

- #HANDYPRINT ALTERNATIVE FREE MAC OSX#
- #HANDYPRINT ALTERNATIVE FREE INSTALL#
- #HANDYPRINT ALTERNATIVE FREE UPGRADE#
EuroSmartz also published a very basic printing app for the ipad that allows you to test if your printer is supported.

If you do a search on the Apple Appstore, you will find many other alternatives. This is going for A$7.49 at the moment (with a 30% discount that will end soon). iOS apps such as the Print n Share app written by EuroSmartz. As far as I am aware, AirPrint Activator is freeware.Ĥ. Take note that AirPrint Activator’s user interface is in German. Stanley has contributed to an extremely well written post here –. I didn’t research enough but it looks to me that HandyPrint is an offspring of the AirPrint Activator. I believed HandyPrint is donationware but I am not sure.ģ. Not very useful for me at this stage, although I do use a hackintosh. It looks like this is only available for the Mac. I have downloaded a trial version and it works extremely well and is in my opinion the most seamless way to do printing from the ipad.Ģ. This cost $19.95 and is available for both Windows and Mac platform.
#HANDYPRINT ALTERNATIVE FREE INSTALL#
In a nutshell, most of these software will require you to install an auxiliary helper program on the PC/Mac that act as a “relay” to receive the printing signal from the ipad and route it to the right printer connected to the PC/Mac. A quick research on the internet reveals that we have the following choices:ġ. But the principle behind these software is pretty similar. If you are looking to setup the same thing, I hope this post can help you.įortunately there are software developers who recognized these kind of needs and wrote software that circumvent the Apple way of doing things. I am not prepared to buy a new printer just to have AirPrint capability so I will need to improvise. I don’t always print from my ipad but having this capability is not a bad thing….plus I have a bit of time on my hands right now.Īpple has coined this “AirPrint” thingy and made it into a proprietary protocol such that only printers with AirPrint support can be used. So now that I have a working network share multi-function printer, I guess the next step is to setup the printer so that it can be “airprinted” from my ipad. You can read this post here – Buffalo Quad Pro – Network USB Navigator and Multi-function Printer/Scanner the setting up of a Multi-function printer/scanner via the network USB interface on the Buffalo Linkstation Quad Pro.
#HANDYPRINT ALTERNATIVE FREE UPGRADE#
Upgrade now to ensure no interruptions in printing from your iOS devices.This is a follow up to my earlier blog post re. handyPrint v5 brings handyPrint to Mavericks OSX 10.9 v3 and v4 do not work under OSX 10.9.

Since most customers already donated between $5 and $10, we expect most of you will get a ‘free’ upgrade. We are also crediting your past donation towards this. HandyPrint v5 has raised the minimum donation to $5 and we are giving free licenses to anyone who already donated $5 or more. No need to manually start the application. Once you turn the application switch to ON it will start on it’s own every time you login to you user account. You simply copy it to the Applications folder and run it from there. v5 has been re-designed as a standard application similar to the ones you would find in the Apple App Store.
#HANDYPRINT ALTERNATIVE FREE MAC OSX#
HandyPrint™ v5 is a 64 bit Mac OSX application that allow you to print from your iPods, iPads and iPhones on printers that do not support the AirPrint protocol. Top Software Keywords Show more Show less
