Now when you go to print from your iPhone or iPad and you tap on Select Printer, you should see all the O’Print printers listed under Other Printers. You can click on the Edit button (paper with pen icon) to change the name of the printer if you like. Once the printer is added, go back to O’Print and it should show up in the list.Īt this point, you really don’t have to do anything else unless your printer uses a different port than the standard port. If you do not see any printers in the list, it means you have to go to System Preferences – Printer & Scanners and add the printer to OS X first. Once you download and install the software, the main interface of the program will show you all the printers installed on your system. Overall, I found the program’s interface to be a little outdated, but the functionality was excellent. You can download a free 30-day trial to make sure that it works properly with your printer and system. Windows AirPrintįor Windows machines, the most popular program is O’Print, which costs $19.80. In addition, I’ll talk about some hardware you can buy that will also act as a print server.

I’m going to mention several programs, some for Mac and some for Windows. With that out of the way, let’s get into the details. It’s worth considering bypassing all of this trouble and simply buying a new AirPrint-enabled printer as they are pretty cheap these days. Lastly, you’ll have to spend some money as these third-party apps are not free. The third-party software basically acts as a proxy and all the print jobs go to the computer first and then are passed on to the actual printer. Secondly, in order to print from your Apple device to your non-AirPrint printer, you’ll need to keep the computer on at all times. It doesn’t matter if the printer is attached locally to the machine or if it is a wireless/network printer, it just needs to be installed on the machine. Firstly, you need to have the printer already installed and working on at least one computer. Requirementsīefore we get into the details, let’s talk about the requirements for this to work.

In this article, I’ll talk about the third-party tools you can install so that you’ll be able to print directly from your iPhone or iPad to your locally attached printer or network/wireless printer.

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