While connecting a USB printer to an Airport does make it appear as a network printer I'm not sure it it's AirPrint compatible however. The product info doesn't specify that it is.
On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 4:47 PM, Anders Holmberg <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi! > Does this mean i can connect my usb printer to an airport express or > extreme and make it visseble on the network? > /A > 10 sep 2014 kl. 19:03 skrev Pamela Francis <[email protected]>: > > > Hi Todd, > I had no knowledge of this option. Thank you ever so much for your kind > information. As per normal, this list is very useful. > Pam Francis > > On Sep 10, 2014, at 8:26 AM, Jenine Stanley <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Thanks, the software option does sound like the ticket. We do have one PC > that stays on to run streaming audio in the house and that would be the one > this software would be installed on. > Jenine Stanley > [email protected] > > > > On Sep 10, 2014, at 8:16 AM, Todd W <[email protected]> wrote: > > Jenine, > > As an alternative to buying a new airprint capable printer there are a > couple ways to make your older printers available to your iOS devices. > There are a number of airprint capable print servers that can attach to > your printer and then present them on the (wireless) network as airprint > printers. You can also install airprint software on a PC or Mac on the > network that will make the printers available as well. I have seen oPrint > for PCs which is free and might be the ticket if you have a desktop PC on > the network that stays powered on. This is the disadvantage of using > software installed on a PC or Mac as opposed to one of the network print > server adapters. > > Todd > > > On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 3:27 PM, Jenine Stanley <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Gotcha. I doubt either of the printers we have hooked up are Air cable. >> They are older HP's. >> Jenine Stanley >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> On Sep 9, 2014, at 3:03 PM, Pamela Francis <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> > Your printer has to be air print capable before any app will find it. >> Check the model number of your printer on the manufacturers website see if >> it is air print capable. You should also be able to find the corresponding >> manufacturers app for your printer to install to your device. >> > >> > Pam Francis >> > >> > On Sep 9, 2014, at 1:42 PM, Caitlyn Furness <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> > You might need an app for the printer to go on your i phone before you >> can actually see or use it from the phone.. >> > hth, >> > Cait >> > >> >> On Sep 9, 2014, at 2:40 PM, Jenine Stanley <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> s Pam, >> >> >> >> I have a printer already hooked into the router directly for network >> use. the iOS device didn't see it though. It's not a wireless printer >> though but one hooked in via USB. >> >> Jenine Stanley >> >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> On Sep 9, 2014, at 1:53 PM, Pamela Francis <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> Hello Janine, >> >>> I have a wireless printer set up on my home network. >> >>> Your printer has to be able to connect to your router. You will >> likely need sighted assistance to enter your network password into your >> printer. >> >>> Depending on the brand of printer you choose, there is likely to be >> an app used to activate it. TheHP printer I have uses HP ePrint from the >> App Store. >> >>> Once you get your printer set up, configured correctly to your >> network, your iPhone should see it therefore allowing you to print from >> your iPhone, iPad, or any other device you have running wirelessly. It's a >> relatively easy process. If you have a cited friend who can help you, it >> would be a little more streamlined. Hope this helps. >> >>> >> >>> Pam Francis >> >>> >> >>> On Sep 9, 2014, at 10:23 AM, Jenine Stanley <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> So I was looking at how to print things from my phone and discovered >> that I have no printer set up for this activity. Here are some possibly >> stupid questions about doing so. >> >>> >> >>> 1. Do I need a wireless printer for this task? >> >>> 2. If I have a printer set up for my MBP, can it be enabled for use >> with the iPhone? >> >>> 3. 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