![]() ![]() EuroSmartz also published a very basic printing app for the ipad that allows you to test if your printer is supported. If you do a search on the Apple Appstore, you will find many other alternatives. This is going for A$7.49 at the moment (with a 30% discount that will end soon). iOS apps such as the Print n Share app written by EuroSmartz. As far as I am aware, AirPrint Activator is freeware.Ĥ. Take note that AirPrint Activator’s user interface is in German. Stanley has contributed to an extremely well written post here –. I didn’t research enough but it looks to me that HandyPrint is an offspring of the AirPrint Activator. I believed HandyPrint is donationware but I am not sure.ģ. Not very useful for me at this stage, although I do use a hackintosh. It looks like this is only available for the Mac. I have downloaded a trial version and it works extremely well and is in my opinion the most seamless way to do printing from the ipad.Ģ. This cost $19.95 and is available for both Windows and Mac platform. In a nutshell, most of these software will require you to install an auxiliary helper program on the PC/Mac that act as a “relay” to receive the printing signal from the ipad and route it to the right printer connected to the PC/Mac. A quick research on the internet reveals that we have the following choices:ġ. But the principle behind these software is pretty similar. If you are looking to setup the same thing, I hope this post can help you.įortunately there are software developers who recognized these kind of needs and wrote software that circumvent the Apple way of doing things. I am not prepared to buy a new printer just to have AirPrint capability so I will need to improvise. ![]() I don’t always print from my ipad but having this capability is not a bad thing….plus I have a bit of time on my hands right now.Īpple has coined this “AirPrint” thingy and made it into a proprietary protocol such that only printers with AirPrint support can be used. So now that I have a working network share multi-function printer, I guess the next step is to setup the printer so that it can be “airprinted” from my ipad. You can read this post here – Buffalo Quad Pro – Network USB Navigator and Multi-function Printer/Scanner the setting up of a Multi-function printer/scanner via the network USB interface on the Buffalo Linkstation Quad Pro. ![]() This is a follow up to my earlier blog post re. ![]()
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