It's easy to print from Booth.Events on macOS! This video shows you how:
Gotchas: Printing from iPad to Mac
Gotchas: Printing from iPad to Mac
"Not Authorized" error
This error means your Mac has a security rule preventing you from accessing the printer. There are two ways to fix this. You only need to do this once.
Easiest way: the Booth.Events app will remove this access control automatically if you run it on your Mac.
Download the Booth.Events Mac app from the link below ("STEPS...")
Make sure you are running the app as an administrator (default on Mac)
Run the app on your Mac, open an event that already has at least one photo in its gallery
Add the printer in the app
From the in-event menu, open the Gallery (Cloud), select one photo (doesn't matter if it is the wrong size), and print it -- the app will detect the security rule is blocking the print and remove it
You can now remove the app from your Mac (it is not needed for printer sharing)
Faster way, for those comfortable with Terminal:
Open Terminal
Run
lpstat -vto see the name of your printer(s), likeDNP_QW410Run
lpadmin -p <printerName> -u allow:allto remove the access control
Wrong paper size error, or printed incorrectly
Update the iOS app to at least version 1.50.1 on your iPad. There was an issue in earlier versions that stopped the "Choose Paper" selection from working correctly. You must select the exact paper that is loaded in the printer.
Enabling 2x2x6 Strips on DNP printers
Enabling 2x2x6 Strips on DNP printers
DNP has published a help article on how to enable this cut open on the Mac.
Warning: this guide shows you how to turn on the 2-inch cuts as a default option, meaning that every print will always be a 2-inch cut. This means you cannot mix & match templates that need cuts (like 2x2x6) and no-cuts (like 4x6).
STEPS (these are shown in the video)
Download the app from our website, not the App Store. If you have the App Store version, delete it, and download this one instead: https://solo-storage-1.b-cdn.net/booth-macos-standalone.zip
In the macOS Settings app, turn on Printer Sharing, share the specific printer, and set the access for the printer for "Everyone" to "Can Print". See the screenshots below.
In the Booth.Events app, add the printer(s) you shared from your Mac.
If you find that your prints are not rotated correctly, watch the video above: your template size doesn't match your printer's paper size which is what causes the issue.
Your template size must match your printer's paper size.
Backup Option: "Foreground" printing
If you have trouble with the method shown above, you can remove the printer in the Booth.Events app, but keep printing enabled. When you do this, each time the "Print" button is hit a macOS-native user interface will popup for printing.