Mobile printing gets easier with or without AirPrint

 How to configure a tidy printing workflow

Simdega We can now use our mobile devices for many of the tasks that once required a computer. Unfortunately, for the longest time, printing documents didn’t feel like one of them.

Funtua The situation improved whenAirPrint became available, along with a gaggle of compatible printers from the likes of Epson, HP, Canon, and others. Yes, there have been improvements, but we still have a ways to go before printing becomes as ubiquitous and as easy on our devices as it is on our Macs.

While we wait for that day, we can still output prints right now from the iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch. By spending a little time reviewing the iOS software available, and the Wi-Fi printers that can use it, we can configure a tidy workflow that will have us dishing out email attachments and photos faster than a short-order chef.

Not all of these configurations are AirPrint related. And for the moment, we’re not bringing our Mac into the workflow either.

In the past we’ve covered popular workarounds that involve using the Mac as an intermediary device to manage the print jobs. One of our favorites is Printopia, which lets your Mac share all or any configured printers, no matter how they’re connected to your Mac, with iOS devices on your local wireless network.

These solutions are terrific—if you don’t mind having your computer as part of the printing workflow. But if you do mind, there are still options that allow direct communication between your mobile device and the printer. Here are some of the major ones available.

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