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Wireless printing

Dingle_berry · 2012-12-07 16:38:20

The OH has a mac book pro. We both have iPhones. No wifi at home we just use the phones hotspot function. Are there printers available that (preferably with minimal effort) could print wirelessly using Bluetooth or the hotspot connection? Would this reduce the quality/size of what you could print compared to using a wifi…

07-12-2012 4:38pm

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The OH has a mac book pro. We both have iPhones. No wifi at home we just use the phones hotspot function.
Are there printers available that (preferably with minimal effort) could print wirelessly using Bluetooth or the hotspot connection? Would this reduce the quality/size of what you could print compared to using a wifi network?

Any googling just brings up stuff about AirPrint that seems to require a wifi network like AirPlay does. What's the point of the Bluetooth in the MacBook then?

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#2 07-12-2012 5:20pm

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i think my printer prints from an email. you send the doc to its registered email address and it prints.
Ive never tried it but i think that was the feature on the box. was a cheap hp printer from pc world so id assume most decent printer can print wirelessly now.

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