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What happened to iOS air printing?

WissMAN

WissMAN

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So the air printing option for the iPhone and iPad seems to have lost momentum. At one point all sorts of printers (new & old) would've added...

I see this initiative slowly fading out. No?
 
I installed printopia on my mac and Air print works like a charme ever since...
 
I think the OP is asking when the iPad will have an actual true printing utility that doesn't involved piggybacking onto a host computer or specialized printer hardware?

Hopefully it will be revealed next Monday as part of iOS 5. It's beyond pathetic that the iPad still can't even natively print to a bonjour enabled printer attached to an Airport Extreme usb port. It should be able to print to any networked printer on the market just like a regular computer by now.
 
Tedddman said:
Hopefully it will be revealed next Monday as part of iOS 5. It's beyond pathetic that the iPad still can't even natively print to a bonjour enabled printer attached to an Airport Extreme usb port. It should be able to print to any networked printer on the market just like a regular computer by now.
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And where is the iPad going to store printer drivers for the thousands of network/USB printers that are in use in the world? Bonjour isn't a way to print, its a way to discover printers. On Mac 10.6, all the default drivers take up a few Gb of space. iOS will always need special Airprint printers or a middle computer to handle the printing process.
 
Intell said:
And where is the iPad going to store printer drivers for the thousands of network/USB printers that are in use in the world? Bonjour isn't a way to print, its a way to discover printers. On Mac 10.6, all the default drivers take up a few Gb of space. iOS will always need special Airprint printers or a middle computer to handle the printing process.
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Nah. They will just allow you to add the one specific driver you need for your printer to the iPad.

Or allow a generic driver that works with 95% of printers out there. There are gimp drivers that will do that for basic web printing.

See for more info:
http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/
 
I was able to print directly to networked printers using JetCet on the HTC Touch Pro almost three years ago. I thought that AirPrint would allow me to do that with the iPod Touch.
 
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