Apps+-+Wireless+printing

Shared by Susan Norwell as a follow-up to her iPad training on 4/13/12.

**Sent:** Tuesday, April 24, 2012 2:56 PM **Subject:** Re: Clearbrook/Rett seminar
 * From: ** Susan Norwell [mailto:norteach1@mac.com]

Here you go - most highly rated!

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PrintCentral for iPad
Weighing in at just 5.5MB, the $9.99 application, is currently in version 1.6.0. The app, which is among the highest-rated of any iPad printing software, provides the ability to print directly from an iPad to most Wi-Fi or shared printers. Free print software (WePrint) makes short work of connecting to other printers using printers installed on Macs or PCs. The application also enables printing remotely via 3G/EDGEPrint to printers used by your Mac or PC using USB, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, shared or network printers. I’ve personally used PrintCentral. My iPad had no trouble connecting and printing to a Wi-Fi HP printer at my house. Better yet, I was up and running, from application purchase and installation to printing, via my iPad in less than two minutes. However, PrintCentral was unable to connect to a networked Brother multifunction printer linked via wired Ethernet to the LAN. Fortunately, resolution was easy and required less than five minutes. I followed the simple instructions included with the app to download and install free WePrint software on one of my home systems. The iPad then immediately found the Brother printer and printed with no issues. For less than ten bucks, PrintCentral includes a boatload of additional features. Using the application, you can access shared files on other computers, share files from the iPad with other computers, move files between devices using iDisk or WebDAV, print photos, open attachments from Apple Mail and print them, open documents within PrintCentral directly into iWork and open and print files within PrintCentral from any other application that supports the “Open In” feature common to many apps. PrintCentral also enables iPad users to print shipping labels. One other feature that separates PrintCentral from other printing apps is its ability to print or move the contents of multiple clipboard files. Susan Norwell Educational Specialist Private Practice norteach1@mac.com