Policy-based printing system and methods using a proxy device

A printing system comprising:

• a private server storing a document and a policy, wherein the private server generates a response to a request to print the document;
• a public server connected to the private server, wherein the public server submits the request to print the document to the private server;
• a proxy device connected to the public server to send the request from a printing device and to receive the response from the public server;
• and
• a plurality of printing devices including the printing device generating the request, the plurality of printing devices managed by the proxy device, wherein the plurality of printing devices has a condition such that the proxy device is associated with the plurality of printing devices according to the condition,
• wherein the printing device of the plurality of printing devices is configured to generate the request for the document at the private server, and
• wherein the private server applies the policy to the request to generate the response to print to the document.