One of a facilities pulled from the iOS 4.2 refurbish during a final notation was the capability to print to any printer continuous to your Mac (more correctly, a functionality was not combined in OS X 10.6.5). Printopia, from Ecamm, solves this, without any disorderly hacks, as well as it adds some-more on top of.

You can still imitation from an iPad to a purpose-made AirPrint printer, though who wants to buy a printer these days? Nope, improved to repurpose a square of junk you already have (and lets face it, nobody has ever designed the good printer). Printopia is the preference-pane which lists any printers you have commissioned upon your Mac, as well as when you select the imitation option in any concordant iOS app, (Safari, for instance), the printer shows up right in a menu.

But what if you don’t have, or wish, the printer? Printopia has you lonesome. You can select to print to the PDF, that is afterwards saved on a Mac (in the brand-new Documents/Printopia printed matter, as well as if you have Dropbox commissioned (which you should, as it is both overwhelming as well as giveaway then there’s even an choice to save the PDF into your Dropbox. This final option should uncover up automatically, though for me it usually functions upon my MacBook, not my iMac. Then again, my complete Documents folder is inside my Dropbox so, similar to, whatever.

Printopia is accessible right away, for $10, and you can try it giveaway for the week.

Printopia product page [Ecamm]