Print to Any Printer From iPad, iPhone

Apple's latest mobile-operating-system update introduces a much-demanded feature: wireless printing. Problem is, it will only officially print from printers labeled "AirPrint-compatible," which you likely don't own. However, if you want to print from just about any printer, there's a mod for that.

AirPrint Hacktivator offers a solution for Macs to set up wireless printing with iOS 4.2 with any printer shared on your network. Here's how to set it up, with instructions courtesy of the hack's maker, Netputing.

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Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.5 iTunes 10.1 (if you have neither, select the Apple icon in the upper-left corner of your screen and click "Software Updates" to download the latest software. AirPrint Hacktivator [.zip]

UPDATE : Netputing has removed that file per Apple, Inc. request. Go here to download Airprint Activator [.zip] instead.

1. Copy the AirPrint Hacktivator software into your Applications folder, then launch the app.

2. Toggle the switch to "On."

3. Enter your admin password.

4. A window will prompt you to add the printer you want to use with AirPrint.

5. The hack will launch the Print & Fax utility in your Settings folder, and you'll be able to perform the add-printer task here.

6. And you should be ready to start printing!

See the video below by Netputing, the hack's creator, for a visual tutorial.

Originally submitted by Gadget Lab contributor Brian X. Chen.

This page was last modified 15:24, 6 December 2010 by 1macgeek. Based on work by ralfred and howto_admin.

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Coach: iPhone App Helped Save B-Ball Player's Life

A high school coach claims that a first-aid app on his iPhone helped him save a basketball player’s life.

Can’t say we haven’t heard this story before.

Xavier Jones, 17-year-old basketball player at Verne Lutheran High School, stumbled when attempting to receive a pass, and his heart stopped beating.

Eric Cooper, coach of the basketball team, said he had downloaded a $2 iPhone app Phone Aid last week to brush up on CPR. Thanks to the app’s refresher, he was able to successfully administer CPR to Jones to save his life, according to the Los Angeles Times.

“It was really fresh and clear in my brain,” he said. “We are trained in CPR, but the iPhone app was a stabilizer for us.”

This story is extremely similar to that of Dan Woolley, who used an iPhone first-aid app to help him treat his wounds and ultimately survive the Haiti earthquake in January. Woolley gave Wired.com a closer look at the tech he used until a rescue team dug him out of the rubble.

Incidents like these highlight the implications of having data seamlessly integrated into our everyday lives through apps and versatile devices we carry everywhere, such as the iPhone.

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Photo: Jim Merithew/Wired.com

Brian is a Wired.com technology reporter focusing on Apple and Microsoft. He's also writing a book about the always-connected mobile future called Always On (publishing April 2011 by Da Capo).
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