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Print in Slack "Epson Printer"

"Epson Printer" can easily print shared files from Slack and files in your PC or your smartphone. Please refer to the steps below to set up the app, and print.

Setup

Step1: Install the app

Search "Epson Printer" on your Slack app or Slack App Directory. Select "Epson Printer" displayed in the search result, and press [Add to Slack] button.
Once the installation is complete, "epson_printer" will be added in the direct message and channel.

Note:
The channel "epson_printer" will be displayed when you finished confirmation the terms of use and privacy statement.
Channel name for printing may be "epson_printer_alphanumeric 6 digits" .
Whether channel will be created or not depends on the setting of channel management of the workspace.

Step2: Confirm the terms of use

Open the Epson Printer direct message added to Slack, please check the terms of use and the privacy statement, and press the [Confirm] button.

Step3: Register the printer

Register the printer to be used for printing.
The message displayed will be changed whether share printer is already registered or not.
Note:
Share printer
It's a printer that registered with checking "Share the printer in the workspace" in the registration page.
Every user in the workspace can use it to print.

If the share printer is not registered
Register a new printer.

 Step3-1: Get a printer email address
  • The printer email address is the email address that is given to the printer when you registered for the Epson Connect service.
  • If you already have one, press the [I already have the email address] button.
Note:
Epson Connect is free clould printing service.
Refer to below to register.

 Step3-2: Set up the email address
  • Press the [Set the email address] button, enter the printer email address on the displayed screen, and press the [Register] button.

If share printer have been regsitered,
press the [Select from registered printer(s)] button and select the printer for printing

How to print

Once you have registered your printer, you can print it out by the following two ways.

Share and print

  1. Select a file you want to print in the any channel or any direct message.
  2. Press the [Share file] button.
  3. Select the app "epson_printer" or channel "#epson_printer" as the share detination and press the [Send] button.
    (If you'll share to the channel, use mention(@epson_printer) and press the [Send] button)

Post and print

  1. Open the direct message "epson_printer" or channel "#epson_printer".
  2. Select the file you want to print and press the button to post it.
    (If you open the channel, use mention(@epson_printer) and press the send button)
note:
What can I print?
Document: PDF、Word (doc, docx)、Excel (xls, xlsx)、PowerPoint (ppt, pptx)
Photo:PNG、JPEG
*Maximum file size: photo 10MB, document 20MB.
*You cannot print password protected PDFs or printing restricted PDFs.
*Files in cloud storage may not be printed directly from your PC. In that case, download a file to your PC, post the file to the "Epson Printer" and print.

Confirmation before printing

If you have registered the printer with checking "confirm before printing", [Print] and [Print Settings] buttons will be displayed in the chatroom when you posted or shared the file. Press the [Print] button or [Print Settings] button to start printing.
note:
If you use iOS device and print by sharing, [Print] and [Print Settings] buttons may be hidden.

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Inquiry

You can send us inquiries by email.
support.bot@exc.epson.co.jp