Tuesday, February 11, 2014

AirPrint on normal printer via computer

Print from your apple devices wirelessly to any standard printer by connecting the printer to your home network via your computer

Connect your printer to computer
Go to control panel >> hardware and sound >> devices and printer 
Then right click on the printer you want to use and select printer properties ( don't get confused between "properties" and "printer properties" , both are different )
Now click on the sharing tab
And tick ( select ) both the check boxes saying " share this printer … " and give your printer a friendly name in the "share name" text field 
Press OK 
Now you are done with adding a network printer and can use it to print wirelessly ( from other devices except Apple devices )

BUT
To print from Apple devices you need to have AirPlay enabled on your computer and to do that click on this LINK ( just download from this link , don't get confused by the screen shorts there, they are different )


and download AirPrint and then extract the zip folder >> open windows or MacOs folder depending on what operating system you use and install the files ( in windows install AirPrint FIX first 32 or 64 bit according to your PC then the AirPrint installer )
Click on " install AirPrint service "
Then click on start 
( adjust AirPrint authentication on the right side according to your needs )

Now you are done (Y)
Congratulations 

No comments:

Post a Comment