Print-at-Home

Print-at-Home enables your organization to gain visibility and control over your employees' at-home printing - with or without VPN.

Key Benefits

  • Enable remote employees to easily add their home office printer to their work computer.
  • Utilizes Internet Printing Protocol (IPP) to create and send the print job for “driverless” queue management.
  • There are no extra servers to install or manage.
  • Supports lower-end laser and inkjet printers that provide AirPrint capabilities

Installing Print-at-Home

To install Print-at-Home, add the /wfh switch when installing Print Scouts on user workstations:

PrintScoutInstaller.exe /wfh

After the installation, users can now add local printers by selecting the Direct Print option from the menu and selecting Add WFH Printer. The user then types an IP address or host name of their local printer.

Notes:

  • This feature requires a Direct Print license.
  • Requires printer support for PDF, URF, and PCL file formats.
  • Print-at-Home is not supported on macOS.

Related Topic:

How to add a Print-at-Home printer