Originally Posted by accordlayingkit

I'm using print central to print to my wireless hp that's on my home wireless network...every things printing fine but the only that it will print is anything u find on the web and your emails...what's weird is I can connect to wifi via home network but before I installed print central it could never detect a printer which I clearly have on my network..jus need to be able to print from notes app and pages app...anyone got a list of printers that will work with AirPrint or a link? Thanks!

Using the AirPrint hack, I can print with different shared printer on my network with any AirPrint capable app. Pages, Numbers, GoodReader all work fine.

Originally Posted by pdmike

So what are you guys saying - that you simply cannot print something directly from a standalone iPad, by hooking it up with a wireless printer?

Correct.

If you have updated to the current version of the OS (you can check in the main screen of iTunes) you can print directly to a small number of new AirPrint capable HP printers. You can also print to printers that your Mac is connected to by sharing your Mac printer. Your Mac needs to be turned on for that to happen.

We Windows users are just screwed. AirPrint for Windows users was dropped from the last version of iTunes just before it was released.

Most folks just e-mail or synch and print from a PC.

Originally Posted by USBill

Originally Posted by pdmike

So what are you guys saying - that you simply cannot print something directly from a standalone iPad, by hooking it up with a wireless printer?

Correct.

If you have updated to the current version of the OS (you can check in the main screen of iTunes) you can print directly to a small number of new AirPrint capable HP printers. You can also print to printers that your Mac is connected to by sharing your Mac printer. Your Mac needs to be turned on for that to happen.

We Windows users are just screwed. AirPrint for Windows users was dropped from the last version of iTunes just before it was released.

Most folks just e-mail or synch and print from a PC.

Windows users aren't really screwed, but it does take a little work to get Airprint working. I have the same functionality through my Windows Home Server and Windows 7 that Mac users have.

Email is a sure thing and easy.

This is the most relevant answer ive read. Some answers are referring to a jb ipad. I went out and bought an hp eprint however b4 that i used the email to myself option. There is no stand alone option with the ipad.

I have a new Hp office jet 6500 wireless e printer and with the new update I can print directly to the printer without my windows xp turned on.

Originally Posted by cadams05

This is the most relevant answer ive read. Some answers are referring to a jb ipad. I went out and bought an hp eprint however b4 that i used the email to myself option. There is no stand alone option with the ipad.

Installing Airprint under Windows has nothing to do with jailbreaking. The hack being referred to deals with manually installing Airprint in Windows. It really is very easy to do .. takes all of 5 minutes and you can print to any shared printer.

Thanks for clarifying that. Interesting, so if what you are saying is true im still within my 30 days at best buy on the new printer which i purchased for this reason i will try it out and make sure i can get it configured to work. Can u elaborate a little more on how to do this in general, where to start. I dont mid researching a bit to work out the details but not sure where to get started.

Thanks

Originally Posted by DaveSt

Originally Posted by cadams05

This is the most relevant answer ive read. Some answers are referring to a jb ipad. I went out and bought an hp eprint however b4 that i used the email to myself option. There is no stand alone option with the ipad.

Installing Airprint under Windows has nothing to do with jailbreaking. The hack being referred to deals with manually installing Airprint in Windows. It really is very easy to do .. takes all of 5 minutes and you can print to any shared printer.

How is it that the AirPrint software says it's from Apple (at least in the screenshots linked from LifeHacker), but it's not on Apple's site?

Originally Posted by USBill

How is it that the AirPrint software says it's from Apple (at least in the screenshots linked from LifeHacker), but it's not on Apple's site?

From what I have gathered, Airprint for Windows was enabled in beta versions of Itunes but was removed from the final release when iOS 4.2.1 came out. Some people that were running the Beta found where the Airprint service was installed and made those files available for download. So, the software is from Apple but it is no longer part of the current Itunes download.

The "hack" part of the process comes in because you cannot just simply unzip those files on your hard drive and expect Windows to know how to use them. This requires executing a couple of commands from a dos box in Windows and then all is good.