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How to print with the iPad Tablet

Browsing through the iPad tablet forums you can find a lot of people asking, "Can I print with the iPad tablet?". If so they ask what print apps work the best. I have almost clichéd myself by repeating that Apple has an app for almost everything you want to do with an iPad and printing is definitely not the last thing you would want to do with an iPad. So sleep easy! There is more than one way to get your documents and photos printed from an iPad.

Delving deep into the issue of printing with your iPad, one has to accept the fact that the Apple iPad does not provide a built in application that enables easy doc printing. It is easy to understand the apprehensions of people. But there are rumors running around that the only way to get your documents printed are by syncing your files with a Mac or PC connected to a printer. It’s a shoddy suggestion to say the least!

You can be rest assured there are surefire ways to print with the iPad tablet directly without having to go for a workaround! But before we discuss which print apps work the best with the iPad we might as well take a look at all the possible ways of getting the documents in your iPad printed!

The easiest approach is to connect your iPad to a Wi-Fi printer and get the job done without a fuss! With a bit more time on your hands you could always look for a Wi-Fi printer which is connected to a Mac/PC. If nothing else seems to work there is one fail safe method to fall back on. You can run a server at the background of your Mac/PC every time you are needing to print. This definitely does not hit the sweet spot with most people. But as mentioned it’s a default method that will never fail you.

Enough of the circuitous ways to get a simple document printed. Let’s get to the easy part. If you happen to have a Wi-Fi enabled Cannon printer all you need to do is download the free Cannon Easy photo print app which was originally designed for the iPhone. If that doesn’t work well for you, try the ePrint app which is not free but comes at a trifling cost of $3. HP also has a photo app called iPrint Photo that worked very well for us but our favorite by far was the Pixma MX860 Cannon printer that also prints stunning photos at a maximum of 9600 x 2400 DPI.

It always takes a bit of work to come up with the most effective solution. As promised, we have done the research for you. ActivePrint from Pocket Watch is likely to be the next big thing in Apple apps. Thanks to this new app you can use the 3G, Wi-Fi, or EDGE to connect to a printer and get your documents on paper in no time!

Pocket Watch, LLC., has come up with an ultimate printing app by making use of all the available resources. You can print anything ranging from word processor documents, to spreadsheets, and presentation files with very little effort.

You can even print photos from your iPhone with this app. This app is truly the cats meow! You can print the contents from your Address books and web page printing is a cake walk. You can print text that is typed on the notepad screen. Further this app is a generic app which allows you to connect and print with most printers. What more do you need? Very little can the gadget critiques say against this app!

Information from ActivePrint.net:

Features available in this new version of ActivePrint 7 for your iPad:

• Print photos from your photo album or your device’s camera

• Print the contents of your device’s clipboard, letting you easily print content from other apps!

• Print contacts from the address book and web pages

• Print plain text from a built in notepad screen

• Support for multiple copies, portrait/landscape printing, different quality of printing, and color or black & white printing

• Print via any internet connect (Wi-Fi or EDGE/3G network)

To sum it up. Purchase a compatible Wi-Fi Cannon printer, install the Cannon Easy Printer photo app for printing all your photos, and the Active Print app for printing your documents.

With Apple constantly thinking about reinventing the wheel, we are not too far away from a comprehensive proprietary apps for printing!