AirPrint: Wifi printer?

[DennisMadsen]

I've a WiFi network printer which works great with Mac OS X and Windows: Brother HL-5370DW. Can the new AirPrint in iOS 4.2 only print to printers which are connected via USB to a Apple router (Airport Express, Airport Extreme or Time Capsule)?

 

[yocko]

I've a WiFi network printer which works great with Mac OS X and Windows: Brother HL-5370DW. Can the new AirPrint in iOS 4.2 only print to printers which are connected via USB to a Apple router (Airport Express, Airport Extreme or Time Capsule)?

even then. I have the same Brother... hooked up via usb to time capsule.... no such luck... apparently only some hp printers...

 

[khmaikiew]

Yeah it's only the new e-print HP printers

 

[stridemat]

https://www.macrumors.com/2010/11/1...ng-airprint-functionality-to-shared-printers/

Might prove useful.

 

[DennisMadsen]

Yeah it's only the new e-print HP printers

Crap! I had really looked forward to this
Will they add more supported printers eventually?

 

[QuarterSwede]

Crap! I had really looked forward to this
Will they add more supported printers eventually?

Check out Printopia ($7) as strident said or AirPrint Hacktivator (free). Supposedly Apple pulled universal support at the last minute due to a patent troll or licensing issue. My guess is that HP wanted exclusive rights for a short period of time to push their "AirPrint enabled" printers.

 

[DennisMadsen]

https://www.macrumors.com/2010/11/1...ng-airprint-functionality-to-shared-printers/

Might prove useful.

I would not like to print through my Mac. The situations where I would like to print from my iPhone is times where my Mac/PC is turned off.

 

[stridemat]

I would not like to print through my Mac. The situations where I would like to print from my iPhone is times where my Mac/PC is turned off.

Well until (if) AirPrint is updated we may not have much choice.

 

[QuarterSwede]

I would not like to print through my Mac. The situations where I would like to print from my iPhone is times where my Mac/PC is turned off.

Unless you have a printer with AirPrint you're out of luck. The AirPrint enabled printers basically have a small program that allows it to understand the AirPrint protocol (urf to pdf).

 

[iggypod]

I just purchased and installed printopia and 5 seconds later it worked like a champ. Well worth the hassle free factor, in the interim, IMHO.

Here is a good TUAW article / link on it.

 

[powaking]

Don't see why printers with bonjour can't work with Airprint. I mean why can't Apple utilize this protocol instead or add to it?

 

[PsudoPowerPoint]

AirPrint was one of the main reasons that I had been eager to see the iOS 4 update. I was very surprised to find that it only works with about 6 printers. Fortunately, somebody posted the name "Printopia" as a fix for the problem. I just downloaded a copy to my mac. With just a double click to start the download, it now allows me to print from my iPad to the network printer I normally use with my iMac.

 

[Phil A.]

I would not like to print through my Mac. The situations where I would like to print from my iPhone is times where my Mac/PC is turned off.

In order to print without your computer being on, printers need to natively support AirPrint. Adding this support is the responsibility of the printer manufacturers

 

[palmerc2]

I just got the trial for Printopia and it rocks! To set things straight...you can send a print job directly to the printer, without having to do anything on your computer....completely hassle free....will purchase!

check out my screen caps below....see for yourself, I don't have an airprint capable printer, but this works great with my Canon. Once I hit "print" on my iPhone it starts printing right away. It works with Mail, Photos, Safari, etc etc!

 

[QuarterSwede]

I just got the trial for Printopia and it rocks! To set things straight...you can send a print job directly to the printer, without having to do anything on your computer....completely hassle free....will purchase!

check out my screen caps below....see for yourself, I don't have an airprint capable printer, but this works great with my Canon. Once I hit "print" on my iPhone it starts printing right away. It works with Mail, Photos, Safari, etc etc!

[Quoter Edit] Snipped images due to size.

To clarify, with Printopia you have to have the computer it's on running or obviously it won't work.

Also, please edit and use

 

[palmerc2]

To clarify, with Printopia you have to have the computer it's on running or obviously it won't work.

Also, please edit and use instead of [IMG]. Thanks.[/QUOTE]

yeah, as suspected.....I have a laptop here too that I share with my iMac, now the iPhone has the sam functionality.

fixed it with proper code, thanks for letting me know

 

[jlyanks85]

Sucsk apple would only have certain hp printers to have this feature. Not everybody is going to get rid of their current printer just to have one of these hp ones. Most won't spend 10 dollars to get printopia, when the update was free.

This feature should be in all the brands of printers. I just got a brand new canon printer and won't be able to print from my ipad or iphone wirelessly.