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When Apple removed AirPrint shared printer support from Mac OS X 10.6.5, it created a functionality gap that developers moved quickly to fill. Yesterday, TUAW took a first look at FingerPrint, an AirPrint solution that enables iDevice printing to many Mac OS X shared printers. Today, we have an exclusive first peek at Printopia, a competing product from long-established Mac developer Ecamm.

Like FingerPrint, the $9.95 Printopia allows non-supported printers to work directly with Apple’s new wireless AirPrint functionality; both products also allow PowerPC users on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard to share printers for iPad use (a great way to get some utility out of that G4 Mac mini in the closet). But that’s just where Printopia gets started. This easy-to-use system control panel expands AirPrint features to provide support for Dropbox file sharing and printing to Mac-based PDF files.

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AirPrint on steroids: first look at Printopia, bringing shared printer support for iPad originally appeared on TUAW on Thu, 18 Nov 2010 11:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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FingerPrint is a new Mac OS X application from Collobos Software that enables AirPrint printing for many OS X printers. AirPrint is Apple’s new wireless printing technology for iOS devices. It works over Bonjour, Apple’s version of zero configuration networking, allowing devices and services to communicate with each other on local area networks.

As originally planned, AirPrint was supposed to provide printing to shared OS X printers and to a small group of HP printers that support HP’s ePrint mobile printing service. However, this feature was disabled in the final Mac OS X 10.6.5 release, and AirPrint now only supports the HP printers. FingerPrint brings the capability back to shared printers without having to resort to Terminal commands.

The $7.99 application works by browsing for Bonjour printer services. When it finds them, it re-advertises the printers adding a special field to the Bonjour data that indicates AirPrint compliance. By projecting that compliance information, your iOS devices are able to detect and then write to those printers using standard OS X protocols.

Update: Come back tomorrow for an exclusive first look at Ecamm’s competitive offering, Printopia for Mac

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Hands on: FingerPrint enables AirPrint for many non-compliant OS X printers originally appeared on TUAW on Wed, 17 Nov 2010 16:25:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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