Printer Apps
Hi,
Just wondering how schools are connecting to local printers from Ipads and Ipods. What printer apps work the best. We have a Konica Minolta .... seems to be standard photocopier in most school.
I use Printerpro at home which works well but haven't been able to make this work at school.
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Leanne Stubbing (View all users posts) 06 Mar 2013 8:45am ()Kia ora Linda
From my experience it seems to be based on how the school IT system is set up to whether apps like Printshare work as some networks have passwords attached to printing budgets. It may mean that you have to go through a PC. Best to talk to the IT person for a solution.This problem has been my achilles heel with setting up assistive technology in other peoples' schools! Never quite as simple as one would hope!
- Sandie Haddock (View all users posts) 22 Feb 2013 1:17pm ()
I use Smart Device Print(FREE), we have a ricoh photocopier - no Mac's in the school (boohoo) the ipads just print wirelessly - it's great.
- Allanah King (View all users posts) 22 Feb 2013 11:39am ()
Printopia is magic- no idea how it works but don't need to- as long as it does.
- Carol Kendall (View all users posts) 22 Feb 2013 10:32am ()
At Springston School we use Printopia, set up on a central iMac. It works brilliantly.
It looks like it's Mac only, and a demo is available for you to test drive. It's only US$19.95. The only requirement is that the computer has to be on and logged in for the iPads to be able to print. We have set it so that printing is through a student account and is black and white only. We do very little printing though (it's not encouraged), as most work is published through blogs.
