Print from Within Mobile Applications

Simply follow these steps:

  1. After creating and saving your document tap-and-hold on the document in the mobile application’s document list, and choose ActivePrint Tools. – see image
  2. Choose either: – see image
    • ActivePrint This File to add it to the ActivePrint print queue.
    • Print File Over the Network… to send the file to the ActivePrint System installed on your Windows XP/Vista desktop/laptop.

Print through your USB Sync Cable

After adding your files to the ActivePrint Print Queue on your Mobile Device simply connect your Mobile Device to your Windows XP or Windows Vista desktop or laptop computer running Microsoft ActiveSync/Windows Mobile Device Center.

Once your Mobile Device is connected ActivePrint will within seconds begin printing your queued documents.

Vista Users: Not all Vista computers come with Windows Mobile Device Center, however it can be downloaded for free from Microsoft’s website here.

Print over your Wireless Network (TCP/IP Printing)

This method allows you to send either an individual file or your entire ActivePrint Print Queue over a wireless network without having to establish a Microsoft ActiveSync or WMDC connection.

  1. On your Mobile Device, open the ActivePrint Mobile Client in the device’s Programs.
  2. Choose the Send Print Jobs menu.
  3. Choose Over the WiFi. – see image
  4. In the screen that comes up choose Send. – see image
    • If the box below ActivePrint System Address is empty, enter the computer name or IP address of the desktop or laptop running the ActivePrint System.

Note: the ActivePrint System Address can be found on the desktop or laptop by following these steps:

  1. On the desktop, right click the ActivePrint icon in your system tray (next to the clock on most systems).
  2. Choose Available ActivePrint Wireless Addresses.
  3. This will list all of the valid ActivePrint System Addresses for your desktop/laptop.
 
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