steadyPRINT: Intelligent Output Solution.

So much more than printer management!

For admins: Get all your work done in a single solution—it's easier and more convenient than ever! Reduce the effort and the number of support calls to a minimum.
For users: With its many features, steadyPRINT makes your day-to-day work easier and more relaxed. You'll be amazed at how many tasks you can complete with just a few clicks.
For your business: Take advantage of a fail-safe environment, optimized processes, and protected data—and easily save time and money.

With steadyPRINT, managing your printing environment becomes easier than ever.
Get all your work done in one clearly structured solution: Easily manage intelligent printer assignments in real time, take advantage of intuitive default printer and driver management, and much more. Minimize your administrative workload—no matter how large or diverse your environment is.

Keep an eye on your printing environment!
steadyPRINT continuously monitors your printing environment, ensuring that nothing goes unnoticed. Get notified at an early stage before problems arise. Individual reports provide relevant information in a compact and easy-to-understand format.

High-Performance Printing Environment with No Downtime

With fail-safe print servers and printers, as well as intelligent load balancing, steadyPRINT ensures optimal performance and smooth operations in your company and helps you comply with applicable standards and regulations (e.g., KRITIS).

With steadyPRINT, the effort involved in a print server migration (including users and drivers) is reduced to a minimum.

steadyPRINT VPD: one driver for all!

steadyPRINT VPD technology forms the basis for many unique steadyPRINT features.

In addition, managing printer drivers becomes easier than ever, since the implementation of the virtual printer driver eliminates the need for a native printer driver on the workstation or terminal server.

steadyPRINT workflows: intelligent document management made easy
With steadyPRINT’s workflow feature, you can automate many processes in your daily work and complete various tasks with just one click. Define your own workflows for your documents—such as PDF generation, filing, emailing, and printing with specific settings—and much more. Save time and avoid errors.

steadyPRINT SecurePrint: manufacturer independent Follow Me Printing
teadyPRINT SecurePrint is the new standard for flexible Follow Me Printing. You send your print job, authenticate yourself at a printer of your choice (via PIN, chip, card, or app), and pick up the printout in person. This protects sensitive documents. Thanks to our vendor-neutral approach, we can turn virtually any printer into a Follow Me Printer.

steadyPRINT HYBRID: Central and local—the best of both worlds

steadyPRINT HYBRID technology is the perfect solution for small branch offices, construction sites, showrooms, and similar locations that do not have their own print server. You can configure your printers and printer connections centrally, but the printing process itself is handled locally (and works even offline). This allows you to achieve maximum performance with minimal administrative effort and without placing an unnecessary load on the WAN connection.

WINDOWS PRINTING IS CHANGING. STEADYPRINT GUIDES YOU THROUGH THE TRANSITION.
Microsoft is fundamentally reshaping Windows printing. With Windows Ready Print and Windows Protected Print Mode, Windows is moving toward open, standardized protocols such as IPP in combination with Mopria instead of manufacturer-specific drivers.

Secure and highly available output management for the healthcare sector.
steadyPRINT strengthens business-critical printing and output processes in critical care environments—offering high availability, security, and relief for IT. Automated printer assignments, standardized workflows, resilient infrastructures, and the protection of sensitive patient data help facilities efficiently meet requirements related to KRITIS, NIS-2, and compliance.

Secure and highly available output management for the industrial sector.
steadyPRINT safeguards business-critical printing and output processes in production, logistics, and administration—with high availability, automation, and reduced workload for IT and operations. Resilient infrastructures, intelligent workflows, and centralized control help companies avoid downtime, optimize processes, and reliably meet requirements related to NIS-2, KRITIS, and compliance.

Secure and highly available output management for the public sector.

steadyPRINT helps government agencies and public institutions operate business-critical printing and output processes securely, with high availability, and efficiently. Automated processes, secure document output, resilient infrastructure, and centralized control help stabilize specialized procedures, modernize administrative processes, and meet requirements related to NIS-2, KRITIS, BSI, and compliance.

Intelligent print management for small and growing enterprises.
steadyPRINT makes the management of your printing environment easier, more reliable, and more efficient—and goes far beyond traditional print management. From automated printing processes to PDF features and intelligent workflows, steadyPRINT helps small businesses save time, improve processes, and operate more professionally.

steadyPRINT takes document output from SAP to the next level.
As an SAP-certified OMS (Output Management System), steadyPRINT guarantees the smooth processing and routing of documents, as well as secure confirmation from the printing process to SAP. As an interface between SAP and Windows, steadyPRINT offers a wide range of benefits that SAP users can now enjoy for the first time.

E-INVOICING MADE EASY. NO ERP CHANGE, NO NEW PROCESSES.

E-invoicing presents companies with new challenges. However, you don’t need to implement a new ERP system or completely overhaul your existing invoicing processes. With steadyPRINT, you can integrate e-invoicing into your existing system landscape. Your current ERP system continues to generate invoices as usual. steadyPRINT analyzes the document, extracts the relevant invoice data, and automatically generates a structured e-invoice from it. This way, you retain your proven systems and processes—while reducing effort, transition time, and costs.

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Release Notes steadyPRINT 8.0

Created on14. February 2022

Updated8. September 2026

Release Notes steadyPRINT 8.0

Category	Content	Description
Features	Load Balancing	The new load balancing allows the setup of a print server cluster which enables a load distribution of print jobs to several print servers. This includes an automatic reliability. If a server is not accessible within this cluster, it will no longer be addressed for printing. Only operational print servers are used. The configurable monitoring function allows to individually specify when a print server is to be considered operational.
Features	Workflow Redesign	The new version offers a new interface as well as new workflow functions.
Features	Private Workflow	So far, only the admin or the user have been able to create new workflows via the steadyPRINT Center. With version 8.0, the user can create individual workflows out of the steadyPRINT Agent that only he or she can access.
Features	Backup Printer	With version 8.0 it is possible to bind individual workflows to a printer via the steadyPRINT Center. This is directly done in the detailed view of the printer and is followed by the required definition of the backup printer in case the primary printer fails. Moreover, the workflow can also be used for other tasks. With each print job, for example, the job can be stored to a defined share or the it can additionally be sent by e-mail.
Features	PDF merge with new and user-friendly UI (only VPD)	The new interface for merging and splitting PDF documents allows a more intuitive handling. A direct preview of the individual documents and pages is displayed so that the user can see how the document will be arranged before saving it.
Features	Configuration and selection of media formats	The new VPD driver now also enables the selection of media formats configurable via the steadyPRINT Center.
Features	Reliability in both directions	So far, the classical reliability function has been possible only in one direction. Should the master print server fail, the backup print server automatically takes over its function. In order to put the master into operation again, the admin has had to arrange its back movement via the steadyPRINT Center so far. If, as of version 8.0, the backup print server should fail, the automatic back movement to the master print server can conversely be performed. The prerequisite is of course that the master print server is fully functional.
Features	PDF/A (only VPD)	Saving PDF documents in PDF/A file format allows a long-term storage.

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