Download Airprint For Mac
Apple is finally offering printing services from your iOS device, they are marketing this capability as AirPrint and it is in fact an amalgam of a number of existing network technologies. There are some HP printers already configured for AirPrint, but the list is rather short. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could use your existing printers to do this?
Thanks to Ryan Finnie for his research and TJ Fontaine for a fabulous script that automates the services configuration for your AirPrint printers.
Jan 10, 2012 Download the app here and run the installation executable. There are no tricky customization options in the initial installation process, just click Next until the process is complete. You will need to reboot your computer to finalize the installation. Once you have rebooted, select FingerPrint from the Start Menu and run it for the first time. AirPrint is an Apple technology that helps you create full-quality printed output without the need to download or install drivers. With AirPrint, it's easy to print full-quality photos and documents from your Mac, iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch without having to install additional software (drivers). Download handyPrint for Mac to add AirPrint support to many third-party printers. How to connect an AirPrint printer to your Mac. Because AirPrint works over Wi-Fi, you need to make sure your printer is connected to your Wi-Fi network before proceeding. Your printer will come with step-by-step instructions for connecting the device to your home Wi-Fi network — follow those steps first.
Airprint Software For Pc
Before proceeding, this tutorial assumes you are running CUPS on a Linux (Ubuntu) server to share out one or more printers on your network. In my configuration, an HP PSC 500 provides printing and scanning services and a Brother 2820 is our general purpose laser printer with fax. After settings things up for AirPrint using CUPS and Avahi, I am now able to print successfully to both devices from my iPhone 3GS.
- Configure CUPS. Get your CUPS server properly configured. This is going to require the following entries included in your cupsd.conf:
Listen 631Browsing onBrowseOrder allow,denyBrowseAllow allBrowseLocalProtocols CUPS dnssdBrowseAddress @LOCALServerAlias *
It will need to be have the option to share printers connected to the system (Browsing On), as a general rule of thumb if you can print to your CUPS server from another computer on your network then it’s probably configured correctly. - Install Avahi. You need this to broadcast your printer services, if you’re running Ubuntu server this can be done as follows:
sudo apt-get install avahi-daemon - Download TJ’s Script. It will make your next step much easier:
https://github.com/tjfontaine/airprint-generate - Run the airprint-generate script. This produces services files for Avahi. Copy the resulting files to:
/etc/avahi/services - Restart Services. Restart your avahi service:
/etc/init.d/avahi-daemon restart
Now browse to your printers on your favorite iOS device running 4.2.1 or later, when selecting Print from any of the standard applications (Mail, Safari, etc.) your printers should appear available.
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Apple Airprint Download For Mac
If you made it this far and are on iOS 6, then your journey is not yet complete. Visit AirPrint on Linux with iOS 6 for a rundown on how to get your server setup to support the changes Apple made in this release.