What is AirPrint?
AirPrint is Apple’s driverless printing technology. It enables Apple devices including the
iPhone
®
, iPad
®
, iPod touch
®
and even Mac
®
OS X
®
to print to AirPrint-enabled devices,
without installing drivers or downloading software.
What are the requirements for using
AirPrint?
Network Requirements
AirPrint requires that devices are discoverable via the Bonjour
®
protocol. Bonjour is
Multicast DNS (mDNS) based. In some networks, mDNS traffic is not allowed to be passed
across subnets. In these instances, a device will only be discoverable if the Apple iOS
®
device and the AirPrint-capable Xerox
®
device are on the same subnet.
Xerox
®
Device Requirements:
Xerox
®
ConnectKey™ Devices launched in 2013. For the most current list of devices that
have been updated with the .dlm AirPrint enablement software, please visit
www.xerox.com/connectkey.
The Xerox
®
device can be configured for wired or wireless networking. There is no
requirement for a Xerox
®
device to be wirelessly enabled. The Apple iOS device will be
using wireless. For AirPrint to work with a wired printer, the wired and wireless network
segments need to be bridged and allow mDNS traffic to be routed between them.
Apple Device Requirements
To use AirPrint, you will need one of the following devices with the latest version of iOS:
• iPad (all models)
• iPhone (3GS or later)
• iPod touch (3rd generation or later)
AirPrint OS X Requirements
• OS X 10.6 and above
• See www.apple.com for the latest operating systems that support AirPrint
Applications that Support AirPrint
You can print from these any iOS application that supports the Print function. For example:
iBooks
®
, Mail, iPhoto
®
, and Safari
®
. Other applications are available from the App Store
and may also offer this feature.
