iPad+Productivity

= iPad Productivity = = Apps, resources and articles and anything else that will make these things work in the classroom Printing Solutions=

www.ecamm.com/mac/printopia/
===It is a computer based program. We run it on one of our iMacs which we leave on all the time - set up which printers to share - and then the iPad can print to any of our networked printers. We have many older model HPs - works very well. System requirements: You'll need Mac OS X 10.5 or 10.6 on your Mac. Your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch will need iOS 4.2 or newer and must be AirPrint capable.===

Response: That is what I am using, but it doesn't work consistently through our school. I talked to Printopia tech support and they said that they don't support roaming. They said the computer with printopia needs to be on the same AP as the iPad. We have over 20 APs in our school, so that is just not possible. If the students are on the same AP as the computer running the software, it works great. If they go next door and the iPad grabs another AP, then they go to print and they can no longer see the printers show up to select. (Well, sometimes they can see the printers and sometimes they can't. It is not consistent.)

Does it need to be on same AP or same segment of the network? I will take an iPad to a different AP and see if I can duplicate your problem. Will let you know.

We ARE able to print from any AP. Printopia runs off of one iMac - connected via Ethernet/not wireless to network - Maybe it has something to do with the way your network is configured? Zones? Haven't used this heavily - so I don't know if I was just lucky and have not seen an inconsistency yet - but so far - so good