4.3 Managing Printers

This section describes how to add and remove your favorite printers, customizing printer name, and setting default print options.

4.3.1 Adding a Favorite Printer

You can add any printer that is mapped to your iPrint Mobile Server as your favorite printer.

  1. Launch the Novell iPrint app. The My Printers page is displayed.

  2. Tap the + button.

    On a Windows tablet device, tap the button. A list of printers that are mapped to your iPrint Mobile Server is displayed.

  3. Tap the printer you want to add to the My Printers list.

    To filter for a specific printer from the printers list:

    1. Tap the Search icon on the app bar, then type the name of the printer.

    2. Tap the printer.

    On Windows Phone 8.1, tap the on the App bar to add the printer to the My Printers list.

    A star icon indicates that the printer is added to the My Printers list.

4.3.2 Removing a Favorite Printer

You can remove any printer that has been added as your favorite printer. Once you remove any printer from your favorites list, that printer will no longer appear in your favorite printers list.

  1. Launch the Novell iPrint app.

  2. In the My Printers list, tap and hold a printer you want to remove, then tap Ok.

    On a Windows tablet device, tap the printer once again to remove the selected printer from My Printers list.

    On Windows Phone 8.1, tap Remove.

4.3.3 Customizing a Printer Name

Customizing a printer’s name does not rename the actual printer, but it only allows you to customize a particular the printer’s name as per your requirement name on your device only.

  1. Launch the Novell iPrint app.

  2. Tap Printers.

  3. Tap a printer that you want to rename.

  4. In the Display Name section, tap the pencil icon next to the printer name.

  5. Specify a name for the printer, then tap Done or OK.

4.3.4 Customizing the Default Print Options

You can customize print options based on your printing requirements. If you set the default print options for a printer, then the chosen options are automatically applied the next time you print using that printer.

  1. Launch the Novell iPrint app.

  2. Tap the printer for which you want to set the default options.

  3. Set your print preferences:

    Color: Enables or disables color printing.

    Double-Sided Printing: Enables or disables printing on both sides of the paper.

    Orientation: Prints in Portrait or Landscape mode.

    Page Size: Sets the page size, such as Letter, A3, A4, and so forth.

    Display Name: Allows you to customize the display name of the printer on your device.

    Printer Information: Displays the printer name, location, description, and the address of the iPrint Mobile Server on which this printer is configured.

    iPrint Mobile Server: On Windows Phone 8.1, iPrint Mobile Server displays the domain name or IP address of the server on which the printer is configured.

    Server: Displays the server on which this printer is configured.

    Set as my printer: Adds or removes the printer from the My Printers list.

4.3.5 Refreshing the Printer Page

You can refresh the add printers page to receive updated printer information from the iPrint server.

  1. Launch the Novell iPrint app.

  2. Tap the + button to add a printer.

  3. Swipe down to the app bar and tap the Refresh icon.

    On Windows Phone 8.1, tap the ellipsis (...) icon on the app bar, then tap the Refresh button.

  4. If prompted for credentials, specify your User ID and Password, then click OK.

    On Windows Phone 8.1, if prompted for credentials, specify your User ID and Password, then tap the Refresh button.