iPrint Appliance allows enterprise users to install printers and print documents seamlessly. Users can install printers using the iPrint URL provided by their administrator. The iPrint page displays the available printers. Users can click a printer to install the iPrint Client, download the printer’s driver, and create a printer on their workstation. Users can then print documents to the printer from any application on their desktops and laptops.
To set up iPrint Appliance for desktop and laptop printing, see the Setting Up iPrint section in the OES 11 iPrint Administration Guide.
To install the iPrint on client workstations, see the Installing and Setting Up iPrint on Client Workstations section in the OES 11 iPrint Administration Guide.
The Novell iPrint app prints documents from mobile devices using the IPP (Internet Printing Protocol) method. IPP is a standard network protocol for remote printing and print management.
iPrint Appliance’s print server converts documents to a printer friendly format (PostScript), and sends them to the printer for printing.
IMPORTANT:The Novell iPrint app is available on Android, iOS, and BlackBerry platforms. To download the Novell iPrint app, search for
on Google’s Play Store, Apple’s App Store, or BlackBerry’s BlackBerry World.AirPrint is a printing technology created by Apple for iOS devices. iOS devices can print to any AirPrint-enabled printer, wirelessly, using Apple’s driverless printing architecture. iPrint Appliance takes advantage of this technology, enabling non AirPrint-enabled printers to be published as AirPrint printers over the wireless network. You can seamlessly print documents and images from your iOS devices over the wireless network. iOS devices do not require a software download or driver installation. With just a few taps from any AirPrint-enabled iOS application (for example, Mail, Photos, Safari, and iBooks), you can print to an iPrint AirPrint-enabled printer.
For more information about AirPrint through iPrint, see Section 7.0, AirPrint through iPrint.
iPrint Appliance accepts print jobs through email messages and attachments, using your existing enterprise email infrastructure.
There are two kinds of email printing:
Printing using the email client: You can print documents from any device capable of sending emails. You can print emails by specifying email printing commands in the subject line of the email. You can also print documents by emailing them to your printer as attachments. For more information on email printing and commands, see Section 8.0, Email Printing.
Email printing through the app: The Novell iPrint app uses Direct IPP printing by default. If Direct IPP printing fails, iPrint Appliance switches over to email printing as a fallback option. The Novell iPrint app generates an email, attaches the document to the email, and sends the email to iPrint Appliance. iPrint Appliance then issues the print request in the IPP format.
By default, email printing is disabled. To enable email printing, see Section 8.1, Enabling Email Printing.
IMPORTANT:For enhanced security, email printing to secure printers is disabled.
NOTE:It is important that iPrint Appliance has a high bandwidth connection to the mail server provided during initial configuration. An email containing large attachments can take several seconds or minutes to download, depending on the connection speed between the print server and the mail server. This can cause delays in processing the remaining emails, thereby delaying printing for subsequent documents.
QR code is a machine-readable code which consists of a matrix of white and black squares. It is used to store URLs and other information that smart phone cameras can read.
The Novell iPrint app on iOS and Android platforms enables you to print documents and images by simply scanning the QR Code of a printer.