How to take a print directly from iPhone using cable? Is there any lightning adapter or cable available? I don't have wifi printer. Alternatively, is there a Bluetooth device available that I can plug it USB go and connect to my printer and then use Bluetooth to print via laptop or phone?
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The way i do it is use the iOS Print function to create a pdf, then send it to iCloud Files app, then go over to my printer, fire up the old Mac mini that’s connected to it (that’s all it does) and download the file to the mac & print it.
Years ago I used an app on the computer connected to the printer… “AirPrint Activator” maybe? Not sure that’s the same app I’d used, but similar. It let a computer act as an “AirPrint Server” to let iOS print to non-AirPrint printers.
That printer eventually died and the replacement has AirPrint built in, so it’s probably been 5 years since I used it. But I don’t recall any problems with it.
That printer eventually died and the replacement has AirPrint built in, so it’s probably been 5 years since I used it. But I don’t recall any problems with it.