Once you have either an ePrint-compatible printer or an AirPrint enabler set up, printing from your iPad is simple:įirst, look for the Print command. But although it serves the same basic purpose of enabling AirPrint to use any printer your Mac can see, AirPrint Activator has a rather tedious setup process, and doesn't offer a way to print to DropBox or to a folder on your Mac.
For all of those reasons I greatly prefer Printopia.Īnother option exists, too, and it's even free (donations requested): Netputing's AirPrint Activator.
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As of version 2.0, it also lets you "print" not only to iPhoto but to any Mac application, save files to any number of folders on your Mac, use any PDF Workflow on your Mac (such as e-mailing PDFs-click the PDF pop-up menu in any OS X Print dialog to see all your options), and configure printer settings. Printopia supports OS X 10.5 or later, works with any printer (shared or not), and can send files from your iPad to a PDF or PNG file on your Mac (much like OS X's print-to-PDF capability). But before a printer appears in FingerPrint, it must be shared using the Print & Fax pane of System Preferences. FingerPrint requires OS X 10.6 or higher, and it has an option to "print" directly to iPhoto on your Mac. However, the two applications do have their differences.