Printer Pro by Readdle Reviews

by OBKathyO

I thought this would be a great product to print from my new IPad. I first tried Printer ProLite. It took a while and a few errors, but I got it to work. I then decided to buy Printer Pro. Again, had a few problems getting it to work. But, it eventually printed from the IPad. Next, day tried to print and nothing. My Canon 3000 Series on my Laptop kept deleting. I had to go into it each time, after it was shut down add it back on. Again, couldn't get anything printed from the IPad and had to use the Laptop and add the printer back on. I ended up deleting all of it on the IPad. I am planning on buying a new desktop in the next few months and will print from that. To me it was a complete waste of money: $6.99 plus tax. I now cannot get the Printer Pro icon off of my Laptop. It keeps telling me its in use and open. I am just going to ignore it and leave it there.

by Ayooali

When I choose certain pages range to print it , and type the order of page from larger number to smaller ones (I write numbers in printing range in reverse order because I need such order , such as 4,3,2,1 or 8,6,4,2 ) but the disappointing thing is that PrinterPro automatically correct the order into 1,2,3,4 or 2,4,6,8 ...etc . Please fix this bug because I choose your app as it offers the feature of printing range and that’s what I need necessarily , please fix it as soon as possible.

Another suggestion is adding two more features
1st one is the possibility to print either odd or even numbered pages
2nd one is the presence of reversible printing choice such that one we find on computers which allow us to print from the last page(last one in document or in the range we have chosen ) to the first one.

by Goldenrod Farm

I used PrinterPro on my iPad Air, and although it has some weird quirks it did a good job. On my iPad Pro it is excruciatingly slow, taking 8-10 minutes for a single page. It prints line by line slower then I have ever seen my printer print, with the computer it spits a page out in seconds, as it also did on my iPad Air. There may be a setting to correct this but I haven’t found it. The time it takes to print also puts your iPad out of commission during the sending of the page to the printer, if you leave printer pro it will cancel the print and you have to start over. I am using a older printer without AirPrint, and don’t see the need to change as it works perfectly with my laptop. Many times it prints what it feels like, never use the print button on a web page because it will not print the printer tailored page but the previous page without fail. I have resorted to copying to the clipboard to get it to print what I want. If you want to work around these problems you will eventually will get a printed page

by Vikingcloset

I've read several negative reviews & I think several of them miss the point that the purpose of PrinterPro is to provide an alternative to AirPrint, not a replacement for it. If you have an AirPrint enabled printer, then PrinterPro really is not for you: it does not buy you anything & can't handle a few cases that AirPrint usually does (more on that below), The point is that for us poor folks who don't want to go out & buy a new AirPrint model printer just to allow occasional printing from an iPhone - PrinterPro works great!

My reason for giving it 4 stars is that it does miss one feature normally found in PC based applications like PDF Creator: it frequently fails to print a Web document if the Web page that fetched it is secured in some way (e.g. https://). Therefore it usually doesn't let me print things such as credit card statements. Also, the negative reviews are quite correct that trying to print out an email from PrinterPro appears to be pretty much impossible. But if one understands these limitations, PrinterPro really does perform as advertised.

by IWanit

I really appreciate the fact that PrinterPro allows me to print a work using my PC as a proxy. However it has its limitations. Most serious is the fact that my iPad will happily print without error but I never get anything from the printer. This is always because my PC lost its WiFi connection so my printout went somewhere into the eth (At least I hope it went to the ether!) There really needs some type of "ping"to the PC proxy application and an error posted on the ipad indicating the lack of communication.

A- nicety would also be the ability to configure the proxy with multiple printers and be able to choose which printer to use from the iPad app. I often find myself in different locations of the building and wishing I could print to the nearest or best printer.

All said and done this is a great app of good utility for office roaming or for companies that dont allow wireless printers.

by Jmc4769

It doesn’t have the functionality of Airprint, but it gets the job done if you are willing to work with it. You have to use different methods to print in different apps. Sometimes you can just choose “Print with Printer Pro” from the menu and use the Print button in the pop-up window. Sometimes that doesn’t work and you have to use the More Options button in the pop-up window. If that still doesn’t work, you can highlight the text to print, copy it, open the Printer Pro app, and print from there. It just takes a while to learn what works best in which app. I’ve had the most difficulty printing webpages. I’ve found that the best bet is to print from the Reader view. Even that is sometimes problematic because of the limited functionality of copying text on webpages in iOS. Overall though, I could not do without PrinterPro.

by SeizeTheBeat

PrinterPro is great and picks up my wireless printers when the built in print app never can.

However, There are some simple functions that it’s missing. One, I find it odd there is no way to “nickname” your printer. I want to rename the printers based on what office they are in inside my building, but there isn’t a functionality for that.

Second, It seems to have problems with certain printers (Can’t get my MG3000 series to work at all). It does offer a very great PDL (Printer Description Language) selection, but...if you don’t know what PDL your printer uses...it doesn’t help. Also, some of the selections (like M-Print) will literally hang on loading and never finish (Left it for 20 minutes 3 times).

