![]() Lastly as a quick tidy up if you set the AirPrint account you will notice that you now have another user on your Welcome screen. The tick on the left side indicates that the authorisation has been accepted and you can use the printer. Put in the user name and password and your printer box will now look like this. Tapping on the box will bring up a login for the printer. You won’t see this if you don’t have a password for the account that AirPrint is using. The padlock on the right indicates that the account is locked. The first time you use it, it will look something like this. It should find your shared printer, if not check your firewall and ensure that the printer is definitely shared. On your iOS device open an app that allows printing, eg Safari.Ĭlick on and choose Print. On the Sharing tab tick the Share this printer box, put in a name if you want to (the default is fine) and click OK. Right click the printer you wish to share and click Printer properties. If you need to share a printer click Start>Devices and Printers. Consult your firewall help files for how to do this. Next, if you have a firewall you will need to allow C:program files (x86)AirPrintairprint.exe for 64bit systems or C:program filesAirPrintairprint.exe for 32bit systems through the firewall. The information needed will be added to the registry for you. Double click on the correct one for your system and click Yes in the pop up box. One is for 64 bit systems and the other for 32 bit systems. In there you will find two files called AirPrint iOS 5 Fix. Go back to the Windows AirPrint Installer iOS 5 for x86 圆4 folder. There are a couple of other steps you need to perform to make it work though.įirst of all, if your iOS device is running version 5 and above you will need to make a registry fix. Then reboot your PC.ĪirPrint is now installed on your PC and will run automatically when you boot up. Next make sure the Service Startup box says Auto and click Install AirPrint Service. Once you have chosen AirPrint and put in a password click Update and the program will create a Standard User account in Windows for you. The AirPrint option though allows you to set a password and is the best option if you want to keep your PC secure. The installation notes suggest you use the guest account but that doesn’t have a password either and presents a big security risk because the first thing a hacker will try when attacking your PC is the guest account. Clicking on the dropdown arrow gives you a further two options AirPrint and Use Guest Account. This means that if you use a password on your account the service isn’t going to work. As you can see it automatically picks the Windows account you are logged on to but it doesn’t give you the option of putting in a password. The following box will appear on your screen.īefore you install the service you may need to make a change to the AirPrint Auth box. Right click on AirPrint_Installer.exe and in the context menu click Run as administrator. Once you have extracted the files, open the location and look in the Windows AirPrint Installer iOS 5 for x86 圆4 folder. Once you have determined that you can use the installer download it from the link above and extract all the zipped files to a location of your choice. You can find out which version you are running by looking in Settings>General>About>Version You also need to have iOS 4.2.1 or above on your device. Your iOS device needs to be on the same network and you need full admin rights to set it up because the installer adds and enables a service. In order to use AirPrint Installer you need to make sure you are using iTunes 10.1 or above with shared Wifi and printer. First though there are some prerequisites, so can you use it? The setup pretty much does everything for you, but there are a couple of tweaks that I think are important. That was AirPrint Installer for Windows 7/Vista/XP. I had to tell him that we weren't able to print any from it, but I came away thinking that there must be a way to print from my iOS devices without an AirPrint enabled printer.Īfter some research I found that in fact there is! There are a couple of options but the one I found was effective and easy to set up. Last week I was helping my son with his homework and all excited he asked if he could use my new iPad to find some photos for his project.
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