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imac A1225, Mac OS X (10.5.7)
Fred*M. wrote:
The small letter "a" is dependent on the store where you bought it, and probably has no bearing on your problem.
i'm sure that little a stands for something.
if yo look up printers like the laserjet 4250 you will see a 4250, 4250N (n stands for network interface) and i believe there is a 4250TN the TN is Network interface and extra "add on paper tray" - and just a hunch, but "a" could stand for AIRPRINT ??????
This list may need to be updated. I have a Canon Pixma MP990. Just for the heck of it, I tried Airprint from my iPad, and it saw my printer, and I was able to print a document! All of my prior attempts during the past few months had failed. It also works on my iPhone 4. I wonder for how long I would have been able to do this? I haven't done any recent firmware updates for my printer.
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If you're comfortable going 'under the hood', this thread originally started in November 2010 contains a minor tweak to OS X 10.6.5 or higher that might work for you:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2658720?threadID=2658720&tstart=0
It allows devices on iOS 4.2 or newer to print to shared wired and wireless printers as long as the Mac is on and awake.
I'm using it to print to a shared wireless Canon MP 560, and a USB-connected HP LaserJet 1320.
And there are a number of paid apps.
I would like a list that is sorted by cost, preferably least to most. Small business, want quality, don't want to spend more than is necessary.
Kendrajh-
Perhaps you can find a list by price at HP's website.
For small business applications, I think the LaserJet models would be best. The one with the largest toner cartridges should be the most economical on a per-print basis, although its purchase price would be the highest.
Fred
I have a perfect solution for the AirPrint problem: Return your iPad to Apple and report it as defective until we can AirPrint to any WiFi enabled printer. This is total BS on Apple's part. Normally, I like their products and their creativity but this one mfg boat their in with HP is total crap. Either they want products that make us more productive or they don't. I know that this type of resistance is futile but Apple needs to get over themselves and make these devices a bit more friendly in the productivity sense. If they continue to rely on name brand only, they're going to get burned as they had in the past. The iPad is a computing device and it will soon be overlapped by Android tablet devices in ease of productivity if Apple doesn't turn things around soon.
List of Printers for iPad wireless printing
