How do I print from my iPad ?

That is true, but this is not an app. It's a desktop program for your mac, so the app store isn't involved at all.

Try Printopia http://www.ecamm.com/mac/printopia/

Works great for hundreds of network/USB connected printers

Chris CA wrote:
Nothing said it would print to everything either.

Printing to shared printers was mentioned in the keynote, however.
It is still unclear why this was dropped in the final version. It was working up till a week ago in the first GM.
The 2 most favoured theories are 1) technical issues, and 2) legal rights issues.

And they call this a software upgrade? Works with 5 or 6 different HP printers.

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wxman2003 wrote:
And they call this a software upgrade? Works with 5 or 6 different HP printers.

I guess you could ask for a refund for the upgrade?

But seriously AirHPPrint is not really printing, if you sold a computer that could only print to 8 printers from one manufacturer you would be pretty annoyed.

I suppose we should be grateful that it wasn't made to work with the new Apple iPrinters .......

As I mentioned above, it's a simple task to get AirPrint working with almost any printer your Mac can use.

That doesn't help any Windows users out there, but it is certainly a good option for Mac users.

One of the drawbacks to using Windows I guess(!) ... although I presume some enterprising Windows developer could write something similar.

This is a truly unfortunate disservice to the iPad community. Adding Air Print is fine, but removing prior shared printing functionality without clearly communicating that fact every time Air Print is discussed is just bad consumer relations. You should never remove features without telling users up front they are passing through a one-way door.

Who on earth wants to buy yet-another printer so they can print from their iPad?

They don't need universal printers to "woo" people to the iPad ... it was pulled for either technical/legal reasons, and odds are it will return. Hopefully soon.

Users never had this feature - only developers in the beta program - so there was no "prior shared printing functionality" in existence for the customers.

Apple did not communicate this well - they never do, however, preferring the Orwellian style (remove the mention of it from the Apple web pages without telling anyone and never officially comment on it). Apple's MO has never been to express this kind of problem or (even more so) to explain why.
There are work-arounds, however, which somebody can use while Apple resolves the technical and/or legal issues that seem to be the root of the change in their plans.

I found another app for the computer that also enables AirPrinting to work. It's called Fingerprint and is only $7.99 ( http://www.collobos.com). You get a 6 day trial period to see if it works with your printers before having to purchase. It sees all the printers on my home network and I can print from my iPhone & iPad.

I am not going to spend a lot time complaining about it not working with all printers. I found a way to make it work for me and that is good enough. I am just thrilled to have folders to organize all my apps and to be able to multi-task. It's like having a brand new iPad.

Fingerprint is functionally very similar to Printopia, but runs as a non-optional menu bar item (and optional dock item), rather than a Preference Pane.

Personally, I prefer the less obtrusive Preference Pane.

bottom line is that ios4 is a croc-a charade of hype over substance. Airprint sounds great. Just buy a new printer (and apple gets a cut). using your ipad with apple tv? just need to buy the next generation of apple tv. if you bought one a couple of months back, tough. apart from an integrated mailbox and folders, what use it?

Just buy a new printer (and apple gets a cut)

How does Apple get a cut if you buy a new printer (unless you buy one from them)?

And, as has been mentioned many, many times - you *do not* have to buy a new printer to use AirPrint. It works with hundreds of existing printers using Printopia or FingerPrint (which again, Apple gets no cut from).