Did u contact support for either device? Printer? iPad? AirPrint?
I wanted the iPad more than I acted about my $70 printer I bought 6 years ago. My ink is $70. When it ran out I'd buy a new one. IF my old crappy one didmt work. Now. If i liked my printer more and needed it. Rest assured I'd figure that out. Probably before letting my restocking fee expire. That's me. I'd spend $6 on an app store app over complaining. But that's me.
Yea. Microsoft thinks the software maker should be in charge. Look where that got them. Barely hanging onto a company kept alive by a decade old monopoly (they were found guilty get over it) apple thinks the hardware manufacturer should make the software and if you wanna interface your hardware with their hardware u'd better be preapredto roll your own software and do itby appkesguidelines cuz it's their hardware! It makes sense. Tome. But I've neve been an IBM clone guy. I've always believed that the guys making the hardware should be making the software inhiuse. But hey. I just play here. My real job s making ppl like pretty graphics. And helping sick ppl on the side. So my opinion is just that
Either way. I'm curious to read why a company that doesn't make printers anymore (apple) should make the software to interface them anymore than they have. They made APIs that work (sone manuf took the others didn't this wasn't apples fault). They gave out great tools to create great apps (SDKs are famously easy to work with). I don't get the rub. Iti ad anepson and it didn't work and it was advertised to work id bitch at Epsom not apple!!!
~KM
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I suspect that a lot of us, like me, have invested it USB printers. A lot of us have our own WiFi networks.
My present USB printers function quite nicely over our network for the PC's on it (assuming that the related PC is turned on).
I see no value in replacing our existing printers (primarily the laser color printers) just so I can print from my iPad.
I have installed AirPrint and the iPad recognizes the printers. It just won't print to them.
For me, since I rarely want to print anything from the iPad, this isn't a major problem. Ranks as an irritant.
If I find something using the iPad that I want to print, I'll just wait until I'm at one of the PC's and print from there.
And, yes, the drivers for the printers are current.
I've no idea whether Apple or the printer manufacturers are at fault, but I suspect Apple could resolve the problem. Microsoft OS's certainly can.
