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Printing on Mobile Devices

Registering Your Device

Registering Your iOS Device

  1. In a web browser on your iPhone, navigate to https://print.northwestern.edu:9164/client-setup/known-host/ios.html.
  2. Click the Download button
  3. Click Allow to download the Northwestern Print Profile
  4. Click Close
  5. Go to your Settings app on your mobile device
  6. Click Profile Downloaded 
  7. Click Install
  8. Enter your iPhone Passcode 
  9. Click Install
  10. Click Done

Registering your Android device

  1. In a web browser on your Android Phone, navigate to https://print.northwestern.edu:9164/client-setup/known-host/android.html.  Or search for the “Mobility Print” by Papercut Software app in the Google Play Store.
  2. Click the Install or Update button
  3. Open the app
  4. Click Allow to enable notifications
  5. Click Tap here to check the Mobility Print Service is on 
  6. ​Verify the following settings:
    1. Mobility Print: on
    2. Default Print Service: on

Printing From Your Mobile Device

Printing from Your iOS Device

  1. Navigate to the page on your iOS device and tap the Print icon
  2. Click Print
  3. Select your configuration settings and click Printer.
  4. Select a printer queue based on your role or print need (for example, use the general print queues for a paid or volunteer appointment; use the StudentPay print queues for personal print jobs or student academic needs, including using print quotas). Two-sided, black and white printing (BW-Duplex) is strongly encouraged.
  5. Go to an available Northwestern Print MFD and follow the instructions to release your print job.

Printing From Your Android Device

  1. Navigate to the page on your Android device and tap the Print icon
  2. Select a printer queue based on your role or print need (for example, use the general print queues for a paid or volunteer appointment; use the StudentPay print queues for personal print jobs or student academic needs, including using print quotas). Two-sided, black and white printing (BW-Duplex) is strongly encouraged
  3. Click the Printer icon
  4. Click OK to confirm you want to use Mobility Print
  5. Check your notifications to authenticate your print request
  6. Authenticate with your NetID and password and click Sign In and Print
  7. You can also check your notifications to determine if a print request is successful or has failed
  8. Go to an available Northwestern Print MFD and follow the instructions to release your print job

Touchless Print Release​ using QR Code

Once your mobile device has been registered, you can use it to release print jobs. 

  1. Send a print job to Northwestern Print
  2. Open the camera on your mobile device
  3. Point the camera at the QR Code on the Northwestern Print MFD
  4. Click on the tab that appears at the top of your phone
  5. Enter your NetID and Password
  6. Select Login
  7. Select the print jobs you would like to release
  8. Select Release