Q: Printing Airport Extreme
Hi everyone,
I am planning to buy an airport extreme router soon. I wanted to know if its compatible with the HP Deskjet 1010 USB Printer.
I had to install a driver on my MBA yosemite for the printer to work properly via usb and therefore I am wondering if the wireless printing won't be an issue with my iPhones (5s & 6 Plus), iPad mini and macbook air.
Did anyone try to hook up the HP deskjet 1010 to their extreme routers?
Any advice would be highly appreciated.
Thanks!!
MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2015), OS X Yosemite (10.10.3)
Posted on Sep 15, 2015 7:58 AM
The HP Deskjet 1010 is not an AirPrint compatible printer so will not print natively from your iOS devices. Check for AirPrint compatible printers here: About AirPrint - Apple Support
You may still have two possibilities to print from iOS devices that support AirPrint.
1) If you have a computer running all the time, you can use a software AirPrint service like Printopia (https://www.decisivetactics.com/products/printopia/). Printopia shares the printers installed on your computer to your iOS devices using the AirPrint protocols.
2) Do a search in the App store because HP may also have an app that will allow you to print from it directly. They have a couple, but I do not know for sure if the Deskjet 1010 is supported.
Posted on Sep 16, 2015 11:36 AM