AirPrint - iOS devices cannot see it all the time???

[PeteS]

I went out and bought a HP PS 210a (great printer btw), I have been able to print from my iOS devices from time to time, but unfortunately it's not the standard experience and I was wondering if something is required for this to be the experience and/or if others had the similar experience and figured out why?

Hope you can help...

Peter


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[Tim SPRACKLEN]

I went out and bought a HP PS 210a (great printer btw), I have been able to print from my iOS devices from time to time, but unfortunately it's not the standard experience and I was wondering if something is required for this to be the experience and/or if others had the similar experience and figured out why?

Hope you can help...

Peter


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From the title of your thread, I guess that, when you select 'Print' from an app that supports in-app printing, sometimes you get a menu that shows your printer and then everything is OK and sometimes you don't and there are no printers shown.

I've had a similar problem - but not really the same, so not sure if my experience is relevant at all - if it's not, just ignore me (most people do anyway) and I'll go away.

I have a printer that's not AirPrint compatible so I use the third-party app, 'Print N Share' (well, to be completely honest, its predecessor 'PrintCentral'). This app effectively makes my printer 'look' like an AirPrint-compatible printer, so it appears in the print menu of apps that support in-app printing.

Now, I sometimes experience the exact same problem as you do. After much experimenting (OK - fancy word for trial-and-error) I found that my ADSL router was occasionally changing the IP address of the printer, which confused the iPad - or perhaps 'PrintCentral'. If I forced the IP address back to the original address, no problem. Eventually, I managed to discover (good old 'trial-and-error' again) how to set up the printer with a static IP address.

OK - as I said - it's probably no help. In my case, there are several people in my house who have laptops that are constantly coming-and-going and this seemed to cause the router to constantly re-assign IP addresses. Additionally, I occasionally have to reset the router and, of course, it then completely re-assigns everything.

OK - I'll keep quiet now and go away and dig my car out of the snow...

Tim
snowy Scotland

 

[PeteS]

From the title of your thread, I guess that, when you select 'Print' from an app that supports in-app printing, sometimes you get a menu that shows your printer and then everything is OK and sometimes you don't and there are no printers shown.

I've had a similar problem - but not really the same, so not sure if my experience is relevant at all - if it's not, just ignore me (most people do anyway) and I'll go away.

I have a printer that's not AirPrint compatible so I use the third-party app, 'Print N Share' (well, to be completely honest, its predecessor 'PrintCentral'). This app effectively makes my printer 'look' like an AirPrint-compatible printer, so it appears in the print menu of apps that support in-app printing.

Now, I sometimes experience the exact same problem as you do. After much experimenting (OK - fancy word for trial-and-error) I found that my ADSL router was occasionally changing the IP address of the printer, which confused the iPad - or perhaps 'PrintCentral'. If I forced the IP address back to the original address, no problem. Eventually, I managed to discover (good old 'trial-and-error' again) how to set up the printer with a static IP address.

OK - as I said - it's probably no help. In my case, there are several people in my house who have laptops that are constantly coming-and-going and this seemed to cause the router to constantly re-assign IP addresses. Additionally, I occasionally have to reset the router and, of course, it then completely re-assigns everything.

OK - I'll keep quiet now and go away and dig my car out of the snow...

Tim
snowy Scotland

Thanks Tim, took the opportunity to reconfigure the printer to the original IP and you are right suddenly my AirPrint works again - odd this is not mentioned anywere, much appreciated and you do not need to be so humble

Good luck with the snow, seems as if we are going to get more white in the years to come

Pete

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