Secure printing is about to get a lot smarter. PaperCut, the print management platform running behind many of the multifunction printers ABS installs and services across Tallahassee, previewed its Q2 2026 update this week — and it’s built almost entirely around one problem: keeping sensitive documents from sitting exposed in an output tray.
Why Secure Printing Matters More Than Ever
Think about what actually comes off your office printer on a given day. Client intake forms. Patient charts. Contracts with signature pages. Payroll runs. If your front desk or workroom printer isn’t set up for secure printing, any of that can sit in the output tray for minutes — or hours — before someone walks by and grabs it. For law firms and medical offices, that’s not just an inconvenience. It’s a real exposure risk, and it’s exactly the kind of gap auditors and cyber insurers ask about.
Secure printing solves this by holding the job until the person who sent it is physically standing at the device, badges in, or enters a PIN. Nothing prints until someone claims it.
What’s New in Secure Printing for Multifunction Devices
The headline feature in the Q2 2026 update is an expansion of Cloud Pull Print Delivery to Fujifilm and Toshiba devices, joining Ricoh, Sharp, Lexmark, and Kyocera hardware that already supports it. Cloud Pull Print Delivery lets supported multifunction devices pull a held job directly from the cloud the moment it’s released at the panel, instead of routing it through an on-site print server. Fewer moving parts, less to maintain, and one more brand of hardware added to the secure printing lineup.
Rollout is staged: public beta opens July 15, 2026, with general availability following on August 4, 2026, once the beta tag comes off.
Smarter Administration Behind the Scenes
A few other changes worth knowing about if your office runs a shared printer fleet:
- Groups, tied to Microsoft Entra ID and Google Workspace. Instead of manually assigning users to printers and quotas, administration follows your existing directory groups. Quota balances and replenishment schedules travel with the user automatically — useful the moment someone changes departments or a new hire starts.
- Departmental Reporting. New reports break down print, copy, scan, and fax activity by department, which is a real win for law firms tracking costs by matter or medical offices allocating expenses across practice groups.
- Language Selection. Fourteen languages are supported at both the admin and end-user level, which matters for offices with multilingual staff.
What This Means for Tallahassee Businesses
ABS supports Canon, Kyocera, Ricoh, and Toshiba equipment across Tallahassee, Thomasville, and North Florida & South Georgia, and a good number of those devices already run PaperCut. As this update rolls out, it’s worth having a conversation with your account rep about turning on secure printing if you haven’t already — especially in medical offices, where print workflows can be configured to support HIPAA requirements around who can see what leaves the printer. Law firms and state agency offices under NASPO agreements get the same benefit: less risk, better audit trail, and reporting that actually maps to how the office is billed or budgeted.
If your current fleet doesn’t support secure printing yet, this is a good moment to find out whether it’s a settings change or a hardware conversation.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What is secure printing, exactly?
A: It’s a print workflow where a job is held (usually in the cloud or on a print server) until the person who sent it authenticates at the device with a badge, PIN, or login. Nothing sits in the output tray unattended.
Q: Does secure printing work with our current copier?
A: It depends on the model and whether it’s PaperCut-enabled. Ricoh, Sharp, Lexmark, Kyocera, and now Fujifilm and Toshiba devices support Cloud Pull Print Delivery. ABS can check your specific fleet and tell you what’s already capable versus what would need an upgrade.
Q: Does adding secure printing cost extra?
A: In most cases it can be built into your existing managed print or service agreement rather than billed as a separate line item. Ask your ABS rep to review your current setup.
Related Resources from ABS
Sources: Toshiba Business Solutions, CISA network device security guidance.