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Apple Cancels AirPrint Support for Mac and Windows?

Apple Cancels AirPrint Support for Mac and Windows?

Posted November 10, 2010 at 1:43am by iClarified
Apple may have canceled support for AirPrint through Mac and Windows, according to a MacStories report.

"AirPrint is Apple's powerful new printing architecture that matches the simplicity of iOS—no set up, no configuration, no printer drivers and no software to download," said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. "iPad, iPhone and iPod touch users can simply tap to print their documents or photos wirelessly to an HP ePrint printer or to a printer shared on a Mac or PC."

We have been told from a few Mac developers that a few days ago Apple removed all the references to printing via OS X 10.6.5 and PCs both from Readme files and other online documentation posted in the iOS developer center. It seems like all that’s now mentioned in the release notes are the aforementioned HP networked printers, as if the shared printing option never existed.


A developer says after contacting Apple's Tech Support they confirmed the feature "cancelled".

"Support for AirPrint on Windows and Mac has been cancelled. We will be in contact with you if another opportunity arises in the future."

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Apple Cancels AirPrint Support for Mac and Windows?


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Leonick
Leonick - November 10, 2010 at 8:09am
Well that sucks... and it sure was unexpected... Can't say it's to much of a loss though, wasn't to happy about the idea that you have to share the printer (this part is fine) and the enable the guest account on your computer (not ok!) for it to work...
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