How to add support for AirPrint printer using conventional Printopia Pro

Talk about the convenience of wireless networks, I think it makes no sense. Wi-Fi technology is so facilitated the man's life, that now came to someone to visit or go to any institution, one of the first questions is, "What have you for a password to Wi-Fi?". At our house is not far from one device with Internet access, a router is often no longer has a conventional Ethernet-port to connect devices. And even printers learn to type "over the air", although technology support AirPrint not so rampant among printers. Remedy this deficiency, it turns out, it is extremely simple.

If you have a printer at home, chances are it permanently connected to a specific computer and printing is exclusively with it. Those who have several PCs or laptops, to print on a local network. But when it comes to what you need to print something from your tablet or smartphone - there are problems. But now, with the help of a tiny utility Printopia, we can make any printer on your wireless. And most importantly - make it surprisingly easy.

Printopia does not need additional settings. You just install the utility on the computer that is connected to the printer, and... everything! The system settings will be additional application menu, where you can optionally tinker with security settings to restrict, for example, access to a printer to devices or users.

After installation, you can immediately send a document to print from your iPhone or iPad. This is done as usual, from the application, by clicking the Share button and choosing the appropriate item in the menu. Let's consider the example of the Safari browser, what actions we need to make:
1. Open the page you want to print.
2. Push the button with the square and up arrow.

3. In the resulting menu, select Print.
4. We choose our printer, specify the number of pages to print.
5. Click Print.

We should clarify the differences between the printers appearing in the selection. The first option - it is to send a file to a printer connected to a computer in the form of a preview. If suddenly you on a smartphone is not convenient to look at the page, or you are not sure that in the document should be print, and that - no, the computer you can see more detail all, and after - print. In the second option, you simply print the document without extra action.

Of course, it is worth mentioning that in order to print your documents, your iOS-device must be in the same network as the computer connected to the printer. And, of course, the computer and the printer itself must be included - here there are no miracles.

The only drawback is the price. The choice is given three different types of licenses, but even the simplest package costs about $ 80. However, you can try the free trial version before you make a purchase.

Do you have a printer at home? We are often faced with the fact that I wanted to print something from iOS, but the device did not allow itself? Tell us about it in the comments!

Official site Printopia PRO