If you do not have an AirPrint enabled printer then handyPrint (www.netputing.com/handyprint/) is very useful, with some limitations. Severin Crisp
On 20/05/2013, at 8:04 AM, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: > Hi Walter, > > AirPrint Basics: > The AirPrint-enabled printer must be connected to the same home Wi-Fi network > as the iOS device. > This is the default configuration in most home Wi-Fi networks. > > You also need an AirPrint-enabled printer listed in this article. > > > Printers not listed in this article are not supported by AirPrint. > > <http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4356> > > Summary > In iOS, AirPrint-enabled applications can print to an AirPrint-enabled > printer—and you don't need to install a driver or configure the printer > queue. Tap print, select a AirPrint-enabled printer, and print. It's that > simple. > > Cheers, > Ronni > Sent from Ronni's iPad4 > > On 20/05/2013, at 7:08 AM, Peter Hinchliffe <hinch...@multiline.com.au> wrote: > >> >> On 17/05/2013, at 5:48 PM, F.W. Hänel <whae...@iinet.net.au> wrote: >> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> Has anyone tried printing from iPhone/iPad directly to a WiFi direct >>> printer when a WiFi network was not available ? >>> Does it work ? What printers are available ? >>> >>> >> >> Well - WiFi is by definition, a wireless network, so if there's no network >> available WiFi printing is impossible. That being said, if you can set you >> iPhone or iPad to be a WiFi hotspot, you might be able to get a printer to >> join that network, in which case printing jus might work. I don't know, I >> never tried it. >> >> The only printers that I know of for sure that support Airprint out of the >> box are certain HP models and many recent Canon printers. Others on the list >> may have more information. >> >> Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services >> FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer >> Perth, Western Australia >> Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 046 948 >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> ____________________________________________________ Assoc Prof R Severin Crisp, FAIP, FIP, CPhys 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia ph (08) 9842 1950 ( Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) mail to: sevcr...@westnet.com.au ____________________________________________________
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