Allowed File Types for Mobile Printing

Describes allowed printing file types when using Canon printers and the mobile print option.

Accepted File Types for Printing

Only the following file types are supported: .PDF, .DOC, DOCX, PPT, PPTX, PPS, XLS, XLSX, RTF, TXT, GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, TIF, and TIFF.

Any other file types (such as a Google Docs or web pages) must be converted to a supported file type before submitting a print job.

Printing Mac files

If you are printing Apple Pages or Numbers documents, they MUST be converted to one of the supported file types listed above before printing. Mac-specific file extensions are not supported by the print system.

Please see the above "Accepted File Types for Printing" for accepted file types.

Printing Web Pages

In order to print web pages, you must first print them to a PDF file, and then attach the PDF to the email you send. If Adobe Acrobat is not available, use Microsoft Print to PDF to save the webpage as a PDF file.

Printing Google Docs

To download files from Google Drive, follow these instructions.

1.) Sign in to your Google Account

2.) Open Google Drive

3.) Select the document you would like to print

4.) Select File located above the toolbar

5.) Select Download from the drop-down menu

6.) Select the file type you would like to use for the downloaded document.

7.) Attach the file to an email and send the email to studentprint@elon.edu (students) or mobileprint@elon.edu (faculty/staff)

Printing PowerPoint Files with Speaker Notes

1.) Open the file in PowerPoint

2.) Select File -> Export

3.) Select 'Create PDF/XPS Document'

4.) Click 'Create PDF/XPS'

5.) Give the document a file name and select the save location

6.) Click 'Options'

7.) Under 'Publish what:' change the drop-down to 'Notes Pages'

8.) Click 'OK'

9.) Click 'Publish'

10.) Add the PDF as an attachment to an email and send the email to studentprint@elon.edu (students) or mobileprint@elon.edu (faculty/staff)