What PrinterOn does

PrinterOn, operated by ePRINTit USA, LLC., is a cloud-native SaaS provider of secure mobile and enterprise printing solutions headquartered at 7820 S Quincy Street, Willowbrook, Illinois (with a founding presence in Kitchener, Canada dating to 2000). Its platform enables users to print from any device — iOS, Android, web, or email — to any printer, eliminating on-premise print servers through a serverless, 100% microservices architecture running on Amazon Web Services (EC2 with S3 Buckets) across data centers in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom. The company positions itself as the world's largest mobile printing provider, with thousands of public PrintSpots locations searchable via its public directory and PCI-DSS-certified payment integrations enabling usage-based monetization.

The product portfolio is organized as a platform-plus-vertical-editions architecture. The core ePRINTit SaaS Enterprise Cloud Printing Platform delivers centralized print management with secure release/pull printing over Port 443, 256-bit RSA encryption with automatic document deletion, SSO via OpenID Connect, Microsoft Intune-approved mobile deployment, and unlimited group policies. Surrounding it are the PrinterOn Mobile Printing experience, the PrintSpots Directory, the Global Print Directory (for license validation), and vertical editions branded ePRINTit Hospitality Edition, ePRINTit Education Edition, and ePRINTit Library Solutions. Underlying intellectual property comprises nine granted US patents (6,990,527; 7,007,093; 7,249,188; 7,827,293; 8,570,566; 8,843,617; 8,970,873; 9,058,138; 9,356,882) covering printing, directory, and management innovations, supported by ISO 27001 cloud infrastructure certification and GDPR/PCI-DSS compliance postures.

Revenue is generated through multiple streams: recurring SaaS subscriptions, per-printer PON (PrinterOn) perpetual licenses with annual maintenance fees for the Global Print Directory, transaction-based printing fees routed through PCI-DSS-certified payment gateways and education payment wallets, and Managed Print Services (MPS) licensing for channel providers. Go-to-market combines direct enterprise SaaS sales via 'Book a Demo' lead capture, channel/reseller partnerships (e.g., TTI Technologies serving hotels worldwide), and a self-serve public printing directory. Customer segments span enterprise organizations, hospitality venues, educational institutions and libraries, MPS providers, and individual public-print users — a vertical-driven segmentation approach. Leadership includes CEO Angus Cunningham, CFO Margaret Ritchie, and CTO Michael St. Laurent; no external investors, headcount, or financial disclosures are provided in the available data.

Name

PrinterOn

Legal name

ePRINTit USA, LLC.

Website

https://printeron.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Short description

PrinterOn, an ePRINTit USA, LLC. product, provides cloud-native secure mobile and enterprise printing SaaS serving enterprise organizations, hospitality venues, educational institutions, libraries, and managed print services providers globally via AWS-based microservices infrastructure.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cloud Print Management Software

NAICS

Support Activities for Printing (323120), Support Activities for Printing (32312), Printing and Related Support Activities (3231)

SIC

Service Industries For The Printing Trade (2790)

akta.pro primary industry

Printing & Document Infrastructure (MFP fleets, Print Servers, Managed Print) (EDAEAHAL)

Keywords

• Cloud printing software
• Mobile print solutions
• Enterprise print management
• Secure document printing
• Managed print services

Headquarters

HQ city

Kitchener

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. SaaS Enterprise Subscription: Recurring SaaS subscription revenue from the ePRINTit/PrinterOn cloud printing platform used by enterprise customers; service replaces previous hosted versions.
2. Enterprise License Fees (PON Licenses): Per-printer PON license fees for Enterprise Solution deployment (one PON License per printer regardless of physical devices on the queue), plus separate annual maintenance fees payable in advance to keep printers in Global Print Directory.
3. Annual Maintenance Fees: Annual recurring maintenance fees paid in advance for Enterprise PON licenses to maintain Global Print Directory search functionality for related Printer identifiers.
4. Transaction-based Printing Fees via Global Payment Gateways: Usage/transaction-based revenue through a global selection of payment gateways allowing businesses to easily track and charge for printing costs across public PrintSpots and end-user printing.
5. Managed Print Services (MPS) Licensing: PON licenses used by MPS Providers servicing end-user customers, with license terms aligned to the underlying MPS Service Agreement duration.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

PrinterOn, a product of ePRINTit USA, LLC, operates a cloud-native SaaS enterprise printing platform that enables secure mobile and desktop printing from any device to any printer across distributed networks. The company sells per-printer licensed software (PON) for centralized print management, a global PrintSpots directory for locating nearby printers, and vertical editions for hospitality, education, and library environments. It serves enterprise IT, managed print service providers, and public print users with a pay-per-page or subscription model.

