Airpint can be used on all printers?

Hi,

can it be done on any printer that is conected to a PC

Unfortunately, no.



List of iPad / AirPrint compatible printers here.

http://www.apple.com/ipad/features/airprint.html

Scroll down on that page.









Carolyn 🙂

There are third party apps available that allow you to print with ANY printer - even if you do not have one of the HP printers on that list Carolyn provided the link for.

Check out an app called Print n Share by Eurosmartz. Mac or PC.

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The wi-fi printers must be airprint enabled. Right now, only HP printers can do airprint and only certain models. Check apples website for the current models ( http://www.apple.com/ipad/features/airprint.html).

Airprint doesn't work with Macs, but there is a hack to enable it ( http://netputing.com/airprintactivator/).

Here is a possible windows hack( http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2010/11/26/airprint-activator-for-windows-lets -you-print-from-ios-on-window/)

Glor

As others have noted, there are 3rd party solutions that involve running a special app on a machine on your network.

The solution I've employed, since I have an HP LaserJet 2420dn (a non-AirPrint printer), and also run a server full-time, is a bit more elegant. The server is a small VMware ESXi server. I added a FreeBSD VM, and installed a handful of packages (avahi, cups, gutenprint-cups and py26-cups). I added my printer to the CUPS install and shared the printer out, so it's accessible via IPP. The Gutenprint driver/filter adds PDF support (all AirPrint apps send PDF to the printer). The last piece is an Avahi service configuration that advertises the printer on the LAN. Works great with my wife's iPad1. Still waiting on delivery of my iPad2.

Sorry, you are totally mistaken. All printers can be used with AirPrint, including ones that are not even wireless, as long as they are attached to your PC or Mac.

It is not a hack, but simply involves downloading the AirPrint software and installing it as a service on your PC. It is fairly easy to do, just follow this link, including the discussion.

http://jaxov.com/2010/11/download-airprint-installer-for-windows-7-xp-vista/

It works great from my iPad 2 and with both of my printers. For Mac, do a search on jaxov.com for AirPrint to find the right link.

Sorry, you are wrong. I stated that air activatior will allow your mac to host airprinting, but it is a hack. It modifies the system to allow airprinting, which IS A HACK. As a matter of fact, the original name of the program was Airprint Hactivator...

Glor

My apologies. I guess you can call it a "hack" if you like, but it is not malicious, is very clean, and works well on a Windows PC anyway. I am not familiar with the implementation on a Mac.

The adding of any capability not originally provided by the operating system can be called a hack, but when I hear the term these days I think of something a little more serious.

Similar topic with instructions on how to enable AirPrint for any printer connected to OS X 10.6.x on Mac
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2658720&tstart=0