So if your like many people out there, you have an iPhone and want to use airprint so you can print over your 3G or 4G network where ever you are, correct? YoYoInk would like to bring to your attention how you can setup your iPhone to send a print command to any printer of your choice (almost). Don’t get your hope up if you still have a dot matrix printer lying around somewhere!

Like they say, there’s an app for that. According to ipadinsight.com, here are the instructions to use the AirPrint Hackivator app-

– Download the latest version of the app (currently 1.0 of the new AirPrint Activator) here: http://netputing.com/airprintactivator

– Unzip the application and launch it

– When the app launches, you’ll see just the simple Off / On toggle for it. Move it to On. You’ll be prompted to enter your password to approve the change – do that and click OK to confirm.

– You’ll then see a popup from the app that tells you what you need to do under System Preferences:

– Go to System Preferences > Print & Fax

– Click on the minus sign symbol to remove your printer from the list. Then add it back via the plus button. Once it is back in the printer list, tick the checkbox to share the printer on your network.

*** Please note that you *must* remove the printer as stated in the step above. Do not think you’re already good to go if you see your printer listed and ticked as shared when you first open the Print & Fax preferences.

That’s it. Once you’ve done the above, you should find that you can use AirPrint on your iPad (or iPhone) in all supported apps, such as the built-in Mail, Safari, and Photos apps. To use AirPrint:

– Launch Safari, Mail, Photos, or another app that supports it (more and more apps will be updated to add AirPrint support now that iOS 4.2 is out).

– Tap on the standard ‘Share’ button – the one that looks like an envelope with an arrow coming out of it – and choose Print from its shortlist of actions.

– On the Print popup dialog, tap on Printer field where it will say Select Printer. Now AirPrint should look for printers and find yours. Select it and you’re all ready to print to it.

We hope that helped you! Happy remote printing from us at YoYoInk.com

Andrade Sanchez

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