Setup Virtual Printers for Student iPads Using Printopia

Printopia offers virtual printers that allow students to send iPad content to a folder on the teacher’s account on Mac, Dropbox, or Evernote. Printopia virtual printers are great solutions for your classroom workflow. Click the + button below your list of printers in Printopia on a Mac to view these default printer options:
>> Send directly to a folder on your Mac. Create a virtual printer Send to Mac to save/print a PDF version of a document, or a JPEG or PNG version of an image, to a folder on your Mac. You can add an unlimited number of virtual printers Send to Mac.
Let’s say you want to collect some Pages documents from students’ iPads. Open Printopia and create a folder on your Mac, let’s call it Pages Assignments. Click the + icon under Printers in the Printopia dialog on your Mac and select Save to Folder on Mac default printer.
Select the Pages Assignments folder you just created. Now students can send their documents directly to your Mac in a folder ready for review.
Keep your files organized by configuring multiple virtual printers with different save destinations. For example, set up one folder as the default printer on your Mac to collect a log project that students send in. Set up another folder and virtual printer for the science assignment, etc. This way, your student submissions will be neatly organized into separate folders on your Mac.
>> Send directly to an app on your Mac. You can send a copy of any file contained on your iPad to your Mac and open it within a specific application.
For example, suppose you constantly take screenshots and photos on your iPad, and also assume that you often need to improve them in a photo editor. With Printopia, you can create a virtual printer that sends a file directly to Adobe Photoshop on your Mac.

Click + Sign in under the list of printers in the Printopia dialog, and select Send to app. Select Adobe Photoshop as the app, and that’s it.

>> Send files directly to your Dropbox or Evernote account. Add a virtual printer to send content to your Dropbox folder. You can even set the folder you want to use in Dropbox. Once sent to your Mac’s Dropbox folder, the content is synced to your online account and all of your other devices that use Dropbox.
>> Do you need to save expense receipts? Take a quick photo and send it to the Expense folder you created on Dropbox. Are you having a special day at your child’s soccer match? Create a folder and send photos directly to it for easy organization and archiving.
>> Password protect your folders: Worried about junk mail? Every physical and virtual printer you share with Printopia can be securely configured with a password. Even if someone has access to your wireless network and can therefore see your shared printers, they cannot print or save files on your Mac without knowing and using a certain password.
Printopia has done a great job of satisfying users who still require a modicum of paper printing while offering a range of virtual printer options for organizing and working with digital content.