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airomero83

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Feb 21, 2012
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This might be a dumb question but tried searching but no luck. Plan on getting an AirPort Extreme in the near future but first I need a printer. If I were to purchase a regular printer for (non-wireless) and then plug it into the USB port found on the APE...would I be able to print wireless specifically from my iOS devices? Just wanna see if I can save myself a few extra bux by not getting a wireless one.

Thanks for the help! :)
 
...If I were to purchase a regular printer for (non-wireless) and then plug it into the USB port found on the APE...would I be able to print wireless specifically from my iOS devices? ...

everything i have read suggests this feature is not implemented into the current versions of the airport base stations. if you want to print from an iOS device, you need to purchase a printer that has this feature.

wireless printing to a printer connected to an airport base station is only supported for OS X devices.
 
^^

In short, if you don't want to use third party apps like printnshare on your iOS devices, buy an Aiport capable printer.

The little apps are okay, but fall down document formatting sometimes.
 
everything i have read suggests this feature is not implemented into the current versions of the airport base stations. if you want to print from an iOS device, you need to purchase a printer that has this feature.

wireless printing to a printer connected to an airport base station is only supported for OS X devices.

Thank you! This was the response i was looking for :D
 
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