At least one computer must be on running the Genie app for iOS devices to see its attached printers. Keep in mind that although Genie comes with Netgear routers, the AirPrint service is not a network service like the Lantronix xPrintServer appliances and EFI's PrintMe Mobile server software - it is not running on the network but on your computers. Maybe Apple should license the technology from Netgear or Lantronix! However, Genie's existence makes me wonder why Apple's own AirPort routers don't automatically AirPrint-enable network printers. For most home and small-office environments, that's all you need. AirPrint support in Genie is simply one of several router management capabilities that Netgear offers - a bonus of a sort. You don't get any of the printer configuration capabilities of FingerPrint or Printopia, nor their print-to-file capabilities. Netgear's Genie router-management application for OS X and Windows offers AirPrint support as a bonus. Run Printopia on your Mac to share your printers with your iPhone, iPad or. That's it! As long as the computer and Genie app are running, its printers are available to iOS devices. Use AirPrint to print to shared printers on your Mac, from your iPhone or iPad. On your computer, go to Genie's AirPrint pane and enable the printers you want to make AirPrint-compatible. (It works only with selected - meaning recent-model - Netgear routers.) Note that the Genie iOS and Android clients let you manage your Netgear router but not AirPrint you do that from the computer whose printers you are AirPrint-enabling. There's a version for OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard or later, as well as for Windows XP Service Pack 3 or later.
(I tested it with the WNDR3800, WNDR4500, and R6300 routers, all of which I really liked as routers.) You can download Genie from Netgear's website to as many Macs and Windows PCs as you have on your network - there's no per-client price as with FingerPrint and Printopia. Netgear Genie The simplest of the three application-based AirPrint options is the nicely designed Genie router-management app that comes with Netgear's WNDR and R series of wireless routers, as well as with its wireless repeaters. The Printopia system preference for enabling AirPrint on OS X. Plus, you get the ability to select duplex printing for printers that offer that capability. Like FingerPrint, it can "print" to JPEG or PDF files sent to your Mac or apps such as iPhoto and Evernote. You may additionally see Printopia’s Ship To Mac and Ship To Dropbox on Mac digital printers. Straightforward, Instantaneous Set-up Double-click to put in Printopia, and inside seconds see most any related printers in your iPhone, iPad or iPod Contact. The company offers a time-limited trial version, so you can test it in your environment before buying.Ĭonfiguration options include paper size, color settings, toner efficiency, password protection for printers, the network port, and the printer icons in iOS's printer list to distinguish Printopia-enabled printers from other AirPrint printers). Printopia even helps many password-protected printers. Printopia Ecamm's OS X-only Printopia also installs as a service on Mac OX 10.5.8 Leopard or later, but you manage it through a system preference on the Mac.
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