For a long time, iPhone and iPad owners were looking for a way to print documents from their iOS devices. For a while, the only option was to transfer documents to your Mac or PC and print from there, but the addition of the AirPrint feature to iOS finally made printing possible. However, for many people, this still proved problematic.
This is where Printopia can help. The functions of the app are two-fold. Firstly Printopia makes it possible to share a printer that is connected to your Mac so that it can be accessed by your iPhone or iPad. The second option is to ‘print’ documents as PDFs which will then be sent to your Mac ready for use.
No special printer is needed – any laser printer, inkjet, network or USB printer can be used in conjunction with Printopia. The app makes use of Dropbox to make it possible to send documents to your Mac as PDF or JPEG files so you can queue up documents for printing wherever you may be, regardless of network coverage.
It does not matter if you have a printer that is connected directly to your Mac or if you are making use of an AirPort or Time Capsule – set up and use is equally simple no matter how your system is configured.
The latest version of Printopia is 3.0 on Mac Informer. It is a perfect match for Device Assistants in the System Tools category. The app is developed by Ecamm Network, LLC and its user rating is 4.1 out of 5. Printopia perfectly works well with Mac and it is being displayed in your iPhone & as well as iPad screen, therefore the printer starts working directly for your smartphones or tablets. Choose the desired categories such as the standard of printing, paper size clicks it twice. Printopia is an application that can help you print from your iPhone or iPad. You may add unlimited virtual printers to save print-outs to your Mac as PDF files. Whether you have an inkjet printer plugged into your Mac, a laser printer plugged into your router, or even a network printer, if your Mac can print to it, Printopia will share it.
Verdict:
A simple and cost effective way to add printing capabilities to iOS if you find AirPrint to be troublesome or too restricted.
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