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Posted by on Oct 15 2011 (updated on May 2 2014) in • • • • • • • Update: Friday, July 12, 2013. Unfortunately, buy-it-once FingerPrint is no longer sold, replaced by, which I haven't tested, but is reviewed by The Wall Street Journal. This article kept for archival purposes only.

Update: Sunday, September 23, 2012. New version 2.1 released, read newer article at Update: Saturday, February 11, 2012. New version 1.2.0.278 released If you use Dropbox, don't forget to go into FingerPrint preferences, and specify your Dropbox folder, then you'll be able to 'print' to Dropbox too! Update: Monday, January 30, 2012.

Printing from any iOS 5.0 device (iPad, iPhone) to non-AirPrint printers is now even easier. You heard it here on TinkerTry.com first, read the Collobos Software Press Release: Thanks for your support of Collobos!

FingerPrint as a service is now OFFICIALLY available for Windows. We are really excited about it and have even more cool stuff in the pipeline!! Best, Lanny, CMO www.collobos.com TinkerTry.com is now able to offer affiliate links to secure Collobus site, no discount codes required: Given Collobos' apparent success with this product, it wouldn't be surprising if their pricing increased soon, so consider yourself warned. The list of Apple's natively supported AirPrint compatible printers is rather short, seen at, where it also mentions that 'AirPrint only works with a network connection to an AirPrint-capable printer. A printer connected to the USB port of your Mac, PC, AirPort Base Station, or Time Capsule is not supported.'

Like many others, I'm not particularly interested in buying new printers. Just install FingerPrint on PC or Mac, ideally on an always-on system or VM, then you or anybody on your network can then easily print from any iOS 4.2-or-later device (iPad and iPhone). What could FingerPrint running as a Windows service mean, to you? Well, it's even easier to print from your iOS devices, helping many folks avoid the wasteful need to buy an printer, especially if you already have printers you're happy with. My family has already enjoyed using networked printers and USB printers in my home for years.

Since October 2011, any iPhone or iPad on my network can use native iOS functionality, to print to those same old printers, without needing any 3rd party Apps on the iPad/iPhone. This is exactly what I wanted, and training others takes about 5 seconds. See also the, and a good TUAW article. Here's 's tests of FingerPrint for Mac: See also this very recent video of Scott from Collobos, at MacWorld / iWorld: Foot Notes: Here's, where he discusses having to adjust his DLink DIR-655 to enable multicast, so Bonjour could do it's thing. Sean also opened a firewall port 6631, mentioned on the, but as you'll see in my simple tests, this wasn't necessary in my case.

Below is how the original article appeared, Oct 15, 2011, with two new screenshots added: Originally entitled 'Windows Home Server as an iOS Print Server - AirPrint Compatibility Not Required' With the recent release of iOS 5.0, many an iPad or iPhone users found themselves unable to print at all. The existing home-network based printing solutions, that offered printing from non-AirPrint printers, no longer worked. Something changed in iOS 5.0 that broke those functions, so now the wait for a workaround or fix began. Examples of workarounds included, which required you to install iTunes or Bonjour Printer Services separately, then run their Service installer (with no obvious uninstaller).

But it did work, as also described by and. That was until iOS 5.0 came out. The solution surfaced today, Oct 15 2011, with ipadhelp.com posting this article entitled. Great screenshots walk you through the solution to this problem: he cost is $7.99 for Mac or $9.99 for Windows, with no special software or apps are needed on the iOS device, instead merely leveraging the AirPrint UI many apps have supported since iOS 4.2. I tested FingerPrint for Windows version 1.0.0.136 with iOS 5.0 today.

I started with discovering the printers using built in drivers in Windows Home Server 2011 (based on Windows 2008 R2). Then I installed FingerPrint in seconds, simply sharing those printers out to all iOS devices. It doesn't actually use, or require, the Windows native network sharing, which I left off for these already-shared networked printers. FingerPrint uses uses that it's bundled with. Printing was fast and easy, just as fast as from a PC, even for a 4x6 photo. Of course, any Windows variant will do, not just servers.

Any system, ideally something efficient if left running 24x7. So it could be a Windows 7 laptop, or Mac OS X on a mac mini.

Here's the 4 printers I've tested to date: (4x6 photo printer attached to WHS2011 by USB 2.0) (using native driver the Add Printer Wizard offered) (using native driver the Add Printer Wizard offered) (using driver the Add Printer Wizard offered from Windows Update) I also noticed printers added to Windows at any time automatically show up in FingerPrint, with no need to even restart FingerPrint. Here's the backstory: The list of Apple's natively supported AirPrint compatible printers is rather short, as seen in the kb article, where it also mentions that 'AirPrint only works with a network connection to an AirPrint-capable printer.

A printer connected to the USB port of your Mac, PC, AirPort Base Station, or Time Capsule is not supported. Epoxy Resin Formulators Training Manual. ' Which to me, meant my old AirPort express's USB port was unlikely to ever provide me with network printing from iOS devices to non-AirPrint printers. Like many others, I'm not particularly interested in buying new printers. Here's the upsides: • No new hardware purchases necessary, if your printer works with FingerPrint • No special apps needed on iOS devices, just select the Print option, it's crazy easy (see screenshots above), and fast (4x6 photos printed in same 40 seconds as with a PC) Here's the downsides (mostly just nit picking): • The program is not installed as a service, so without further tweaking, you'll have to have a machine that's on 24x7 and logged on for it to work. Tell Collobus of your interest. (fixed Jan 2012) • If the photo color's aren't to your liking on the iPhone or iPad, this won't give you that function, you'll need to try to fix the photo with some of the new photo editing built into iOS 5.0, or use other 3rd party App Store apps. But you can always use your PC, just go to the new iCloud '/My Photo Stream' folder that automatically shows your latest iPhone photos.

• You might not have fancy features (like stapler or scanning, etc), but I was able to specify duplex on my multifunction Brother MFC-9840CDW just fine • I like ability to test with a trial edition, before purchasing the license. The help system is very clear about the what it does and encourages you to test it for yourself.

• It appears that for FingerPrint's 'Open On My PC' to work with a Home Server, you'd need to have a PDF viewer installed (vulnerability), which isn't practical or desirable, just a minor nit. • This only works when you're home. Perhaps someday they'll be a Hamachi VPN for iOS or Android to connect to your network seamlessly when you're away. But at this point, if you're not on your home's network, you won't be able to print, directly anyway, and I've heard the Dropbox integration, which wasn't installed on my FingerPrint system prior to the screenshots and videos, could be a good way around this, using VBS scripts to autoprint stuff in that Dropbox folder, or just manually printing from a PC or Mac when you return home. • Here's a great spot to consider making your comments: existing thread, or right below on Disqus. Here's the video I recording of my own tests: (using Windows Home Server 2011) I recorded a video that demonstrates finding a printer, installing FingerPrint, then test printing to that printer. Disclaimer Emphasis is on home test labs, not production environments.

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