Comments on: Getting Around Apple’s AirPrint Restrictions

By: 10 Things You Never Knew You Could Do On Your iPad: Apple News, Tips and Reviews «

Fri, 08 Apr 2011 18:40:55 +0000

[...] single app. I’m not talking about well-known features like Multitasking, Folders, Airplay, Airprint, or even the new HD Mirroring capability of the iPad 2. Instead, here are ten, hidden in plain [...]

By: Ed zalis

Ed zalis — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 04:09:37 +0000

I purchased” Print Bureau” app for my iPad in Dec 2010 and it worked perfectly.my iPad subsequently crashed and when rebooted I lost the app.ITunes now informs me the app is no longer available.How can I recover or repurchase Print Bureau”?
Ed

By: Dave Greenbaum

Dave Greenbaum — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 21:31:50 +0000

If the iPhone were perfect out of the box, we wouldn’t have apps

By: el

el — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 17:29:54 +0000

I agree- to be a comprehensive article, you should list the solutions currently available, and have the user decide what they would prefer to pursue. Leaving out an option (such as AirPrintActivator which works perfectly) just because it’s unsupported seems short-sighted.

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 14:53:17 +0000

I understand why you wouldn’t want to include it because it’s unsupported, but why would you not want to include it because it’s free? Why should we have to pay to enable this?

The only reason I can assume that Apple themselves haven’t enabled AirPrint for all printers is that they want to make sure that there are as few bugs as possible, and that there are no driver issues. However, I imagine that in time Apple will enable AirPrint for more and more devices until eventually all or nearly all printers are compatible. That’s why I refuse to pay for a solution now, and I’ll take my chances with AirPrint Activator.

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 07:06:35 +0000

Why’s that? Apple is a great company, but it has shown patterns. These include proving they have the capabilities the consumer asks for, but if they gave them all out at once, what would they give when the next year came around? They hold back, and if I want to print with my setup I don’t see the problem in that.

By: Dave Greenbaum

Dave Greenbaum — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 23:43:28 +0000

Because it is free and unsupported, I didn’t want to include it.

By: Tyler

Tyler — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 23:33:03 +0000

I use AirPrintActivator which is free and it seems to work pretty well for me. It enabled AirPrint from my iPad and iPhone http://netputing.com/airprintactivator

By: Dave Greenbaum

Dave Greenbaum — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 22:18:57 +0000

If you install Printopia, it should enable printing via your iPad. They have a free trial, so you have nothing to loose. It’s not an “ecosystem” issue as a vast majority of printers, regardless of connection, aren’t supported in AirPrint

By: ted

ted — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 21:42:06 +0000

I have an Apple airport express, why am I not able to print to it from my ipad? Its part of the apple ecosystem already…