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Scott, who took time to chat with me on the phone today, explained. As I had some problems placing an order, Scott, the FingerPrint developer is already looking into the issue with eSellerate support. Once you've determined that the application works for you, you can purchase your license directly from the application via eSellerate. There's a free trial you can use to test out the software to ensure that it works with your hardware before forking over your hard-earned money. Just select the Print option from any compliant application (we tested using Mobile Safari's Action menu) and choose your printer. We used beta versions of iOS 4.2 to test. It also worked for printers owned by several other TUAW staffers. Update: See our exclusive first look at Ecamm's competitive offering, Printopia for MacįingerPrint worked for my old and not-especially-fully-featured Brother HL-5040 laser printer. By projecting that compliance information, your iOS devices are able to detect and then write to those printers using standard OS X protocols. When it finds them, it re-advertises the printers adding a special field to the Bonjour data that indicates AirPrint compliance. The $7.99 application works by browsing for Bonjour printer services. FingerPrint brings the capability back to shared printers without having to resort to Terminal commands. However, this feature was disabled in the final Mac OS X 10.6.5 release, and AirPrint now only supports the HP printers. It works over Bonjour, Apple's version of zero configuration networking, allowing devices and services to communicate with each other on local area networks.Īs originally planned, AirPrint was supposed to provide printing to shared OS X printers and to a small group of HP printers that support HP's ePrint mobile printing service. AirPrint is Apple's new wireless printing technology for iOS devices.

I hope this cleared up a few questions that you had regarding AirPrint and ePrint, or I apologize for confusing you even more.FingerPrint is a new Mac OS X application from Collobos Software that enables AirPrint printing for many OS X printers. HP ePrint allows for printing from anywhere in the world from any mobile device to an HP ePrint enabled printer using the HP cloud – that means the customer can attach a file or document to an email and send it to the printer’s individual email address. What is the difference between Apple’s AirPrint and HP’s ePrint?Īpple’s AirPrint allows iPhone, iPad and iPod touch customers to print wirelessly to a local printer on their wireless network through an embedded OS print function. I expect all the other printer manufacturers to hop on the AirPrint bandwagon in the near future. HP teamed up with Apple exclusively to create this wireless experience. All I had to do was install the program, enable printer sharing and choose which printer(s) I wanted to share (system preferences). It took me less than a minute to install. I purchased and installed Printopia and it works perfectly. Luckily for me, I have a server that is always on, but I’m sure that is not the case for most of you out there. I am usually trying to print from my iPhone because my computer is turned off. The problem with Printopia and FingerPrint is that you must have your computer turned on at all times. What if I don’t have an AirPrint-enabled printer? Users will be able to automatically find a printer on their wireless network and print to it. Right now, AirPrint works right out of the box with printers that are AirPrint-enabled.ĪirPrint will enable users to print wirelessly from select apps – no set up or downloads required. It’s a feature that Apple has introduced in its IOS 4.2.1 update. You can now print wirelessly from certain Apple devices, such as the iPhone, iTouch or iPad.