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By Ken Stone


Recently Apple shipped iOS 4.2 for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. One of the highly anticipated new features is 'AirPrint' which works over WiFi. The Apps that are currently supported by AirPrint are; Apple's Mail, Safari and Photo app, as well as iWork apps, Pages, Numbers and Keynote. We have been told that as some of the third party apps are updated for 'multi-tasking', they will be able to utilize AirPrint as well. For now, it's just the Apple Apps. (Sadly, 'Notes' can not take advantage of AirPrint).

A troubling aspect of the new iOS 4.2 is that AirPrint can only work with the new HP e-Print Printers. As I have HP Color LaserJet 2550n, ethernet network printer, this would mean that I'm out of luck. My $900.00 HP Color LaserJet works perfectly and I'm not about to junk it and run out and buy a HP e-Printer.

Fortunately I found a very simply solution to my dilemma, Printopia. Printopia is not an iOS app; it does not install on your mobile device; it installs on your Mac. At first I was a little wary of installing any software that might somehow change my Mac's OS. But with Printopia this is not what happens. Printopia runs independently from printer sharing, and does not modify the Mac or iOS operating system in any way. Printopia also comes with a very simply way of uninstalling if need be. The big advantage of Printopia is that it will enable you to print from any qualifying iOS mobile device (iOS 4.2 or higher) to any printer that your Mac can print to. If your Mac can see a printer, Printopia can connect to it, including printers connected to your Mac via USB, connected to a wireless router, AirPort, Time Capsule, and network printers. Philips network & wireless cards driver download. Printopia also includes the ability to 'Send to Mac', which is like 'virtual printing' (saving on paper) which will save a PDF or JPG file directly to your Mac. If you are running 'DropBox.com' with Printopia you can print PDF and JPG files directly to the Mac's DropBox folder.

Installing Printopia could not be easier. After you download the software and unzip it you see the Printopia window. Click on the 'Install Printopia' and the software will be installed into your Mac System Preferences.

After you install, the System Prefs will open. As you can see below, Printopia found my HP Color LaserJet printer. If I had other printers attached to my Mac or network, they would have shown up as well.

If you choose to uninstall Printopia, open System Preferences and look for the Printopia icon.

Control or Right click on the Printopia icon and select 'Remove Printopia Preference Pane'. Gone! Once Printopia has been installed you can forget about it as it works seamlessly in the background.

I first sent a photo from my iPad Photos App to my printer over WiFi. With the photo selected from a photo album, I clicked on the 'action arrow'. As you can see below, there has been a new option added to the menu - Print.

Clicking on 'Print' produces the Printer Options menu. As I already have my HP LaserJet selected it shows up in the Printer column as the selected printer. There is also the option to set the number of prints that you want. I was a bit surprised at how fast the photo transfer to my printer.

With the same photo selected I clicked in Printer column and from the new menu I selected 'Send to Mac'.

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'Send to Mac' has now been selected as the 'printer'. Clicking on the 'Print' button sends the photo to my Mac. When selecting 'Send to Mac' two things happen, the sent item opens on your computer monitor using Preview if transferring photos, and Adobe Reader if sending PDFs. The item is placed inside your User > Documents folder > Printopia folder.

Printing emails works in exactly the same manner. If you use 'Send to Mac', the email will open on the Mac Desktop as a PDF and the file will be placed into 'User > Documents folder > Printopia folder'. The file name of the PDF will be taken from the Subject line in the email.

You can intsall Printopia on multiple Macs, you'll get a choice of which mac to send/print to.


 Thanks to Graeme Herwig for the screen shot.


I was unable to test 'dropbox.com' as I don't have an account. I have been using Printopia for several days now (the demo lasts for 7 days), both printing and using 'Send to Mac', and it works as advertised, I use 'Send to Mac' a lot, it's so easy to transfer files. I have a number of 'photo apps' on my iPad that do not have the ability to Print, but when images are 'Saved' in these photo apps, they are placed into the iPad's Photo App, which does have the ability to Print. (Attaching photos to an email just to transfer was a bit of a pain.) The iPad screen shots used in this article were transfer to my Mac using 'Send to Mac'. It's one tap simple.

Good of Apple to add the Print feature, in iOS 4.2, to our mobile devices and good of Printopia to add the ability to use all of our Mac's printers with Apple's Print feature. Well worth the $9.95. As more apps add the 'Print' ability things are only going to get better.

Enjoy,

--ken


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Are you still using the traditional method to print contents from iPhone? Firstly transfer iPhone content to PC with iTunes, and then connect PC with HP Printer to print image or file. Have you ever considered connecting iPhone to Printer directly? The HP printer might support Wi-Fi network and AirPrint. It might be quite easy to sync iPhone content to the printer directly without USB or iTunes. Check out the methods from the article to get the desired file printed from the article.

