11.3 Pre-Populating Fields for iPrint Login

You can pre-populate the fields on the iPrint login screen for users in your system by configuring the iPrint key-value pairs in MobileIron. You can pre-populate the server URL and user ID fields for both the iOS and Android apps. For the Android app, you can also pre-populate the user password field.

You accomplish this within MobileIron by modifying the app configuration for Android, and creating a new app configuration for iOS.

11.3.1 Creating the iOS iPrint App Configuration for MobileIron

  1. In the MobileIron Admin Portal, click the Policies & Configs tab.

  2. On the Configuration tab, click Add New > AppConnect > Configuration.

    The New AppConnect App Configuration dialog box is displayed.

  3. Specify the following information:

    Name: Provide a name for the configuration, such as iPrint iOS Configuration.

    Description: (Optional) Provide a description for the configuration.

    Application: Specify the iPrint iOS bundle ID, which is com.novell.print.

  4. In the App-specific Configurations section, click the Plus icon to add a new field to the key-value pair table; you can then specify the key-value pair to be included in the configuration.

    The key-value pairs that you can add are shown in Table 11-1, iPrint Key-Value Pairs. Key-value pairs that you add to the table represent the information that will be pre-populated for iPrint login.

  5. Click Save.

11.3.2 Key-Value Pairs

Table 11-1 iPrint Key-Value Pairs

Key

Value

server

Specify the URL of your iPrint site. For example, iprint.acme.com.

user

Specify $USERID$ for MobileIron to automatically populate the app with the users’ MobileIron user ID.

Alternatively, you can specify an individual user’s user ID.

password

Specify $PASSWORD$ for MobileIron to automatically populate the app with the user’s MobileIron password.

Alternatively, you can specify an individual user’s password.

11.3.3 Modifying the Android iPrint App Configuration for MobileIron

  1. In the MobileIron Admin Portal, click the Policies & Configs tab.

  2. On the Configuration tab, in the Name column, click the name of the iPrint configuration for the iPrint app that you uploaded, as described in Adding the Android iPrint App.

  3. Click Edit.

    The Modify AppConnect App Configuration dialog is displayed.

  4. Specify the following information:

    Name: Provide a name for the configuration, or keep the default.

    Description: (Optional) Provide a description for the configuration, or keep the default.

    Application: Select Novell iPrint from the drop-down list.

  5. In the App-specific Configurations section, keep or remove the key-value pairs that are shown in Table 11-1, iPrint Key-Value Pairs. Key-value pairs that remain in the table represent the information that will be pre-populated for iPrint login.

  6. Click Save.