Also, The icon desperately needs to be redesigned. PrinterPro itself is beautiful! An absolute joy to use. The icon looks old and strange with its metallic material and depth. I hope they redo it to fit more with the new “Documents” logo. Its extremely simple and flat and plays well with many other modern app icons.

All that being said. I love PrinterPro! Can not live without it. Just hope they add a few of these key features. Great work as usual by the developers.

by Mikejean66

I have an old brother printer, usb connected to my windows computer. I love the old printer as it prints only in black with a toner cartridge that last and last. The newer printers use too much ink, will stop printing when a company says your low on ink, and you get this with many air printers. I decide when I am low on ink. Anyway, with the clipboard built into the pro version, nothing is impossible to print. Emails, photos, even apple's "Pages" program files, and spread sheets, print flawlessly. My printer was found right away in the free app and so I purchased the pro. It works better then best. Instructions are simple, detailed, and will have you printing anything in minutes. Wish you the best. Not gonna spend money on an air printer that dictates (most companies) when my ink is low and stops me from printing when the prints are still coming out perfect. I own the printer, and now, I own this excellent app.

by AzVegeGrl

I've had an iPhone for over 9 years, so over tried several different printing apps. My brother-in-law, who's a computer hardware engineer, and my Oracle when it comes to anything involving electronics and technology, told me to download Printer Pro and to get rid of the other printer apps on my phone. "Yes, oh Great One" I replied. His wisdom proved true. Printer Pro is all I use now. I do a lot of printing directly from my phone and the Printer Pro app is reliable and consistent.

One of the great features I love about Printer Pro is that not only does it easily recognize the modern "all-in-one" wifi printer in the den, Printer Pro is an advanced application that has a feature where it's able to recognize and make a wireless connection to an older HP LaserJet color printer we have which isn't a wireless printer.

I highly recommend Printer Pro to everyone, including those who require a high quality professional printing app.

by A.M. DESIGNS

I have 4 printers in my office her at home and I able to print to each printer with no problems! Unlike some comments that give it a 4 star rating just cause they haven’t read or figured out how to print from the Web or a simple email. The truth folks, is that you very well can! I can select my Monochrome Laser or my Full Color Laser printer, choose my options, I press “print” and no matter where I am, poof, the jobs print out. It’s awesome to have family and friends over, take a family picture and print it right then and there on my high quality color laser printer that’s part of my home network. I have printed emails with attachments and website base itineraries, without a hitch!
Thank you so much for this awesome little app! Love it! -LX

by Marcos El Malo

Saved me hundreds of dollars I would have spent on a WiFi enabled printer. Works great with two different iPads and an iPhone.

You print from the share sheet—there will be an icon for Printer Pro. A dialogue pops up, offering you the choice of printing a single copy of your document, or opening the full app if you want to tweak settings or print multiple copies.

Warnings: Printer Pro sends jobs to your printer via your Mac. It needs to be up and running, and you must install a small application first. Second, you might need to wait a few seconds for printing to begin after the Printer has already signaled the job is done. Think of this dialogue as notification that the print job was successfully *sent*, and give it a half minute to print.

by MatthewAV

•Readdle has yet another superb app with this app. It is stable, has desktop-level features, seamlessly fits into any workflow on my iPhone 6s Plus. And it is stable!
•this app is powerful! At meetings I became the rock star printing documents that supplemented the topic of the meeting. And I did it all from my phone, with “very few clicks”. (I didn’t have to scroll and click through endless setting modal windows.)
•this app does the legwork, in the background, finds the settings that are relevant, and I look like a genius. It does all of the appropriate setup for me, so I just choose and tap!
•Thank you, Readdle for another powerful, stable, up-to-date tool that is professional-level quality.

by M_user_

An essential workflow tool. Makes printing out colouring pages for the kids easy as I can adjust number up, rotation, etc... I also use while processing emails away from my desk and save the queued up documents for printing when I get home. The best features are being able to print 2-up, 4-up, etc...

Missing are ability to choose print B&W only, draft mode and double-sided on/off.

The workaround for web pages, emails and others is to start with the built-in printer and preview the document. You can then un-pinch (zoom out) to get a document preview window. This is now a PDF which you can send to Printer Pro. The best of both worlds!

by SKirtonBear2

Even when my devices have the apps from a printer’s own company I find that PrinterPro actually works. It connects to whatever printer I need (using the WIFI IP address of the printer). I can easily print from my phone or tablet. I often have to AirDrop a PDF or a photo from my laptop to my mobile or tablet so I can print on our home printers. My tablet doesn’t have cell service, so I’m dependent on WIFI.

It sets up to a printer quickly and needs a test print to establish the printer’s boundaries and then it’s a go. I only wish I could skip the test print: after an update it acts like it’s never known that printer and forces a new test.

by Chieffarmer

I’ve tried many printer apps and none of them can compete with this one. It will print most any kind of document you have. I also have an older printer that only prints black and white documents. It saves a ton of money when you use a printer that has a single toner cartridge. In the long run I can save a lot by running to the nearest Walmart or CVS to print color photos and spend a lot less than I would for color cartridges that go out of date or dry up before you get your moneys worth. Because it’s so old most printer apps can’t find my printer when searching but this one picked it right up. I’m very happy with it.