![]() Sure enough a perfect print out of the web page awaited me at the printer, but the first thing I thought that was really cool was that when I got to my Mac was that the version I had printed to it was open and waiting for me to read… Time to go into the other room and check what has happened. It takes a little while for the page to spool to the printer (from reports I’ve seen on the net, this is common with all air printing) but then I hear my printer start up and print…īut before I get up and walk to the other room, I’m going to print the page again…first to DropBox… I can choose how many copies I want and then hit “Print”… I’m going to select my Epson colour laser printer… My Mac and Printopia are doing it all for me! That’s right….the printer not only doesn’t need to be air print capable, it doesn’t have to have any wireless capability itself at all. Normally it wouldn’t find one…but instead (although you wouldn’t really know it) thanks to Printopia, it’s spotted my Mac and it can tell there is a printer attached to that Mac by cable. What’s happened is that the app on my iPhone that I can air print from (in this case, the Safari browser) has looked on my wireless network for an air print capable printer). Now (thanks to the magic of Printopia) I’ve gone from not having any AirPrint compatible devices in my house, to having 3 options. Since this is the first time I’ve ‘air printed’ on my Mac, I’ll click on “Select Printer”… On the screen that appears, I click on “Print”… Now I just tap on the icon indicated to explore my options… My Mac is part of my network (it’s cabled into my router, but you could also have it as wirelessly connected) and my printer is attached by cable to the Mac. So now I’m at home, my wireless network is letting me surf the web to catch up with all the news on. In fact, I’m not sure there was a step 2 was there? Time to head away from my Mac with my iPhone… ![]() And that’s it! To quote Jeff Goldblum from an old Apple iMac advert, “There is no step 3”. The application is in fact a system preference panel and opens up with sharing activated and (something that really impressed me) my printer found already as well as the other two options that I can use…sending to my Mac and to DropBox. The download from Ecamm is a simple zipped file (note that you can download a demo that works for 7 days), which when you double-click and expand contains the installer and the manual (which I never read and didn’t need to consult…heck, it’s only 2 pages)…. And did I say it’s easy to use and really quite powerful for what it does? Let’s take a look at Printopia for your Mac, from set-up to use. I’m already a fan of Ecamm as I use their PhoneView and Call Recorder for Skype software, and this is just a fantastic new product from them (they have a superb “Free Upgrades” policy also) and I’m staggered that this wasn’t a key feature of a recent 10.6.5 update. Now with the help of Printopia, you can use any printer attached to your Mac. AirPrint is a new technology out today with the iOS 4.2 release, but it is limited by the printers that are currently supported. Wow! I don’t think I’ve got a software demo running and then bought the full version of the software as quickly as I did with Printopia…a superbly simple way to bring air printing from your iOS device to any printer, Mac or DropBox. Like Philip, I can’t recommend Printopia more!! The following is taken from: and is written by Philip Roy. If you can’t wait till Apple resolves this and allows access to any printer then the $9.99 US is money well spent! It is a wicked little piece of software that works on your Mac to allow any network attached printer to become available to the iphone. ![]() (If your printer is not listed, then you are out of luck right? WELL NO!! that’s where ‘PRINTOPIA’ comes in. LaserJet Pro M1536dnf Multifunction Printer.Photosmart Wireless e-AiO (B110) (EU, AP).Models, which should enable AirPrint goodness: Hosting firmware updates for several LaserJet and Photosmart Here is the list of available wireless printers that will work with the 4.2 (4.2.1) update out of the box:ħ500A Wide Format e-All-in-One (pictured) When apple announced they were adding airprint to iOS 4.2, I was as excited as many others were that I would finally be able to print from my iphone to a network attached printer…….well I was disappointed!! When the upgrade was released, it was designed to only work with certain wireless printers and not network or usb attached printers.
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