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Can iCloud be used to print docs on my printer through my PC?
Can iCloud be used to print via wifi through my Pc’s printers?
@Abeatspark iCloud is not a networking technology. It is a “data synchronization” technology. iOS devices (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch) support printing via AirPrint. Read more about it here: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4356
Well, if pigs had wings, they could fly! But the iPad is the only MAC device that I have. Unless ecamm makes an “app” that runs on W7 or under itunes on W7, it looks like I don’t have convenient printing from the iPad. I know, I should get a MAC-air something or other, but I don’t need it that badly! Thanks for trying !
Abe
@Abeatspark The problem is quite complicated. In the early days of printing, the high performance CPUs needed for graphics and font processing were quite expensive. To be able to create the graphics and fonts and text that users expected, printer manufacturers used the better performing CPU that could be found inside the computer. They used printer drivers to convert the graphics and text (using the computer’s CPU) to a form the printer could understand.
There are hundreds of printers and printer drivers. The iPad (and iPhone) simply don’t have enough memory to keep ALL those drivers. What Apple did was brilliant. Now that CPUs are cheaper and more powerful, the printer manufacturers can put the CPU back into the printer. That way printer drivers are no longer necessary. It will take sometime before we all upgrade our printers. Imagine a world with no printer drivers.
Hi Khurt,
Thanks for the response. Neither of my HP printers qualifies. So, I guess, I’ll have to email the content to myself, and use the PC to print.
@Abeatspark There is another way. I don’t have an AirPrint enabled printer either. However, I use an app that runs a server on one of my Macs that enables AirPrint for all my devices ( I have two iPhone, two iPads, and four Macs). It’s called Printopia. See it here: http://www.ecamm.com/mac/printopia/
Highly recommended and it’s a lot cheaper than a new printer.