Hi Walter, I think we might be misinterpreting your question. I now think you are referring to the new technology "Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Direct". Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Wi-Fi Direct™ is a certification mark for devices supporting a game-changing new technology enabling Wi-Fi devices to connect directly, making it simple and convenient to do things like print, share, synch and display.
Products bearing the Wi-Fi Direct certification mark can connect to one another without joining a traditional home, office or hotspot network. <http://www.wi-fi.org/discover-and-learn/wi-fi-direct> "Wi-Fi Direct": Some home wireless networks are set up in ad hoc mode by which WiFi-enabled computers communicate directly with each other without the aid of a wireless router. The trouble with ad hoc wireless networks is that many devices such as printers, scanners, gaming consoles, set-top boxes, and smartphones, although WiFi-enabled, cannot accept direct connections from other WiFi devices without an access point to facilitate the communication. "Wi-Fi Direct" aims to change that. The technology embeds a software access point into a device so that it can support direct connections. When a Wi-Fi device enters the range of a "Wi-Fi Direct" device, it can connect to it in an ad hoc, direct manner. The technology even supports WPA2 encryption for secure communication. If you're adding a device to your home network, look and see if it sports a "WiFi Direct certification" mark. That will give you a nice option to directly connect to the device without a wireless router or access point. "Printing with Wi-Fi Direct: A new technology called Wi-Fi Direct should greatly simplify the printer setup process, and let you print directly from an iPhone to a Wi-Fi printer, either via AirPrint or using a print app. At this point, relatively few printers support Wi-Fi Direct, but we expect it to have a great impact on mobile printing in the years to come." <http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2412775,00.asp> A bit of checking and many new Epson printers can set up "Wi-Fi Direct". Need to use the Epson iPrint app to control printing. Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad4 On 20/05/2013, at 8:04 AM, Ronda Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Walter, > > AirPrint Basics: > The AirPrint-enabled printer must be connected to the same home Wi-Fi network > as the iOS device. > This is the default configuration in most home Wi-Fi networks. > > You also need an AirPrint-enabled printer listed in this article. > > > Printers not listed in this article are not supported by AirPrint. > > <http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4356> > > Summary > In iOS, AirPrint-enabled applications can print to an AirPrint-enabled > printer—and you don't need to install a driver or configure the printer > queue. Tap print, select a AirPrint-enabled printer, and print. It's that > simple. > > Cheers, > Ronni > Sent from Ronni's iPad4 > > On 20/05/2013, at 7:08 AM, Peter Hinchliffe <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> On 17/05/2013, at 5:48 PM, F.W. Hänel <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> Has anyone tried printing from iPhone/iPad directly to a WiFi direct >>> printer when a WiFi network was not available ? >>> Does it work ? What printers are available ? >> >> Well - WiFi is by definition, a wireless network, so if there's no network >> available WiFi printing is impossible. That being said, if you can set you >> iPhone or iPad to be a WiFi hotspot, you might be able to get a printer to >> join that network, in which case printing jus might work. I don't know, I >> never tried it. >> >> The only printers that I know of for sure that support Airprint out of the >> box are certain HP models and many recent Canon printers. Others on the list >> may have more information. >> >> Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services >> FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer >> Perth, Western Australia >> Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 046 948 >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have
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