Hello Vicki, This is Mark.
I have never used an Air Printer so cannot advise you in that regard. However, I can tell you that there are many printers that are accessible via iOS and OSX that will allow a totally blind person to have access to the printers ink levels, device status, number of pages printed, etc. Personally, I recommend that you purchase a printer, not a printer/scanner combo. 1. Make sure you have a network router setup and running. I personally like Linksys but many of my friends use Apple's Airport Extreme. 2. Purchase a Ethernet/Network Laser printer such as the Samsung ML-331. The cost of the average network laser printer, monochrome is about 80 USD. If you want a color laser printer, you can pay in the range of 160 USD and up. I purchased my Samsung ML-331 (monochrome) laser printer last year for 45 USD, bran new from Frye's Electronics. 3. The reason I suggest a network laser printer is because the printer will be assigned its own IP address on your home network. This means that, once the printer is successfully connected, you only need to browse to its IP address in Safari, or any browser for that matter, and you will have access to the printer's settings, statistics, and controls. 4. Connect the network printer to your router via an Ethernet cable. 5. The Mac will see the printer and download the correct drivers. For your iOS device, you will simply install an app that can see the printer on your network thus allowing you to print to it. Vicki, please keep in mind that the list above are the broad strokes needed to get you up and running. There are a lot of good Ethernet/network laser printers out there that will work on your Mac and iOS device so do some shopping around. I strongly suggest that you go out and actually touch the printers before making a purchase as size and shape can make a difference. For example, in my case, I like to address my own envelopes so I made sure that the printer I purchased had an envelope slot that I can use without sighted assistance. Good Luck and Happy Printing, mark -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Vicki Ratcliffe Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2014 4:25 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Purchasing air printer to use with iPhone and mac air Hello everyone. Feel free to write me off list as some of this information relates to the mac air. In April I bought a mac air, which I love, and need to purchase a new printer--one that I would like to use with the iPhone and mac air. The driver for the printer that I have, hp lazar 1020, is not supported in mavericks and I was trying to use it from the US B port and it is not an air printer. Apple has confirmed that the driver is not supported as well. Here are my questions: Can anyone recommend a printer to get which can be set up by a totally blind person and will the mac just recognize the drivers? I have seen so many printers with touch screen menus and would like to avoid this or will the mac configure it without me having to use these menus? Many printers also work as scanners and is it worth getting a printer only or one that serves as a scanner? I will need to purchase scanningsoftware for the mac in time. i also want to get a printer that will work with the iPhone and mac air and one which, hopefully, will still be supported when future operating systems are released for the mac and iPhone. Any comments or suggestions will be appreciated and my email address is [email protected] Vicki -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. 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