This article provides troubleshooting steps when the Proxyclick iPad app fails to print and communicate between with the printer via the proxy (not via AirPrint â this is the case if your printer is not AirPrint-enabled).Â
Requirements:
Administrator access to Proxyclick
Recap of the configuration
As a reminder, the configuration is as follows:
The iPad communicates to a proxy installed on a PC (typically the Reception PC)
In turn, the proxy communicates to the printer
First step: see what's not working
When printing fails, the first thing to do is to know if the issue is:
Between the iPad and the proxy
Or between the proxy and the printer
In order to check this, please follow these steps:
Go to the computer connected to the printer and where the proxy is installed
Navigate to your devices and printersÂ
Then right-click on the printer that you wish to print on and click âSee whatâs printingâ
Perform a check-in on the iPad and see if anything is added to the print queue
If you do not see a print job, it means we first need to make the connection work between the iPad and the proxy. Please go to section 1 âTroubleshoot the connection between the iPad and the proxyâ
If you see a print job, it means the iPad can communicate with the proxy (which is good news) and that the issue occurs âafter thatâ. Please go to section 2 âTroubleshoot the connection between the proxy and the printerâ
The graph below shows the different checks youâll need to perform depending on whether you saw a print job or not. You can print this graph and take it with you at the reception. All steps are detailed in the sections below.
1. Troubleshoot the connection between the iPad and the proxy
Here are the troubleshooting steps:
1.1. Please make sure that the computer and the iPad are on the same network
Please make sure that the computer and the iPad are on the same network (most often the WiFi network).
1.2. Ensure you are using a Windows PC which is Windows 7 or higher
This setup does not work through any other Operating System.
1.3. Check if the proxy (Proxyclick Universal Print Proxy) is installed
Look for the proxy Application icon in the Notification area (normally on the bottom right of your screen)
If you cannot locate the Proxyclick Print Proxy Icon you may not have it installed. In that case, please download it here first.
1.4. Check the print settings in the Dashboard
In the Proxyclick Dashboard, navigate to Settings > Badge and printer
Make sure that:
the âIP address of PCâ is correct. Then tap the save button.
The correct printer is selected as shown below:
TipđĄ If your page looks different than the one shown above please contact us to change it for you.
If you do not know the IP address of the computer, please follow these steps.
If you see some printers but not the one youâre looking for, it may be because your printer is a network printer. It then needs to be set as a local printer.
Letâs now check the iPad: please go to Settings > Proxyclick and make sure the fields âOverwrite Printer IP address defined in dashboardâ and âPrinter nameâ are empty:
1.5. Check communication from iPad to proxy
At this stage, if all previous checks are successful and Welcome still fails to print it is very likely due to âsomethingâ on the local company network preventing the communication between the iPad and the proxy.
The simplest method to verify this is to open Safari (or any other installed Web Browser) on the iPad and attempt to navigate to the Universal Print Proxy's web configuration page. This page is hosted by the Universal Print Proxy application on the machine where it is installed and running, on ports 50080 (http) and 50443 (https, self-signed certificate). Using the example IP from step 1.4 above, you would enter:
http://192.168.1.65:50080
Replace '192.168.1.65' with the IP address of the PC running the Print Proxy in your local environment when running this test. If the test is successful, you will see the following page:
If you do not see this page, there is a firewall, routing, or other local network issue preventing the iPad from communicating with the printer proxy.
2. Troubleshoot the connection between the proxy and the printer
The print job is correctly sent by the iPad to the proxy but then âsomethingâ prevents printing.
Here are the troubleshooting steps
2.1. Check the printer is online
Youâll see this in âdevices and printersâ (see example below where the DYMO is grayed out and marked as âofflineâ)
If your printer is offline, please switch it on. If it does not work please check with your IT.
2.2. Check for paper-related issues
Please verify you do not have any of these issues before proceeding further:
Paper jams
No paper in the printer
Paper not correctly installed or aligned in the printer
2.3. Ensure youâve selected the right badge reference
This issue arises when there is a difference between the badge references selected in the driver and the references of the badge physically in the printer.
In order to check this, please perform the following steps
On the PC, look for the proxy Application icon in the Notification area (normally on the bottom right of your screen). Right-click on the icon to open the menu, then click on âOpen Playgroundâ
Youâll land on this page:
Please click on âprintâ, and double-check the following items are correct:PrinterOrientationMedia: this needs to be the reference of the badges physically in the printer. If not the case, the printing may not work.
Horizontal and Vertical Alignment: for the majority of printers, this is âCenterâ (e.g. Dymo Labelwriter, Brother QL820NW, etc.).
If you have any questions or feedback, please contact support@proxyclick.com or send us a message on the live chat.
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