Configure Web Print

Last Updated: April 07, 2026

Web Print uses Vasion's Off-Network Cloud Print (ONCP) app installed on the printer. To allow guests to print, you must turn on the Control Panel Application (CPA) Secure Release Print feature on the printer. The steps below guide you through the configuration process.

Key Points

Review the following key point:

  • The printers you designate for Web Print do not work for normal Secure Release Print with prompts. Prompts appears when using Web Print, but devices do not show the prompts.

Requirements

Review the following requirements:

CPA Secure Release Print

To allow guests to print, individually install Secure Release Print using the printer's Apps tab, or bulk install using the CPA Manager. Note the following:

  • You can install Secure Release Print and Web Print at the same time using the printer's Apps tab.
  • If you use the CPA Manager, install Secure Release Print first, and then add Web Print using the Modify option.

Secure Release Print Settings

The release prompt that appears when a user prints differs depending on how you configure the Secure Release Print settings for the printer. You select from the following options:

  • No: Jobs print immediately and cannot be held.
  • Yes (Always): Jobs automatically hold and require the user to release them.
  • Yes (Prompt): The user is prompted to select either Hold or Print Now.

You can change the default by going to Tools then Settings then Printing, scrolling down to the Pull Printing section, and changing your selection in the Default per-printer Secure Release settings menu. To change the setting at the printer level, go to the printer object's Printing tab and change your selection in the Allow secure release jobs to be sent to this printer menu.

Review the following about the Print Now and Hold options:

  • Authenticated users
    • The Print Now option immediately prints the job.
    • The Hold option requires the CPA Secure Release Print feature installed on the printer if no other option is used, such as the mobile app, the Release Portal, etc.
  • Guest printing
    • The Print Now option immediately prints the job.
    • The Hold option requires the CPA Secure Release Print feature installed on the printer.

Process Overview

You perform these high-level procedures:

  1. Select Printers, Authentication, & Preferences.
  2. Turn On Web Print.
  3. (Optional) Install Web Print Code Authentication.

1. Select Printers, Authentication, & Preferences

Consider these options when setting up Web Print:

  • Allow Authentication: This option uses existing identity provider (IdP) configurations in your environment to authenticate users. When you turn on only this option, all users must authenticate to use the Web Print Portal.
  • Allow Guests: This option does not require authentication to use the Web Print Portal.
    • If you turn on this feature without the Allow Authentication option, users enter their email addresses when using the Web Print Portal, which generates an email with steps and a code to release the job at the printer.
    • If you turn on this feature with the Allow Authentication option, managed users authenticate to use the Web Print Portal, and guests use the Continue as Guest option.

Follow these steps:

  1. In the Admin Console, go to Tools then Settings then Printing.
  2. Scroll down to the Web Print section. You configure the Web Print settings before turning on the Web Print Portal.
  3. Use the Select Printer(s) button to select the Web Print printers.

    Only printers configured for ONCP appear as options. For more details refer to Off-Network Cloud Print (ONCP).

  4. Select the authentication method:
    1. Allow Authentication: Requires users to sign in to access the Web Print Portal.
    2. Allow Guests — Allows guests to use the Web Print Portal.
      1. Define the code validity length in the Guest login codes are valid for (x) days field.
  5. (Optional) Select Allow Color to let users print in color. With this option deselected, all print jobs send in black and white.
  6. In the Paper Sizes section, select the paper sizes that should appear in the Web Print Portal.
    1. Options include Letter, Legal, Tabloid, and A3 through A5.
  7. (Optional) Select Limit Number of Pages.
    1. In the Max pages per day field, set the daily printing limit per user.
  8. (Optional) Use the Print Language dropdown menu to define the default print language.
    1. Options include PS, PCL5, PCLXL, PDF, and XPS.

Admin Console showing Printing Configuration and Web Print section.

When you select a printer for Web Print, an additional option appears on its Port tab that allows printer-specific print-language definitions.

Admin Console showing printer object's Port tab and Web Print Printer Language section.

2. Turn On Web Print

Follow these steps:

  1. In the Web Print section, select the Enable Web Print option.
  2. Select Save.

    Admin Console showing Enable Web Print option.

After you turn on Web Print, use the link in the Web Print section to visit your Web Print Portal. If you are not using the Allow Guests option, Web Print is ready to use.

3. (Optional) Install Web Print Code Authentication

The steps below are for installing Web Print code authentication on the CPA. Guest Web Print requires Secure Release Print and Web Print code authentication installed on the printer so that the user can release held jobs.

If you are using the printer object's Apps tab to install individually, install Secure Release Print and Web Print code authentication at the same time. If you are using the CPA Manager to bulk install, install Secure Release Print first, and then add Web Print code authentication using the Modify option.

Install Using the Apps Tab

For information on supported printers, prerequisites, and detailed steps for installing CPA Secure Release Print, refer to CPA 2.0.

Follow these steps:

  1. In the Admin Console tree structure, select the printer on which you want to install the CPA.
  2. Select the Apps tab.
  3. From the Manufacturer menu, select the printer manufacturer.
  4. Select the Service Client you want to use to install the CPA.
  5. In the Install Embedded Application section, select the Secure Release option.
  6. Ensure the credentials are correct.
  7. In the CPA Authentication section, select the checkbox for Enable Web Print Code Authentication.

    Admin Console showing printer object's Apps tab and CPA Authentication section.

  8. Select Save.

After the printer settings update, Web Print is ready for use.

Admin Console showing printer object's Apps tab.

Install Using the CPA Manager

For more information on the CPA Manager, refer to CPA Manager.

Follow these steps:

  1. In the Admin Console tree structure, select the Service Client that is running the Printer Apps service.
  2. Select the Printer Apps tab.
  3. From the Printer(s) list, select the printers.

    You can select only printers from the same manufacturer if you are modifying multiple printers.

  4. From the Actions dropdown menu, select Modify.
  5. In the CPA Authentication section, select the checkbox for Enable Web Print Code Authentication.

    Admin Console showing modal and CPA Authentication section.

  6. Select Save.

After the printer settings update, Web Print is ready for use.