[OPLINTECH] Wireless printing

[Karen Perone]

My director had forwarded an ad from PrinterOn.com that sounded 
intriguing. It basically works off the Internet to allow printing for 
any wireless device, including iPhone and BlackBerry. In the mindset of 
"if it sounds too good..." has anyone any experience with this service?
--Karen Perone, Rodman Public Library

On 2011-06-22 3:42 PM, Nathan Eady wrote:
> "Jessica D. Dooley"<website at ripleylibrary.com>  writes:
>
>> I'm investigating our options for providing wireless printing to
>> patrons using their devices in the library. I'd love to hear from
>> anyone who currently provides this service. What setup do you use?
>
> Currently we don't.  Occasionally we get requests for it.  If I knew of
> an easy way I might consider it, but...
>
>> What pros/cons have you encountered? Network issues? Security or abuse
>> issues? Patron ease-of-use?
>
> The major wall for me is that I'm not aware of any way to do it that
> doesn't involve installing print drivers on every single computer that
> wants to be able to print.  I do *not* fancy trying to install drivers
> on every patron's computer.
>
> I've heard rumors of wireless access points that provide a printing
> service that is completely automatic (the patron connects to the
> wireless access point, hits print, and the print job automatically goes
> to the printer connected to the WAP), but that sounds like Hollywood
> sci-fi stuff to me.  No matter what you install on the server side, how
> do you get around the client operating system's requirement (common to
> every major operating system since the mid nineties) that it must have a
> printer-specific driver installed in order to know how to print?
>