HP Officejet J6480 WiFi Print is not supported

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HP Officejet J6480 WiFi Print is not supported

I want to know if it is possible to print on my HP Officejet J6480 WiFi all-in-one printer. I can print via WiFi without installing any driver on my Motorola Atrix Webtop but not at all on my iPad 2 WiFi version Help!

iPhone 3GS 32GB White, iPhone 4 32GB Black, Windows 7

Posted on Apr 6, 2011 11:04 PM

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Answer 1

Apr 7, 2011 1:48 AM in response to squarejp

Unfortunately, your printer is not compatible with Airprint.
However, you can use the HP app in the Store for some printing, or look into Eurosmartz' Print n Share which will support your HP printer.
There are other solutions involving printing via a printer with your Mac or PC switched on, but I would try the first 2 solutions first.

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squarejp Author

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Apr 7, 2011 6:42 PM in response to igmackenzie

Because I want to print out some pdf but HP only supports photos

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HereIsTom

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Apr 7, 2011 6:57 PM in response to squarejp

Then you need a HP ePrint printer;

http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopping/can.do?landing=printer&lanAttr=HP+ePr int&category=Yes&catLevel=1&storeName=storefronts

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Apr 7, 2011 11:34 PM in response to HereIsTom

No he doesn't. I offered solutions above.

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Apr 7, 2011 11:35 PM in response to squarejp

As I said above, buy Print n Share then.

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Ashielou

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Apr 9, 2011 11:46 AM in response to squarejp

Hi

I use 'Print n Share' for my hp Photosmart C6380 and it works brilliantly. Check the developers website for compatibility before purchasing.

Hope this helps.

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Answer 7

Apr 9, 2011 11:50 AM in response to Ashielou

Why are you posting this when P n S has been suggested 2 or 3 times already in this short thread?

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duffy66

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Apr 9, 2011 2:31 PM in response to squarejp

Try the program Printopia. I tried the 7 day freebie and it works great with my ipad and iphone. It will work on your network and find all the printers attached to the network. Just go to there website. I was given this information by my local mac users group. Their website is macgroup.org

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Apr 9, 2011 2:56 PM in response to duffy66

You cannot print directly to a printer using Printopia. Your Mac must be switched on for it to work.

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Answer 10

Jun 10, 2011 6:49 AM in response to igmackenzie

Thank you igmackenzie. I had tried a number of other solutions which did not work, but the print & share worked flawlessly.

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kostby

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Jun 11, 2011 6:47 PM in response to squarejp

Welcome to Apple Support Communities.

If you're comfortable going 'under the hood', this thread originally started in November 2010 contains a minor tweak to OS X 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.

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