internet and authenticated to Azure Active Directory (AD).

  • Enjoy a user-friendly, no learning curve experience
  • View, add, and print only to printers that user has access to
  • Search from a large catalog of printers both near and outside of the current location
  • Eliminate the need to install printer drivers



    universal print compatibility

    Compatibility

    Compatible with the following Brother devices*:

     

    *US-based models only




    Document protection and security

    Protect your Documents and Data

    Your organizational and personal data is handled in accordance with Microsoft data management guidelines. As such, your organization’s print data is stored in the same manner as Office 365 or Outlook data – protected and secured from vulnerabilities. All communications are over secured HTTPs connections, and printers are represented as Azure AD device objects backed by an X.509 certificate.

    In addition, Brother devices also offer built-in triple layer security features to help safeguard your network, keep your devices secure, and protect documents in transit to and from print devices.



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