Will AirPrint work over a hotspot?

Your printer and iPad need to be on the same wifi network. Does your printer not see your hotspot as wifi?

BBrand-

I think that is what a hotspot is: a WiFi router that has an internet connection. A 3G hotspot would use the 3G cellular system for internet access.

If you have the 3G iPad, you don't need the hotspot to access the internet, but you can use it to connect to a printer. The printer would be set up to use the same WiFi system as the iPad.

If you do have a 3G iPad, you can eliminate the hotspot and print directly to an AirPrint printer set up for "ad hoc" WiFi mode. Sometimes this is necessary if the hotspot does not support Bonjour used by the AirPrint system.

Fred

BBrand,

As has been pointed out, your 3G hotspot actually creates a WiFi network for the Printer and iPad to join. The Printer has no problem using a 3G hotspot to connect to the internet with. As long as both the Printer and iPad are on the same WiFi network, AirPrint will work just fine. If you take the iPad away (but not the 3G hotspot) you can still send jobs to the Printer via ePrint (the E part of the Printer). If you take both the hotspot and iPad away, you can still submit jobs via ePrint, but they will not print out on the Printer until the hotspot returns. Hope this answers your question.

Just trying to help.

Andrew