Primary School Ipad Printing 24Ipads per class

Hi all got asked the question I knew was coming as soon as I saw them... "how can we print from our new ipads"

 

So far I have 3 options I have found...

 

1. Software - Presto (is this what people call Fingerprint)

2. Air Print Enabled printers

3. Apple Airport Extreme

 

Now that I am home I have installed presto on my Server 2012 test enviro and I have to admit so far it seems great just sadly I have no printers at home so all I see shared is XPS Printer which does jack for me.

 

Anyway its 2015 and most of the posts I read on here and online were dated 2013 so I wanted to find out what everyone else does at present.

 

Cheers all!

I use printopia you have to run it from a Mac but it's reasonable priced and simple to set up and run. There's a free trial option so you can give it a go before buying

 

http://www.ecamm.com/mac/printopia/

I use a Mac Mini to host the print queues.

I have used presto(formerly fingerprint) and it works great, however not sure how it works with authenticated printing.

I have used presto(formerly fingerprint) and it works great, however not sure how it works with authenticated printing.

 

We use presto with iOS security turned on for each printer so that the credentials are passed to papercut.

Keep hearing about papercut on here.

 

What is it?

It's an accounting and print management solution. Used for restricting print jobs and reporting on print costs etc... Used now in over 50,000 organisations worldwide!

These are brilliant xPrintServer - an iOS Print Server for iPhone and iPad Printing.

 

Pretty much plug in, wait 5 mins for it to scan the network, print!

These are brilliant xPrintServer - an iOS Print Server for iPhone and iPad Printing.

 

Pretty much plug in, wait 5 mins for it to scan the network, print!

 

Yes this is what I put in lots of schools.

 

Some required AD authentication and they support it.

Keep hearing about papercut on here.

 

What is it?

PaperCut - Print management software used by 50k organizations to control and quota printing

 

Won't solve what you want to do, but, great for managing print usage.

 

Be aware that depending on your printer, you may also need to setup multiple print queues if you want Colour / Mono printing as there's no way to specify within iOS.

Do you think the Presto software will be ok installed on the Server 2008 DC server? They don't have a dedicated server just the DC sharing out the copier.

Not sure if it matters but I would always install on a server that shares out printers.

Your other option is an app installed on the devices. We have Kyocera printers/mfds at school and they have ios and android apps which both seem to work quite well. I have similar hp apps on my devices at home, which gives a big improvement on iOS despite the printer being a native airprint machine.

Got that in my head as another option jmak think they have a Sharp at this particular school so the sharpdesk app may be of use. Will try it this morning when I visit them.

Tried it this morning and I have to say it works really well. Got one issue where the SHARP copier keeps prompting for the user ID on the server when you print from an Ipad. I have been on the server and checked all the relevant remember this ID boxes etc but I still get the prompt but that's something I can sort with a driver.

 

Not sure what I will gain from the Enterprise license as the $20 one seems to do all the basics i.e. "Printing"

Where do you set iOS security?