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7. Accessing Files and Printing Documents

Guy Hart-Davis

(1)Barnard Castle, Durham, UK

In this chapter, we’ll look at how to connect your school’s iPads to local storage and online storage for accessing existing files and creating new files. We’ll also cover how to print documents from iPads to your school’s printers.

We’ll start with local storage, which is typically the best bet for class-based iPad deployments. We’ll cover connecting to shared folders on both Windows Server and macOS Server. For macOS Server, we’ll also examine how to configure the File Sharing service to provide personal folders for iPad users and how to configure ...

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