On 02/16/2012 05:39 PM, Tom Gundersen wrote: > Hi David, > > On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 10:22 PM, David C. Rankin > <drankinatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I updated the avahi wiki to include a useful snippet about enabling print >> capabilities from mobile devices. Please review and revise if there are any >> tweaks needed. Thanks. >> >> https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Avahi#Airprint_from_Mobile_Devices > > I have never manually set up something like this, so I might be wrong > here. However, on my parent's Ubuntu machine this "just worked" > without any configuration at all, so I'm a bit surprised that a > printer specific configuration is needed. > > Cheers, > > Tom > I had to manually add it to get the iPhone to print directly to the laserjet. Other hardware may do a better job, but if you need to print from iOS, you have to manually create the service. (It may be intentional - there are several pay-to-print apps available...) -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
