![]() One way or the other, it was easy to print, even if you didn't have the software that shipped with the printer. You just might not be able to use all of the features build into the printer. Use the generic postscript laser printer PPD and you can still print. Don't have the right PPD for the printer that you have handy? Fine. You had the "laserwriter printer driver" in your computer and a PPD for the given printer. I loved when I had postscript (or postscript emulation) printers at home. But, print a hardcopy? If only it was that easy! Unlike an iPhone, you can do some serious work on an ipad. The lack of a true printing architecture is one of the reasons I don't own an ipad yet. The system that exists right now is jerry-rigged at best and, overall, a big pain in the butt. ![]() If you have an iPad, iPhone 3GS or later, or an iPod touch (3G or later), it’ll be the first thing you’ll want to install on your Mac after Apple releases iOS 4.2.1.I've been saying for a long time that Apple needs to include an actual reliable printing architecture in the iOS. This is one of those coming of age products that we knew was coming and that would fulfill the promise of, especially, the iPad. Suddenly, iOS 4.2 on your iPhone or iPad, will bring it to life. It’s not expensive, but it’s very capable.
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