Ok, I must be a total ditz... This just made me more confused.... I have the printer hooked up to the modem/router so that I can print from all my computers, minus the Ipad of course.. The Razr even sees the IP addy of the printer.. Should I just give up?
The reason this may be confusing for you is because even though the printer can be talked to directly while on the WIFI from all your other devices, Motoprint is actually doing the talking to the printer as the host so you can print to printers being hosted by Motoprint PC hosts on the WIFI network. This is why having the PC act as the host for your printer communications is crucial. Otherwise, the RAZR would have to have Android drivers installed for the printer...something I don't see the printer manufacturer devoting development resources to write. Think of it this way, the Motoprint host is taking your order and walking it to the printer for printing, not too different than when a restaurant host takes your order and runs it to the cook.
No, let's try from scratch.
First and VERY important, you MUST be on your local WIFI with the PC, the Printer AND your RAZR all on the WIFI and active at one time in order to configure the printer. This means you can't configure your home printer while at work, however you can install Motoprint on the office PC and configure your office printer as well (I love this tool!) This only needs to be done once.
Next, you have to install the Motoprint Server software from
HERE.
Once installed, you are going to then start the Motoprint software on your phone. You'll come to a screen with the how to's. Click on Continue at the bottom. Now you're in a screen where you can select what type of document you can print. Here, you want to press the MENU button at the bottom of the phone, and then choose Manage printers. There will be NO printers listed - YET...unless you've added a printer and it's not functioning properly. If there is a printer listed, press and hold it, then select Remove Printer.
Click on Add printers at the bottom. A screen pops up asking if it's a printer At Home or At Work. Choose At Home.
Now, choose Find printers at the top. If your phone is on the WIFI network with the computer, your printer is properly configured on the network, you have Motoprint running on your PC, and the printer is configured properly on the PC, the printer should pop up pretty quickly.
Select that printer and allow it to confirm it. Once a Green check mark appears, click Save at the bottom.
You should be done and can click the Back button at the bottom of your phone, go to the screen which has the choices of what to print, choose a document to print and it should proceed to the Printer selection menu with your printer at the top. Click on your printer and it will first confirm availability and then give you some printing options. This same screen allows you to flip between printers in the drop-down at the top if you chose the wrong one in the prior screen.
Choose the number of prints you want and click on Print at the bottom. You printer should come to life and print your document.
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Good luck. dancedroid
