I cannot believe what I just learned! Apple screwed us again by making it impossible to print wirelessly from our new iPad Pro 13's, unless the printer is AirPrint compatible. In other words, to comply with Apple's increasingly proprietary gear, we will have to replace every printer in our office. Some of which are only a year old. This is so upsetting that I am tempted to return the iPads
Apple AirPrint is a driverless connection protocol - that requires a compatible Printer to be wirelessly connected to your WiFi network. A high proportion of modern printers intended for Home, SoHo and Business environments now support AirPrint. Check your printer model against this list:
About AirPrint - Apple Support
If your printer is not compatible with AirPrint, there are alternatives…
Some printer manufacturers have a suitable companion App that provides Print capabilities for mobile devices, often using a web-based print service. Others can print directly if the App supports other network printing protocols. HP, for example, have their HP Smart App in the Apple App Store:
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/hp-smart/id469284907
You might also consider connecting a non-AirPrint printer to a PC or Mac computer - and install a “helper application” that allows the computer to emulate AirPrint capabilities; one such option is Readdle Printer Pro, for which suitable software for PC is available. A link to the PC software is included from this page:
https://readdle.com/printerpro
A further alternative is to consider installing a dedicated Print Server Appliance on your network - and connect your printer to this. One example is the Lantronix xPrintServer. It is also possible to add AirPrint support to your enterprise Print Servers; contact your IT System Administrators for advice.
Apple AirPrint is a driverless connection protocol - that requires a compatible Printer to be wirelessly connected to your WiFi network. A high proportion of modern printers intended for Home, SoHo and Business environments now support AirPrint. Check your printer model against this list:
About AirPrint - Apple Support
If your printer is not compatible with AirPrint, there are alternatives…
Some printer manufacturers have a suitable companion App that provides Print capabilities for mobile devices, often using a web-based print service. Others can print directly if the App supports other network printing protocols. HP, for example, have their HP Smart App in the Apple App Store:
https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/hp-smart/id469284907
You might also consider connecting a non-AirPrint printer to a PC or Mac computer - and install a “helper application” that allows the computer to emulate AirPrint capabilities; one such option is Readdle Printer Pro, for which suitable software for PC is available. A link to the PC software is included from this page:
https://readdle.com/printerpro
A further alternative is to consider installing a dedicated Print Server Appliance on your network - and connect your printer to this. One example is the Lantronix xPrintServer. It is also possible to add AirPrint support to your enterprise Print Servers; contact your IT System Administrators for advice.
Also, if the printers are less than a year old, its very very likely they are AirPrint compatible.
Check compatible models here: link-> About AirPrint - Apple Support
AirPrint has been a thing for many years now and many many Manufacturers integrate it into most of their Printers now.
iPads and iPhones have always only supported AirPrint as the way to wirelessly print.
Not sure why you are just figuring this out now.
StarCruiser wrote:
This is so upsetting that I am tempted to return the iPads
Okay. Apple's return policy is 14 days.
Did we just waste our money?
