On 12/12/14 1:34 PM, Fred McKenzie wrote:
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Ken Springer wrote:

On 12/10/14 11:48 AM, Fred McKenzie wrote:
In article ,
micky wrote:

Oh, and an Ipad.

Micky-

Next you will find that the iPad will not print to the USB printer, even
though it is on the network. The iPad uses the AirPrint system, which
only works over Ethernet or WiFi, NOT USB.

There are iPad Printing Apps that can get around the problem
(PrintCentral for example), and Apps from various printer manufacturers
that work with their printers. However they can not be used from within
other Apps unless they have an "Open In" or "Open Using" option. They
have their own web browsing, mail and photo functions to enable printing.

There are also programs that run on your computer to share its printer
as AirPrint over the network. The computer must be turned on any time
you want to print from the iPad.

Fred,

Does the iPad have a print to PDF option like OS X? I don't have an
iPad, so no clue.

Ken-

Yes, it applies to all iPads. The original iPad could not print when it
first came out. An early revision to the iOS added AirPrint capability.

I have an old iPad 2, but it runs the latest iOS 8.1.2. It does not
have a "print to PDF" option, but there are paid Apps that claim to
provide that. (I think PrintCentral can be upgraded to do that for a
price.)

One program that can share a computer printer as AirPrint over the
network, is Printopia (for Macintosh) at
http://www.ecamm.com/mac/printopia/.

If you need more info on iPads, try the comp.mobile.ipad newsgroup.
There is also an Apple forum at
https://discussions.apple.com/community/ipad/using_ipad.

Thanks, Fred, I was just curious about the iPad. I had been planning on
buying an iPad Mini until I saw the Google Nexus 7. :-)



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