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Connecting a Printer

UpdatedJanuary 16, 2025

Booth.Events supports the following printers:

  • Any printer that supports AirPrint
  • A printer connected to a print-server that supports AirPrint, such as:
    • Printio DWPM
    • DNP WCM
    • Aircast Pro

Don’t have a printer yet or not sure what to buy? Check out Our Recommended Hardware.

Step 1: Connect Your Printer & iPad

You’ll want to get your printer connected and ensure it has internet connectivity at the same time.

We wrote an article to make it easy! Read our Connecting your Printer, iPad, and internet all together article.

Step 2: Add Your Printer(s) in the App

Please watch this video to see how to add your printer(s) to the app:

You can add & manage printers after you’ve started the event, from the first screen that shows after the event starts, or from the in-event menu (hold two fingers on the screen to show).

Step 3: Enable Printing

By default, printing is turned off and in iOS-managed mode (the iOS print popup will show each time you print).

If you want printing at your event, turn on printing by toggling the “Print” switch as shown in the video above.

iOS-managed vs. App-managed Printing

There are two ways that the app can support printing:

  • iOS-managed: Guests see a popup from iOS every time they choose to print. Works with 3rd-party software AirPrint solutions (see note below).
  • App-managed: When you add a printer to the app this mode is used. With app-managed printing, guests do not see a popup every time they print.

In iOS-managed mode, your guests will see a popup when they print:

In App-managed printing mode, your guests choose the number of copies in the app, and there’s no popup:

To change from iOS-managed to App-managed, add a printer as shown in the video above. To change from App-managed to iOS-managed, remove all printers.

Using a Software-based Print Server

If what you are printing to isn’t a real AirPrint printer and isn’t certified by Apple (e.g., software like Printopia or a Raspberry Pi solution running CUPS/Gutenberg), then App-managed printing is likely to fail on the second print. Use the iOS-managed mode instead. Apple has stringent requirements for AirPrint, and most of these software-based solutions do not work with printing without the iOS popup.