Printer Pro Lite by Readdle

Hooked up my printer (Lexmark Cs417dn) to the network the first time but realized that I didn’t have a computer to use. I tried downloading this app to see if it would work. As soon as I hit print a test page the printer started beeping as of something was wrong with and an unfamiliar menu popped up. I hit cancel because I was concerned. Afterwards, it started rapidly printing gibberish on every single page in the paper tray, flooding port 9001 with print requests and leaving me unable to cancel any of them. By the time I was able to flip the power switch, the deed was done. Idk much about networking and what wacky protocols this app uses or if I didn’t configure something right since it’s a professional-oriented printer, but regardless, be ready for something to go wrong. When I later had access to a windows machine, it printed just fine over the network, so whatever went wrong went wrong with this app. I wouldn’t say it’s malicious, but be careful when using it regardless.

I think the reviews from a year ago don’t reflect what the developers have changed since then. This Lite version of the app will NOT print your documents. It has four sample files to print. One is a 8 page Wikipedia write-up on printers, another is 2 pages of Mark Twain quotes, a photo of Mona Lisa, and some Lorem Ipsum notes. This is great to finagle if your printer can work with their app and literally nothing else. I’m glad it’ll save me $8, because this lite version enabled me to discover there is no option to utilize duplex printing on my brother printer. I give the app four stars because it performed exactly as described as a testing measure. I was disappointed to find out this program does not support duplexing. I print a LOT of resources for students and I was hoping to utilize multiple pages per printout and duplexing simultaneously to save paper.

The description says it's for testing of the pro version will work with your printers..... fine and dandy, but how about letting me see what my docs look from my apps and printer setup. Not gonna spend the money if I cannot test it in my environment using my docs. I stumbled across this looking for solutions for the 100 + iPads being rolled out,but at $7 a seat no way wil that get approved. It's easy to use and configure, but not being able to test my own docs is a deal killer. ID have been fine to have been limited to say 5 pages of printing at a time, giving a decent test of my stuff using my gear, then decide.