Hello I am Jamiev. New to your forum today

[jamiev]

I have a new ipad retina display. I Love it!! I am a homebuilder and residential property owner/manager. I plan to use the ipad for many work related applications. But it sure would be nice if i could print directly to a portable printer like the HP 470 , or others printers while on the jobsites. Printing at home or at the office on wi fi is nice and I plan to do that but can anyone tell me how I may print away from the wi fi network? It would make life so easy and no I would rather not want to carry a larger laptop around too. Can anyone help? Thanks and I am glad to be here!!

 

[KevinJS]

Hi Jamiev, and welcome to iPF.

HP's eprint may be useful to you. It enables you to email a document directly to your printer. My HP 3050a has the facility, although I actually bought it because its one of the cheapest AirPrint solutions I've found. $80 for the printer, and $20 each for cartridges.

 

[jamiev]

Thanks Kevin. Is that printer portable ? Does it have a battery? I could plug into one of those car plug inverters . I just need text docs. So a basic printer is fine I really appreciate your advice

 

[KevinJS]

It doesn't have a battery, but should work OK with an inverter. I would think you'll need some sort of mobile router, but I'm not really up on this stuff. The term "mi-fi" springs to mind here. You need something that will give your printer an IP address so your iPad can find it.

 

[smalltowngirl13]

Hello and welcome to the forum!

 

[jamiev]

Thank you and I m glad to be here

 

[Gabriel1]

Hi there and welcome.

There is lots of good advice and info on here plus plenty of members all too willing to help with any problems.

Remember, search is your friend. If you can't find the answer you need and you post a question then give as much info as you can to help members help you i.e. iPad 1 or 2, etc. and iOS version and name of app if the problem is with a specific app........and please don't forget to read the forum rules http://www.ipadforums.net/forum-rules-help-info/2119-forum-rules-everybody-please-read.html

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The Archangel