Print Manager Plus
Print Manager Plus is print management software for auditing, tracking, restricting, and securing an organization's printing infrastructure.
What Print Manager Plus is
Print Manager Plus is print management software for auditing, tracking, restricting, and securing an organization's printing infrastructure. Version 9.0 comes in Basic, Standard, and Premium editions, licensed per printer audited. Its audit records can include page counts, color, copies, paper size, duplex settings, document title, date and time, printer, and location. Administrators can apply quotas, budgets, restrictions, and rules to users and printers. Security controls can hold, pause, or delete jobs from unrecognized users, require confirmation, and verify users before release. Authentication supports Workgroup, Active Directory, LDAP, or custom Print Manager Plus users. Premium adds client and project billing, a payment portal, printing cloud, and APIs; the portal integrates with PayPal Payments Pro, PayPal Payflow Pro, and the Authorize.Net payment API. The maker lists compatibility with Windows Cluster, Core Services, Terminal Services, and Citrix-based networks. A fully functional 30-day evaluation is offered for each edition. The listed starting price is $495, paid once for the Small Business Edition, billed per Windows Server; it is limited to 35 users and five printers per print server.
Good
- Audits detailed print-job attributes and locations.
- Quotas, budgets, restrictions, and user rules are available.
- Jobs can require user verification before release.
- A fully functional 30-day evaluation is offered.
- Premium includes client and project billing.
Watch out
- There is no free plan.
- Small Business Edition is limited to 35 users and five printers per server.
- Licenses are billed per Windows Server.
- The listed starting price is $495, paid once.
Who it suits
It suits organizations that need print-job auditing, usage controls, and secure release across supported Windows and mobile environments. Premium may suit teams that also need client or project billing.
Verdict
Print Manager Plus combines print accounting with controls for quotas, policies, and secure release. Review edition needs and per-server licensing limits before choosing a plan.
Plans and prices
From Print Manager Plus's own pricing page, checked 15 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | Free | printer/network/cost auditing · reporting · administrative rights/interface · printing security · 30-day fully functional evaluation |
| Premium | Free | Standard features · Printing Cloud · payment portal · client/project billing · informational/configuration APIs · 30-day fully functional evaluation |
| Standard | Free | Basic features · quotas and budgets · restrictions and rules · release station · event/delivery notifications · 30-day fully functional evaluation |
| Print Manager Plus Enterprise Edition (Small Business Edition) | $495, paid once | Limited to 35 users and 5 printers per print server running SBE · Per Windows Server; maintenance, upgrades/updates, and phone support for 1 year included |
| Print Manager Plus Enterprise Edition (201–300 Full License Price) | $695, paid once | Unlimited users and shared printers on each print server license; licensed per Windows Server · Per Windows Server; maintenance, upgrades/updates, and phone support for 1 year included |
| Enterprise Edition (201–300 printers) | $695, paid once | unlimited users and shared printers per licensed server · per Windows Server license; one year maintenance included |
| Enterprise Edition (101–200 printers) | $795, paid once | unlimited users and shared printers per licensed server · per Windows Server license; one year maintenance included |
| Print Manager Plus Enterprise Edition (101–200 Full License Price) | $795, paid once | Unlimited users and shared printers on each print server license; licensed per Windows Server · Per Windows Server; maintenance, upgrades/updates, and phone support for 1 year included |
| Print Manager Plus Enterprise Edition (51–100 Full License Price) | $895, paid once | Unlimited users and shared printers on each print server license; licensed per Windows Server · Per Windows Server; maintenance, upgrades/updates, and phone support for 1 year included |
| Enterprise Edition (51–100 printers) | $895, paid once | unlimited users and shared printers per licensed server · per Windows Server license; one year maintenance included |
| Enterprise Edition (25–50 printers) | $995, paid once | unlimited users and shared printers per licensed server · per Windows Server license; one year maintenance included |
| Print Manager Plus Enterprise Edition (25–50 Full License Price) | $995, paid once | Unlimited users and shared printers on each print server license; licensed per Windows Server · Per Windows Server; maintenance, upgrades/updates, and phone support for 1 year included |
| Enterprise Edition (10–24 printers) | $1,095, paid once | unlimited users and shared printers per licensed server · per Windows Server license; one year maintenance included |
| Print Manager Plus Enterprise Edition (10–24 Full License Price) | $1,095, paid once | Unlimited users and shared printers on each print server license; licensed per Windows Server · Per Windows Server; maintenance, upgrades/updates, and phone support for 1 year included |
