AirPrint - Still only on HP Printers?

[Marcos]

In the UK at least. Can't find alternatives. And I hate HP's ink prices.

The Americans have a few Canons available but can't find them here.

Its been 2 years!! Come on

[spoon_]

afaik its about the drivers that are supported by the iPad not printer model... Got forked-daapd running which supports AirPlay/AirPrint, iPad can see the printer and print whatever it needs but it comes as bunch of random characters. Clearly a printer driver issue.

[FatalSaviour]

My Canon MG5350 that I bought last month for £65 has AirPrint enabled - used it to print some hotel bookings last night actually and it's really rather convenient.
HTH

[FatalSaviour]

This Apple Support link detailing which printers support AirPrint might help too. :-)

[jim]

Just get the right HP printer and you'll be fine. If you buy one for £30 on the high-street, ink costs a fortune. Get the right Officejet, and it can work out cheaper than laser if you run with the published stats.

[Gordy]

Some epson's support air print nowadays.

[Marcos]

I had a look around, this is the printer to get, mega cheap refills on ebay (A whole set, all colours & black, 2 for £12). This is a similar spec to my £200 Canon printer, but much cheaper.

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/canon-...40867-pdt.html

Dunno about AirPrint, but other than that, best deal. Maybe AirPrint just isnt worth it

[mikerr]

According to this review the MG6150 supports printing from ipad/android and PS3 (?)

auto-opening output tray, as well as two 150-sheet input trays.
It prints two-sided and straight onto CDs and DVDs with the provided adapter

It all connects via USB, Ethernet or 802.11n Wi-Fi, the latter of which is compatible with printing from a host of devices such as Android handsets, iPhones and iPads, and even the Sony PlayStation 3:

Read more: Canon Pixma MG6150 review | Printers | Reviews | PC Pro http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/print...#ixzz1lnFpxbIl

2 sets of refills for £12:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/10-ink-Car...item3366e56782
(and various other sellers)

[Marcos]

Cool , hit the nail on the head then.

Thats the one I'll recommend to ppl from now on

[crossy]

Just get the right HP printer and you'll be fine. If you buy one for £30 on the high-street, ink costs a fortune. Get the right Officejet, and it can work out cheaper than laser if you run with the published stats.

Some of the Photosmarts are also quite inexpensive to run - e.g. I've got one of the fancy eStation models (the one with the detachable 7" Android tablet) and my last ink bill was around £40. That's for a full set (five) of the "XL" carts. Each cart can be bought (retail) for about £8. To put that into perspective that's half the cost of my previous printer (Canon Pixma IP5200R)

The other way you can save a little bit of money is to have a friend who works for HP, the do offer some niggardly discounts for "Friends and Family" - but to be honest most of the time a Google Shopping search comes up better.

(Disclaimer: yes I do work for HP, but: (a) don't hold that against me; and (b) I don't work for the bit that does hardware)

Personally though, I still like Canon printers (and cameras)!

[Marcos]

Went with the HP 5510, noisy, but the cheapest of the HP refills I could find, £15/set. Airprint did work nicely though.