AirPrint in MP305+ (clarification)

[tonnerboy]

Hi all.

I need help with airprint. I made a search here but the subject I was not ilucidated...
I have all the firmware up to date but when I try to print with an Iphone it does descover the MP305+... However it can discover some other printers like MPc401 and MPc3503...

It is part of the requirements have postscript?
Can someone help me with it? I am not a Iphone or Ipad user and I am not familiar

[tonnerboy]

Re: AirPrint in MP305+ (clarification)

My friends, This device is not supported yet from apple

[qbert69]

Re: AirPrint in MP305+ (clarification)

You can always us this!:

https://www.decisivetactics.com/products/printopia/

[rthonpm]

Re: AirPrint in MP305+ (clarification)

Why not just use Ricoh's own SmartDevice Print app? Works with all Ricoh devices and doesn't need any kind of gold star from Cupertino to work.

[qbert69]

Re: AirPrint in MP305+ (clarification)

Why not just use Ricoh's own SmartDevice Print app? Works with all Ricoh devices and doesn't need any kind of gold star from Cupertino to work.

LOL!....gold star from Cupertino!.....almost lost my coffee on that one!

Anyway, just checked here:

https://www.ricoh.com/software/printandscan/

and I don't see the MP305 listed as a supported device, which I believe is a B&W machine....the Aficio MP C305SP is listed though which is a color machine!

Just thought you'd like to be informed!...the Printopia software is brand agnostic and should work with any printer as long as you can load the print driver and the Printopia software on your computer to host the MFP on your network!

[Brianneoe]

Re: AirPrint in MP305+ (clarification)

Why not just use Ricoh's own SmartDevice Print app? Works with all Ricoh devices and doesn't need any kind of gold star from Cupertino to work.

The Print\Scan app works great but the only problem is when you want to print an email. You will need to copy/paste the email into a folder that is linked to the app when using a Iphone. In addition, you can only copy the body of the email. If someone has a quicker way to print out a email with this app I would be happy to learn.

[rthonpm]

Re: AirPrint in MP305+ (clarification)

Email printing seems to be where all of the mobile print apps seem to fall flat on their face. I don't think there's an API for the mail app for any device. The only device I can remember that made printing emails fairly easy was the HP TouchPad, though out of the box it only worked with HP printers until third party devs found a PC hosted workaround.

[Brianneoe]

Re: AirPrint in MP305+ (clarification)

Email printing seems to be where all of the mobile print apps seem to fall flat on their face. I don't think there's an API for the mail app for any device. The only device I can remember that made printing emails fairly easy was the HP TouchPad, though out of the box it only worked with HP printers until third party devs found a PC hosted workaround.

The Iphone airprint works great for email printing, but the machine needs to be airprint ready. On another note, the 301 is airprint ready but the 305 is not.