| Print Manager Plus Enterprise Edition (5–9 Full License Price) | $1,195, paid once | Unlimited users and shared printers on each print server license; licensed per Windows Server · Per Windows Server; maintenance, upgrades/updates, and phone support for 1 year included |
| Enterprise Edition (5–9 printers) | $1,195, paid once | unlimited users and shared printers per licensed server · per Windows Server license; one year maintenance included |
| Print Manager Plus Enterprise Edition (1–4 Full License Price) | $1,295, paid once | Unlimited users and shared printers on each print server license; licensed per Windows Server · Per Windows Server; maintenance, upgrades/updates, and phone support for 1 year included |
| Enterprise Edition (1–4 printers) | $1,295, paid once | unlimited users and shared printers per licensed server · Microsoft SQL support · per Windows Server license; one year maintenance included |
The facts
Each one read from Print Manager Plus's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API
- Premium exposes APIs for querying and configuring users, groups, organizational units, printers and cost profiles, including balances, restrictions, actions and page costs.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API documentation age
- The public API documentation page says it was last updated June 23, 2015 and does not mention an SDK.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Auditing
- The software audits print-job details including pages, color, copies, paper size, duplex, document title, date and time, printer, and location.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Authentication integrations
- Authentication options include Active Directory, LDAP, Workgroup credentials and Print Manager custom accounts.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Cloud mobile printing
- Users can submit print jobs remotely through a web-based cloud interface.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Compatibility
- The maker lists support for Windows Cluster, Core Services, Terminal Services, and Citrix-based networks.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Compliance
- The maker says the product supports organizations’ compliance with regulations including HIPAA, Sarbanes-Oxley, and the Data Protection Act.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Compliance claims
- Vendor materials say the software supports compliance efforts involving HIPAA, Sarbanes-Oxley and the Data Protection Act.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Controls
- The product provides quotas, budgets, printing restrictions, and rules for users and printers.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Deployment model
- Enterprise licensing is per Windows Server and permits multiple servers to share a local or remote Microsoft SQL database.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Directory support
- Print job authentication can use Workgroup, Active Directory, LDAP, or custom Print Manager Plus users.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Documentation
- The help center lists installation, SQL, Active Directory, reporting, quotas, rules, release station, billing, cloud printing and API articles.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Editions
- Version 9.0 is offered in Basic, Standard, and Premium editions, licensed per printer audited.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Environmental reporting
- The system records energy and material waste from printing in real time.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The payment portal integrates with PayPal Payments Pro, PayPal Payflow Pro, and the Authorize.Net payment API.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Limit: centralized server dependency
- A G2 reviewer warns that failure or unavailability of the central server can leave an organization without printing.checked 15 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- App limitation
- The iPad WebPrint app has a one-star rating and reviews reporting crashes during login or document upload.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Limit: macOS support
- Reviewers repeatedly report weaker Mac support and driver compatibility than Windows support.checked 15 Oct 2026
Money
- Billing
- Premium edition includes client and project billing, payment portal, printing cloud, and informational and configuration APIs.checked 7 Oct 2026
- Client billing
- Client, account and project codes can be attached to jobs from workstation or mobile portal.checked 15 Oct 2026
The company
- Company size and ownership
- LinkedIn lists Print Manager as privately held, headquartered in Clearwater, Florida, with 11–50 employees.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Founded
- LinkedIn lists the company as founded in 1994.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Houston, Texas, USAchecked 28 Sep 2026
- Legal owner
- The vendor identifies Software Shelf International, Inc. as the corporate owner and trademark holder.checked 15 Oct 2026
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