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(If you want to use a USB-connected printer, it would be the PC it's connected to.) You can download a free trial, which you wouldn't want to use for long as it has a prominent watermark, or pay $19.95 for a license.

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Setup You download FingerPrint (either for Windows or Mac) to the computer that you've installed your printer's drivers on. FingerPrint lets iPhone or iPad users in a home or office with non-AirPrint printers (even Ethernet or USB-connected models) print to these devices, as long as the i-Thing and printer are connected to the same Wi-Fi network and the printer's drivers are installed on a PC. There are also plenty of non-Wi-Fi printers kicking around, and FingerPrint can extend their capabilities and perhaps their useful lifetimes as well. Although these apps may be more versatile than AirPrint, their downside is that they may take several steps to do what AirPrint can do in one or two. Most of these apps have Android as well as iOS versions, and some have Windows Phone versions as well.

For example, with many of these apps, you can initiate, save, and view scans as well as print. Printer manufacturers and their partners have also stepped up to create printing apps, most of which cost little or nothing and are more full-featured than AirPrint. The State of iOS Printing When we reviewed Printopia in February 2011, only a select few HP printers were AirPrint compatible, while today many if not most of the new Wi-Fi printers we review support AirPrint.

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