Product overview

PrinterOn, an ePRINTit USA, LLC company, offers a unified cloud-based secure printing platform delivered as a single modular SaaS product (the ePRINTit SaaS Enterprise Cloud Printing Platform) that replaces the older hosted PrinterOn service. The platform is delivered across multiple product surfaces: the core enterprise SaaS printing platform, the PrinterOn Mobile Printing experience (iOS, Android, web), the PrintSpots Directory for public printing location discovery, the Global Print Directory for license validation and printer discovery, and vertical editions including the ePRINTit Hospitality Edition, ePRINTit Education Edition, and ePRINTit Library Solutions. Underlying these is the PrinterOn Enterprise Software licensed on a per-printer PON basis for on-premise/internal deployments. Together these constitute a platform-plus-vertical-editions architecture targeting enterprise, hospitality, education, and library printing use cases.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• PrintSpots: Registered public printing location directory brand owned by PrinterOn, allowing users to search for and print to PrinterOn public print locations worldwide.
• ePRINTit Hospitality Edition
• ePRINTit Education Edition
• ePRINTit Library Solutions

Products and services

• ePRINTit SaaS Enterprise Cloud Printing Platform Cloud-based enterprise printing platform enabling secure mobile and desktop printing from any device to any printer across distributed networks, with centralized management, secure release printing, SSO, and policy controls for enterprise IT teams.
• PrinterOn Mobile Printing Mobile applications that let users discover, send, and release print jobs to nearby printers from smartphones, tablets, and Chromebooks without installing printer drivers.
• PrintSpots Directory Web and mobile directory that lets consumers locate nearby participating printers and pay to print on demand using a PCI-DSS compliant payment flow, integrated with Google Maps for location discovery.
• ePRINTit Hospitality Edition Hospitality-focused configuration of the cloud print platform enabling guest self-service printing of boarding passes, tickets, and documents at hotels and conference venues with secure payment.
• ePRINTit Education Edition Education-focused configuration of the cloud print platform for student and faculty printing from personal devices, supporting BYOD, secure release, and quota or pay-per-page models.
• ePRINTit Library Solutions Library-focused configuration of the cloud print platform enabling patron printing from personal devices with per-user billing, quotas, and secure release.
• Global Print Directory Centralized registry of participating printers accessible across the ePRINTit / PrinterOn ecosystem, supporting location-based discovery and cross-tenant print routing.
• PrinterOn Enterprise Software (PON Licensed) Licensed enterprise print software sold per printer with bundled annual page capacity, targeted at organizations and channel partners who resell managed cloud print services.

Quantifiable outcome

• Reduces hardware, internal labor and software costs (qualitative claim)
• +2 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature11 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Microsoft (Microsoft Intune)coreTechnology or IntegrationePRINTit/PrinterOn is Microsoft Intune approved for deploying and managing the mobile printing app. The integration provides industry-leading authentication and is referenced as a key security and management capability on both the Home and Mobile Printing pages.
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)coreTechnology or IntegrationAWS provides the cloud infrastructure for PrinterOn Managed Cloud Services, with web service platforms in at least the United States, Germany and the UK, and the ability to add additional AWS sites for service delivery. AWS processes personal data in compliance with Article 28 of the GDPR.
• TTI TechnologiescoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTTI Technologies (Founder/CEO Steve Blidner) is a reselling partner of ePRINTit that offers secure mobile printing services for hotels worldwide, enabling hotel guests to print from any device to designated hotel printers.
• Todays Business Solutions Inc. (TBS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSister company of ePRINTit USA, LLC., promoted from the PrinterOn Contact page. TBS offers other products and solutions and is positioned as a related-entity partner within the ePRINTit corporate family.
• Higher Authentication Identity Providers (SSO IdPs)coreTechnology or IntegrationSaaS Enterprise integrates with higher authentication Identity Providers via SSO, and supports OpenID Connect for cloud-based Single Sign-On. Specific IdP logos are shown on the website but not named in text.
• PCI-DSS Certified Payment Gateways & Education WalletscoreTechnology or IntegrationSaaS Enterprise features full integration into PCI-DSS-certified payment solutions and education payment wallets, with a global selection of payment gateways to track and charge for printing costs. Specific providers are not named in the available text.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Microsoft Universal Print: Microsoft's cloud-native print management service bundled into Microsoft 365. Overlaps with PrinterOn's enterprise SaaS and benefits from native Intune and Entra ID integration that PrinterOn must integrate into.
• Konica Minolta (bizhub Marketplace / Dispatcher): OEM with its own cloud-enabled print management and workflow suite. Competes with PrinterOn in enterprise and education by bundling print management into MFP hardware sales.
• HP Managed Print Services: HP's managed print services and HP Access Control offerings overlap with PrinterOn's enterprise printing and channel/MPS partnerships, especially for large enterprise and education deals.

Direct peers

• Pharos Systems: Provider of secure print management and document workflow software for enterprises and education. Competes head-to-head with PrinterOn in secure cloud print release, mobile printing, and cost recovery.
• PrinterLogic: Direct IP-based print management vendor (now part of Vasion) focused on eliminating print servers and enabling centralized driverless printing. Closely comparable to PrinterOn's value prop of removing on-premise print infrastructure.
• Y Soft: Enterprise print management and workflow solutions provider, with strong presence in education and large enterprises. Overlaps directly with PrinterOn's enterprise SaaS, secure release, and MPS-channel offering.
• ThinPrint (Cortado): Cloud printing and virtual desktop printing specialist under Cortado, with a strong focus on VDI/DaaS environments. Directly comparable to PrinterOn's driverless, cloud-based mobile and remote printing value proposition.
• PaperCut: One of the largest independent vendors of print management software for education, enterprise, and government. Directly comparable to PrinterOn as a SaaS/dashboard-driven managed print platform with secure release, BYOD printing, and find-me printing.
• Ringdale (FollowMe): FollowMe enterprise print management suite covering secure release, BYOD, and mobile printing. Comparable to PrinterOn in secure pull printing and enterprise print workflow consolidation.
• LRS (Levi, Ray & Shoup): Provider of enterprise output management solutions including secure pull printing and VPSX. Competes with PrinterOn in large enterprise environments that need vendor-neutral, multi-platform print management.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/PrinterOn

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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