Essential Guide

Browse Sections

Android isn't down for the count
Windows mobile devices in the enterprise
Glossary of mobile device management terms

BACKGROUND IMAGE: iSTOCK/GETTY IMAGES

This content is part of the Essential Guide: Enterprise mobile security smackdown: iOS vs. Android vs. Windows

Definition

Apple AirPrint

WhatIs.com

Contributor(s): Colin Steele

Apple AirPrint is a mobile printing feature that lets end users print from an iPad, iPhone (3GS or later) or iPod touch (3rd generation or later). Apps that use the iOS printing system can also use AirPrint.

AirPrint uses the Bonjour networking technologies to discover and communicate directly with AirPrint-enabled printers on the same Wi-Fi network. Additionally, iOS devices can use AirPrint to print to printers shared by a Mac OS X computer or a desktop PC.

This was last updated in December 2012

Continue Reading About Apple AirPrint

New mobile printing app solves some enterprise problems

Bonjour gateway gives Apple users greater mobility

Mobile printing plagues BYOD

Dig Deeper on Apple iOS in the enterprise

Printing from mobile devices evolves with EMM market, GDPR With many organizations using EMM to keep track of devices, apps and data, the information that users must share with printers can sometimes be forgotten.

Centrally-managed direct IP printing: Is PrinterLogic breaking new ground or exposing new problems? PrinterLogic's centrally-managed direct IP printing seems refreshingly simple, but will it work across all of desktop virtualization?

Mobile printing options still aren't up to snuff Mobile printing hasn't made progress in the enterprise the way other mobile apps have, and some question whether it ever will.

Tricerat Simplify Printing TX allows your mobile device to print to any network printer, even home! I often forget about printing until I absolutely need it, and from my home office where I blog, make PowerPoint presentations, send emails, and take briefings, I rarely have a need to print. When I do, it's usually a pretty simple laptop-network-printer operation without any real complexity.

Printing from remote desktops on iOS devices isn't impossible Citrix's X1 Mouse makes accessing a remote session from an iOS device doable, but what if you have to print? ThinPrint's Mobile Print feature simplifies what was once a multi-step process.

Cortado’s enterprise mobility management offering is continuing to expand with cool new features Most people know Cortado for their line of ThinPrint products. (And just to clear up any confusion, they're the same company, they just changed their name from ThinPrint to Cortado a while ago.

Essential Guide

Apple AirPrint

Continue Reading About Apple AirPrint

Dig Deeper on Apple iOS in the enterprise

Start the conversation

0 comments

Please create a username to comment.

-ADS BY GOOGLE

File Extensions and File Formats

SearchNetworking

Consider these 5 FAQs for network monitoring best practices

Cisco's Silicon One networking chip targets cloud data centers

7 factors to consider in network redundancy design

SearchUnifiedCommunications

Microsoft Teams for Linux launches in public preview

Microsoft offers few upgrades for Skype server in 2019

CPaaS market evolves to meet changing business needs

SearchSecurity

Google expands multiple Chrome password protection features

RSA teams up with Yubico for passwordless authentication

Pentagon CMMC program to vet contractor cybersecurity

Continue Reading About Apple AirPrint

Related Terms

Dig Deeper on Apple iOS in the enterprise

Start the conversation

0 comments

Register

Login

Forgot your password?

Your password has been sent to:

Please create a username to comment.

File Extensions and File Formats