One of the most meaning andanticipated additions to iOS 4.2(due this calendar month ) is AirPrint , a feature that enables wireless printing by iOS machine . But it ’s pop out to look like some facet of AirPrint may not be operational when iOS 4.2 arrives .
Some reportssuggest that Apple may have scaled back the capabilities of AirPrint , removing the ability for Macs and PCs to divvy up their local printer with iOS gimmick . ( Nobody is questioning the condition of AirPrint ’s ability to publish direct to a limited number of HP printers , which manifestly remains self-colored . )
to begin with , Apple said that not only would the AirPrint feature of speech permit exploiter to publish straight off to compatible wireless printer to be offer from HP , but user would also be able to print to shared printers available on their Macs and PCs .
Mac developers have reported that Apple posted pre - release variant of Mac OS X 10.6.5 , a forthcoming update , which included initial support for AirPrint share-out . But now those developers are report that Apple has removed references to the shared - printing machine functionality from documentation , as well as from the software system seeded to developers .
“ There ’s nothing in 10.6.5 for sharing printer to iPads , ” one developer , utter on the shape of anonymity , toldMacworld .
publically , Apple has said nothing about the change . On the topic of AirPrint , Apple’spage on the 4.2 updatesays only “ photographic print chain mail , photo , web page , and more directly to a pressman on a wireless web . ”
Apple voice Trudy Muller made a similar statement toMacworld , enunciate : “ With iOS 4.2 available this month , iPad , iPhone and iPod touch users can publish to like a shot to AirPrint compatible printers without the need to instal drivers or download software program . HP is bringing AirPrint to their fall lineup of ePrint printers include the Photosmart , Officejet , Officejet Pro and LaserJet Pro serial . ” Muller decline to gloss about enable Macs and personal computer to share a printer with iOS machine via AirPrint .
Some reports haveerroneously interpretedthe removal of AirPrint reference work in 10.6.5 as the lineament being “ cancelled , ” which is n’t accurate . One irate substance abuser laboring under this misapprehension even e - mailed Apple CEO Steve Jobs about it , prompting a response from Jobssaying that “ AirPrint has not been pull , ” along with an admonition not to believe everything that one reads .
Still , bring down AirPrint ’s functionality could diminish the appeal to many users : instead of being able to partake their existing printers with their iOS gadget , they would have to buy a Modern AirPrint - compatible printer .
Of course , there ’s nothing to say that the shared - pressman functionality of AirPrint wo n’t surface at some point in the future — or that enterprising third parties wo n’t work out out a way to bridge the spread . But for now , at least , it appears that iOS devices will not handlequiteeverything that ’s primed to print .
