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an inconvenient truth

Is anyone bothered that this device has *no support* for network printing? It doesn't make a lot of sense to have to email a document to yourself in order to print it. As an educator and businessman (two groups Apple was supposedly courting with the iPad) I'm not getting this.

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.3)

Posted on Apr 3, 2010 1:27 PM

67 replies

Apr 3, 2010 6:38 PM in response to hamiltonrrwatch

My first real estate purchase was in the 80's and there was beaucoup paper waste. But I closed on a property last week and the only wasted paper was the business card handed to me after we completed the closing. It was all done electronically. But sad to say, none on a Mac.
Big sad upside down grins.
Peace
Mike

Apr 3, 2010 6:40 PM in response to 444zim444

Not according to the forum posts I've read.

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2387133&tstart=15

There are larger issues with emailing documents that lose their formatting.

Tamara

Level 6

13,738 points

Apr 3, 2010 6:41 PM in response to OrangeMarlin

A lot of people do a lot of unnecessary printing but then people still write paper checks to pay for things 😟.

Apr 3, 2010 6:41 PM in response to ChristianM19

I'm not the one that called him that. Please be clear.
Have a nice day.
Peace

Apr 3, 2010 6:42 PM in response to Mike Royal

"But I closed on a property last week and the only wasted paper was the business card handed to me after we completed the closing."

So, there was no paper at all in the transaction? Or no wasted paper?

That sounds like a steaming load to me Mike.

Mr Cee

Level 1

8 points

Apr 3, 2010 6:43 PM in response to hamiltonrrwatch

I think that was a bit of snark by Tamara 😉

Apr 3, 2010 7:11 PM in response to 444zim444

That was the point of my post. iWork for iPad does not currently support network printing (according to other threads).

I rarely print stuff when out of the office but need that option available. This is not about the ethics of using paper, it is about the lack of choice.

TildeBee

Level 7

31,917 points

Apr 3, 2010 7:14 PM in response to hamiltonrrwatch

hamilton -

I don't know when the last time you read the Terms of Use here, but here are a few reminders:

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You asked this question:
+Is anyone bothered that this device has no support for network printing?+

You've gotten opinions- and because most don't agree with yours,
you keep trying to turn it into full blown debate.
The AD boards are not provided to us to have debates.
They're for sharing user-to-user support.

silvasp

Level 1

48 points

Apr 3, 2010 7:15 PM in response to hamiltonrrwatch

Yes. I am very bothered by it. It's the reason I don't want the iPad (yet) It makes no sense to me to install business apps on the device (iWork apps) without a way to print your spreadsheets, docs, etc...
I had an Compaq iPaq years ago with Windows Mobile on it and even IT was able to print.

Apr 3, 2010 7:23 PM in response to silvasp

And as Michael stated, that was the point of my original post. I didn't start the debate on wasting paper in the workplace.

Even a netbook can print to a network print server. It shouldn't be rocket science to add Bonjour in the next software incarnation.

Apr 3, 2010 7:28 PM in response to TildeBee

"You've gotten opinions- and because most don't agree with yours,
you keep trying to turn it into full blown debate."

On the contrary, a few seem to be in agreement.

"The AD boards are not provided to us to have debates.
They're for sharing user-to-user support."

And if I'm not mistaken, they're also to educate us before we make a purchase so that we know what we're getting into.

It's all good Bee 🙂

Apr 3, 2010 7:30 PM in response to hamiltonrrwatch

Those silly Blackberry users don't know anything either... They have been out for years, and still can't print. How do they survive?

Apr 3, 2010 7:31 PM in response to Steve Macko

By the skin of their teeth Steve!

Bobby G

Level 1

49 points

Apr 3, 2010 7:37 PM in response to hamiltonrrwatch

I think you're going to see a lot of iPads in business and especially in schools.

I have to refurbish two K-12 computer labs over the summer and I'm seriously going to consider acquiring a fleet of iPads instead of the usual mobile carts loaded with MacBooks or Minis on desktops.

If the admins won't buy it as a replacement, they ought to look at them for supplemental use.

Apr 3, 2010 7:42 PM in response to Bobby G

I wouldn't bet the farm on that one Bobby. My wife is certified K-12 as a Spanish Instructor. She also Chairs the Technology Committee in her district.

Most of their assignments involve printing, in one form or another with formatted text, text wrapping, graphics, etc. If the iPad can't even print to a networked printer, you'll see a lot of schools pass.

an inconvenient truth