Part 1: How to connect iPhone to Printer with AirPrint

Actually lots of printers do support AirPrint, such as Canon, HP, Brother and more others, you can get the detail list from both Apple and the printer manufacturer. AirPrint enables you to print content on an iOS device wirelessly. Just learn more detail about how to Sync iPhone to Printer with AirPrint as below.

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You should log on the same Wi-Fi network both on your iPhone and printer. So you can print whenever you want if you are in the range of Wi-Fi network. The whole procedure is very simple and fast. Read below how it works.

Step 1: Use same Wi-Fi for iPhone and Printer

If the printer supports AirPrint, you can connect both devices to the same Wi-Fi network. And then your iPhone will find the printer with AirPrint automatically and be connected with the printer.

Step 2: Choose the iPhone content for print

Open the image, document or other file you want to print from. To find the print option, you can tap the 'Share' icon. After that tap 'Print' option and choose the AirPrint-enabled printer.

Step 3: Connect iPhone to Printer to Print

Choose the number of copies or other options, like which pages you want to print. And then tap 'Print' in the upper-right corner. In order to preview the iPhone content, you can double click the Home Button and tap 'Printer Center'.

Tips: In order to cancel a print job, you can double click the Home Button, type Printer Center then tap Cancel Printing. What is more, some printers also provide a screen when you connect iPhone to printer. It makes you easy to get the desired files printed.

FAQ about connecting iPhone to Printer with AirPrint

1. Q: What should I do if I see the message 'No AirPrint Printers Found' or have issues printing?

A: Make sure that your iPhone has the latest version of iOS and that the app you're printing from is up to date. Or you can check with your printer's manufacturer to see if any firmware updates are available for your printer model.

2. Q: Can I use AirPrint printer with Bluetooth connection?

A: No, you can't use AirPrint. You only can use Wi-Fi network or Ethernet Connection.

3. Q: Why can't I print after I connect iPhone to printer with AirPrint?

A: After you turn on your printer, wait a few minutes before you try to print. Some printers might take a minute or two after powering on before joining your network.

Part 2: Top 2 Ways on How to Print from iPhone without AirPrint

What should you do if the type of printer does not support AirPrinter? How to connect Printer to iPhone as for the case? The article introduces some 3rd-party applications helps to bridge the gap between iPhone and Printer, Printer Pro and Printopia are the recommended programs you need to try.

Method 1. Printer Pro – Connect iPhone and Printer non-wireless

Step 1: Download Printer Pro App

Download and install Printer Pro on iPhone, and then check if your printer is compatible with the iPhone printer. Add the subscription email if you want.

Step 2: Add Printer to iPhone

Press the 'Add printer' button located on the bottom left-hand side of the screen. And then you can connect iPhone to the printer for printing.

Step 3: Select Printer for iPhone

At the Select Printer page, you can pick your network printer, provided it's recognized as a Bonjour device, you can add manually via a static IP address.

Step 4: Print iPhone Content

Click the 'Start printing' button to exit to the main screen, where you can begin printing downloaded documents, web pages, and more.

Notes: Print Test for Printer

There is a process for test printing when you link iPhone to Printer. You can examine the paper to check whether there are any strange errors or anomalies that could have made their way to the print buffer. If the test page appears to be fine, click Looks good. On the test page you just printed, check whether the test markings are visible or are cropped off the page.

Method 2. Printopia Pro - Get iPhone to old Printer without App

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Step 1: Install the software Printopia Pro

Enter Email and Personal information to download the program from official website. And then install it on Mac. No need to install App on iPhone.

Step 2: Share printer across subnets

Find your printer in the list and click 'Sharing'. And then you can share printer subnets without Bonjour gateways, multicast configuration, or other complicated solutions.

Step 3: Advanced setting to get more control

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It allows you to fully customize your printer settings. Choose a different paper tray or paper size, set color options and print quality, or use any specialized feature your printer offers.

Step 4: Connect iPhone to Printer for Print

And now you can print across subnets without complicated network reconfiguration. The most important feature is you can even able to print with VLAN support.

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Conclusion

In this article we introduce how to connect iPhone with printer. AirPrint should be the most convenience method to link iPhone and Printer. When you use an old printer that supports Wi-Fi only, you can also use the 3rd party application to get iPhone content to printer. If all the above solution does not work for you, you can use USB or iTunes to copy files to computer, and then print files from computer instead. If you have any query about the topic, you can share more detail about your opinion.

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