Good to hear of that success Reg. I have not checked but I think the host computer into which the printer is pugged has to be awake. I am not sure if it will automatically queue until it wakes up. Yes, I use it from my iPad mini. Regards from sunny Albany Severin On 20/05/2013, at 2:43 PM, Reg Whitely <rwhit...@internode.on.net> wrote:
> Hi all > > I've been lurking on this discussion. Thank you Severin for your suggestion > to use HandyPrint. Only a day or so ago Elaine (my wife) asked me if she > could print from her new iPad. I said yes if you have an Airprint printer, > which we have not. However I remembered I had installed AirprintActivator > once on her iMac. For some reason it wouldn't work so I didn't persevere. > Today following your HandyPrint tip I looked it up and found it used to be > AirprintActivator but has been renamed to avoid Apple copyright wrath. I've > downloaded and installed the latest HandyPrint version and it automatically > recognised both our Samsung laser printer and our Epson printer/scanner. > Voila, instant print from the iPad. There will be no stopping her now. > > Thanks again > > Reg > > On 20/05/2013, at 1:11 pm, Severin Crisp <sevcr...@westnet.com.au> wrote: > >> 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 >> ____________________________________________________ >> >> >> >> -- 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> > > Reg Whitely > > Home: 08 9921 7272 > Mob: 04 8899 7313 > Email: rwhit...@internode.on.net > > > > -- 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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