Sherry, The issue with an iOS app to do this is that it means all using your printer need the app.
Regards, Neil Barnfather Talks List Administrator Twitter @neilbarnfather TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, as well as an Apple iOS, Macintosh and Android accessibility specialist. For all your accessible phone, PDA and GPS related enquiries visit www.talknav.com URL: - www.talknav.com e-mail: - serv...@talknav.com Phone: - +44 844 999 4199 On 10 Feb 2013, at 20:05, Sherrie <nanagoose4...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have an HP office jet wireless printer on my home network. I downloaded > an app called Printer Pro. I downloaded the free version to see if it would > work. It located the printer and printed a test page from the phone. To use > it as a regular printer you have to buy the paid version which is $4.99, I > think. I didn’t do it yet since I don’t write many documents on my phone > that would need printing. > I also experimented with two different HP printing apps and neither > discovered my HP printer. Go figure. > Just for the record the wireless printer is in a different room from the > router. > Sherrie > > So Printer Pro might just be a much less expensive option for wireless > printing. > > From: Neil Barnfather - TalkNav > Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2013 10:32 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Ever wanted to print to your printer, without an AirPrint > printer? > > Keith, > > No, your printer if it is either physically using ether net, or wirelessly > using WiFi connected to your network stays as it is. You do not connect the > X-Print Server to your printer at all… You only connect a USB printer to the > X-Print Server, not a network enabled one. > > You would connect the single ether net socket on the X-Print Server to your > router, the iOS device prints to the X-Print Server, which appears to your > device as the name of your printer. The X-Print Server pushes the print job > then over the network to the printer itself. > > does that make sense? > > > > Regards, > > Neil Barnfather > > Talks List Administrator > Twitter @neilbarnfather > > TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, as well as an Apple > iOS, Macintosh and Android accessibility specialist. For all your > accessible phone, PDA and GPS related enquiries visit www.talknav.com > > URL: - www.talknav.com > e-mail: - serv...@talknav.com > Phone: - +44 844 999 4199 > > On 9 Feb 2013, at 23:07, "Kramlinger, Keith G., M.D." > <kramlinger.ke...@mayo.edu> wrote: > >> Thanks, Neil. Sounds great. >> >> How do you think this situation would set-up? >> >> I have a network associated printer, but it is a wireless connection and the >> printer is in a different room from my router. I can't get my brain around >> the set-up, as I understood the Ethernet needs to link to both the router >> and the printer. >> >> Thanks, Keith >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf >> Of Neil Barnfather - TalkNav >> Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2013 3:05 PM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Ever wanted to print to your printer, without an AirPrint printer? >> >> Hi All, >> >> I'm sure there are many of you out there who wish you could easily print to >> your printers direct from your iOS devices, but, you lack an AirPrint >> printer. >> >> I've been in this position since Apple released AirPrint enabled printers, >> having a large HP laser office grade printer here, there was no way I was >> shelling out hundreds of pounds to buy a new printer just for that feature. >> No matter how much I knew it would be of use etc. >> >> Anyway, I thought I'd share with you all a fantastic little device I bought >> a month ago now which has solved everything for me. >> >> Its called X-Print Server and comes in two flavours, home and office >> edition. I bought the Home edition as I only have the one printer here, but, >> do bear in mind that the home version will do more than one printer. >> >> The device itself is very small, about a third of the size of an iPHone, has >> a USB slot and an ether net socket on it. Plus a mains socket for providing >> power. >> >> The beauty of this device is its complete simplicity. Plug in the ether net >> lead and power if you have a network connected printer, if you only have a >> USB one, plug in the ether net,, power and USB lead to your printer. >> >> The ether net connects to your switch or internet connection providers hub. >> >> Now this device auto discovers printers on the network, then downloads the >> latest drivers for them and that's it, once this initial fully automatic >> operation completes, took about a minute for me, your printer will appear >> within the print options when you press print on your iOS devices. >> >> This worked a complete charm for me, my HP CM2320 MFP FXI appeared instantly >> on all my iOS devices and printing works exactly as you'd hope. >> >> A few things to bear in mind, you may wish to assign your network printer a >> static IP if you are using a network printer, as that will avoid any issues >> down the road if your printer changes IP for whatever reason. >> >> I cannot rate this product more highly, and its better still folks. The home >> edition model is US$99, I live in the UK and got my shipping free of charge, >> how, by using the below promotion code. This code is good for mainland US >> and Canada so the store states, however, when I was at the check out stage, >> I typed it in, free shipping land option appeared, I did not change the >> pull down to any of the international options, just left it as land US and >> continued. >> >> Even though at that stage the cart system knew I was in the UK, it did not >> charge, nor did the company contact me to charge more for shipping. So I got >> my unit for the equivalent of £54. >> >> The promotion code to use is: TWIT and credit to this code goes to the >> wonderful TWIT podcast network offering a high quality range of technology >> related podcasts for all flavours of tech fan. >> >> If you'd like to know more visit: www.xprintserver.com >> >> Hope this helps some of you out there. >> >> Regards. >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Neil Barnfather >> >> Talks List Administrator >> Twitter @neilbarnfather >> >> TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, as well as an Apple >> iOS, Macintosh and Android accessibility specialist. 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