{% extends "base.html" %}
{% block title %}Windows app · PrintServer{% endblock %}
{% block subtitle %}Install on this laptop{% endblock %}
{% block content %}
<article class="panel help-article">
  <h1>Install the PrintServer Windows app</h1>
  <p class="lede">This is the program you sign into. It is not the “show printers” PowerShell file. The installer puts <strong>PrintServer Client</strong> in the Start menu and on the desktop so Windows Search can find it.</p>

  <div class="install-bar">
    <a class="btn" href="/download/windows-client.cmd">Download installer (.cmd)</a>
    <a class="btn ghost" href="/download/windows-client.zip">Download zip</a>
    <a class="btn ghost" href="/download/install-python3.cmd">Install Python 3 only</a>
  </div>
  {% if server is defined and server.site_url %}
  <p class="hint">The app will use <code>{{ server.site_url }}</code> as the server URL.</p>
  {% endif %}

  <h2>On a customer laptop</h2>
  <ol>
    <li>Click <strong>Download installer (.cmd)</strong> and save it (Downloads is fine).</li>
    <li>Double-click <strong>Install-PrintServer-App.cmd</strong>. Do not open the zip and run files from that zip window (the columns “Compressed size” mean you are still inside the zip).</li>
    <li>If you already have the zip: right-click it → <strong>Extract All</strong>, then run the .cmd from the new folder, not from the zip.</li>
    <li>Wait until it says Done. A window titled <strong>PrintServer Client</strong> should appear.</li>
    <li>On that window: Username, Password, then <strong>Sign in</strong>.
      Office defaults are <code>customer</code> / <code>customer</code> or <code>admin</code> / <code>admin</code>.</li>
    <li>If you lost the window, open the Start menu and search for <strong>PrintServer Client</strong>, or use the desktop icon.</li>
    <li>Click <strong>Send printers to website</strong>, then on this site click <strong>Refresh local printers</strong>.</li>
    <li>The running app stays on the taskbar. Use <strong>Quit</strong> to stop it before you reinstall. The X only hides it.</li>
  </ol>
  <p>Need Python by itself (no app yet)? Use <strong>Install Python 3 only</strong>, then run <code>Install-PrintServer-App.cmd</code>.</p>

  <h2>On the print server PC</h2>
  <p>Double-click <code>Start-PrintServer-App.cmd</code> in the PrintServer folder. That installs the same Start-menu app and opens the login window.</p>

  <h2>You will know it worked</h2>
  <ul>
    <li>Windows Search finds <strong>PrintServer Client</strong>.</li>
    <li>A login row (Server URL, Username, Password, Sign in) is on screen.</li>
    <li>While it is open, it has a button on the taskbar next to your other programs.</li>
  </ul>
</article>
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