Konica Minolta announces that its Workplace Pure, YSOFT SAFEQ Cloud, and YSOFT SAFEQ print solutions all support the new Windows Protected Print (WPP) mode for enhanced security. Unveiled by Microsoft in October last year, WPP is designed to enhance printing security and simplify the printing process by exclusively using the Windows modern print stack, eliminating the need to manage third-party print drivers and the potential security risks they could pose.
Konica Minolta announces print solutions’ support for Windows Protected Print
Langenhagen, Germany | 17 Feb 2025
Torben Mowka
Manager Office Product Management at Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe
The print function in Windows has seen relatively few changes during the last 25 years. However, cyber threats and security continue to evolve. Windows Protected Print is an important step forward in print security, adding modern standards and secure communication methods to ensure a robust and consistent printing experience. Our Workplace Pure, YSOFT SAFEQ Cloud, and YSOFT SAFEQ print solutions all feature robust inbuilt security, but it is also essential that they support and integrate with WPP, working together to ensure print doesn’t become the weak link in an organization’s broader security regime.
When enabled in Windows, WPP mode runs with lower privileges and uses Internet Printing Protocol (IPP), so a user’s computer can no longer load third-party printer drivers, eliminating the risk of attackers loading malicious code through this route.
The additional security, flexibility, and compatibility benefits of WPP perfectly complement Konica Minolta’s powerful print solutions. Konica Minolta's Workplace Pure, for instance, delivers cost-effective, 24/7 access to a marketplace of cloud services including cloud print – all from a single trusted source.
Konica Minolta's YSOFT SAFEQ is a comprehensive print management solution that integrates with its bizhub multifunctional printers (MFPs) and multi-vendor fleets, to help organizations to better understand and manage the cost of document printing and capture operations, improves information security, and centralizes user management.
YSOFT SAFEQ Cloud take this approach a step further as an all-in-one cloud print solution that is a secure, reliable, and cost-effective alternative to managing your own on-premise print infrastructure. YSOFT SAFEQ Cloud also works with bizhub MFPs and multi-vendor fleets.
As well as security, Windows Protected Print is also designed to offer an enhanced user experience with greater consistency, reliability, simplified management, future-proofing, and enhanced compatibility by enabling users to utilize the same modern print stack. It also supports many Mopria-certified printers (a mobile printing standard that allows users to print and scan to certified printers, scanners, and multi-function printers), which includes many Konica Minolta bizhub series multifunctional devices.
