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Environment: Students, Staff and Faculty that need to print from a personal, laptop, mobile phone or tablet using the Mobility Print service and the device MUST be on the WebFX wireless or Ethernet connection
Purpose: Guide users on how to connect to Mobility Print
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Mobility printing provides easy access to secure campus printing from a variety of devices.
Currently Supported Devices
Download the Mobility Print Drivers
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Choose one of the following:
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Click the Green Download button to start the download for Windows, Mac, IOS, and Android users, Chromebooks will be brought to a Web Store app which needs to be added to chrome (this is the final step for ChromeOS)
Check the top of the screen to ensure it matches your devices Operating system. if different, click on the icon of the correct operating system at the bottom of the page.
This common that ipads will choose the mac driver but need to be installed as IOS to work.
Install the Mobility Print Driver
Windows and Mac and Android
Open the downloaded file and follow the steps of the installation wizard. When prompted to login us your stfx username (do not include @stfx.ca) and stfx password
IOS (iPhones and iPadOS)
- Download using Safari on IOS devcies.
- When the file is downloaded and opened it will launch a prompt to install a configuration profile press ok
- Go to Settings (if not directed there immediately)
- Profiles
- Install the papercut certificate
Using the Printer
- Open the desired file
- Click print (or use a keyboard shortcut if applicable)
- Select Print-Stu for students Or Print-Staff for Faculty and Staff
- Ensure the layout is what you want (double-sided vs single, B/W vs Colour)
- Mac users will be prompted on the first print to sign-in. Sign in using your StFX username (ex. x2021abc) and its associated password
- If an error message occurs ensure the user name and password are correct and retry
- if a password is already saved it may need to be cleared through the system's password manager (Keychain, Credential Manager, Google Password Manager)
Releasing your job
Your job will be sent to cloud storage and held until you login into a printer to release. Jobs are held for 24hours before deleted from the server. There are 2 ways to release a job.
1. Log into the Printer using your stfx user name (removing @stfx.ca) and stfx password
2. Swipe your staff or student id.
On fist log in you will be asked if you want to associate your card with your account. You can say yes to this prompt and log in to the copier. Once associated swipe your card to see your jobs.
3. Once logged in you will be able to select the jobs you want printed and press the print button to release.