Air print compatible printers?

mofly2010 wrote:
Is there a list of all compatible printers? 'Cos I have a wireless HP printer and it's not been recognized by air-print.
Also I don't see the air-play icon when playing videos or pictures from my iphone4, do I need to have iTV just for the icon to appear on my iphone? rare!!
Thanks

The list of printers that work with Airprint is shown here http://www.apple.com/ipad/features/airprint.html

You need an Apple TV or an airplay enable speaker to use airplay.

Sorry I don't know about that if it should pop out or not.

List of compatible printers: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4356

If your printer is not on the list, you can use: http://www.ecamm.com/mac/printopia/

I am using the HP B109n-z Photosmart Wireless. Will this work with Air Print?? I have tried to print but the printer is not being picked up by iPhone4 with iOS4.2.1

finbarro,

The Photosmart B109 series devices will not be getting an update for direct AirPrint printing.

Just trying to help.

Andrew

Printopia is sweet. Checked out the demo, downloaded and printed from my iPad in less than two minutes.. Ponied upnthe $10 and am all set. Great app and cheaper than a new printer. Both of my printers show up.

Andy thanks for the info. Will the HP 109 photosmart get an upgrade in the future (I just bought one last week!)

I'm also very disappointed in the AirPrint's lack of compatibility. So I just downloaded Printopia as suggested in this string and so far I'm very impressed. I think it's well worth the 10 bucks. Now to convince Apple to give us all 10 bucks! 🙂

Typical Apple.

I gotta pay $10 to make their product work...

UNACCEPTABLE!

duncansby,

Unfortunately the Photosmart B109 will not be getting an upgrade. Only the ePrint enabled devices have/will be getting upgrades.

Just trying to help.

Andrew

Why anyone would pay 10$ for a 3rd party solution, let alone be stupid enough to buy a new HP printer for AirPrint to work, defies common sense.

Follow the instructions here:

http://blog.steventroughtonsmith.com/2010/11/return-airprint-sharing-to-mac-os-x .html

and in less than two minutes, including reboot, you can re-enable that functionality that was disabled during beta testing of iOS 4.2, with every printer.

I did it for all my 'puters and printers, and it's just so silly, because it works. FYI I have a Samsung laser printer, and a lame HP color jet thingy.

They (Apple and printer businesses) don't want you to use this, or even know about this, because printer businesses probably threatened to sue Apple for software patent infringement (i.e., those stupid printer drivers, a technology that should have vanished aeons ago).

But it is not illegal to tweak it yourself, nor is it going to damage your OS X. Heck, if anyone's paranoid about that, jsut backup the old files... all three of them, adding to about 10-15 seconds to the suggested workflow above...

If someone's not tech savvy, do be aware that accessing /usr/share and /usr/libexec is easier from Finder, but smoother from Terminal, as it may be the case that the permissions associated with those hidden system folders exclude the user attempting to copy and paste files to them. If this happens, login as an admin, and if OS X still won't have you overwrite the files, right-click on the folder from Finder, select "Get Info", then at the bottom of the info window, click on the little lock icon under Sharing and Permissions, and add yourself to the list as a user with read & write privileges...

Reboot, re-add your printer through System Preferences as per instructions on the website, and enjoy AirPrint right away from your iPad, iPhone, or iPod Touch...

Peace out

Herr Doktor Sly

http://forums.appleinsider.com/showthread.php?t=114652&page=2

for the actual three files you need...

Is the Printopia app available for PC's?