Sharp Print Release – Follow Me Printing Setup Instructions

Sharp’s new Advanced series machines have a built-in Sharp Serverless Print Release feature. This is commonly referred to as Follow-Me Printing. A user can print to one machine where it will be stored, then walk to 1 of 10 connected machines to release the print. The real selling point here is that it is FREE of charge and this procedure requires no software or server. It only requires Sharp Advanced Series Printers. There is a bit of setup involved so we have compiled the instructions below.

Video Walk-through to setup Sharp Print Release:

Step-By-Step Instructions for Sharp Print Release Setup:

1. Open all of your Sharp devices web pages. For the sake of this demo, we are using a MX-4070N and MX-3070N.
2. Click System Settings, then Printer Settings
3. Click Print Release Settings on the left menu
4. Login as Administrator. The default password is admin
5. Enable Print Release and leave this one on Primary Unit. Change other settings to your preference. The Connecting Code can either be left blank, or the same code can be entered into each Sharp system. Click Submit.
6. Click System Settings then Home Screen Settings
7. Scroll down and choose one of the Not Set options and click Not Set
8. Change the bullet point to Print Release, then click Submit.
9. Now move to your secondary Sharp machine’s webpage.
10. Repeat steps 2-4 then enable Print Release, change the drop-down to Secondary, then enter the IP address of your Primary machine, click Submit.
11. Repeat Steps 6-8 on your secondary machine to add Print Release to your secondary Sharp system’s home page.
12. Now we are ready to print. Make sure you are printing to your Primary Sharp Printer. File > Print > Choose Primary Printer > click Preferences
13. Go to the Job Handling tab, check Print Release, click OK.
14. Click Print.
15. Walk to whichever machine you want to release your print from, touch Print Release on the Home Screen
16. Touch your job to select it, edit your preferences on the right menu, then touch Print. If you have several jobs waiting you can “Select All” then touch print.
    

This concludes the setup procedure for Sharp Print Release. Contact us today for a quote on a Sharp device capable of Serverless Print Release, or Follow-Me Printing.