How to print from the iPad

[Locut0s]

 

[Mike Gayner]

That was funny until I googled and discovered this device actually doesn't have a print function. OMFG Apple fail.

BTW, picture imbedding now exists.

 

[Locut0s]

That was funny until I googled and discovered this device actually doesn't have a print function. OMFG Apple fail.

BTW, picture imbedding now exists.

WTF why did I post the StumbleUpon link? I did mean to embed it. :hmm:

One of the main reasons it can't print of course is that it has no hardware I/O to speak of accept for the proprietary Apple port at the bottom.

 

[Mike Gayner]

WTF why did I post the StumbleUpon link? I did mean to embed it. :hmm:

One of the main reasons it can't print of course is that it has no hardware I/O to speak of accept for the proprietary Apple port at the bottom.

Yeah but it just plain doesn't support printing. Eg, not even over wifi to a network printer.

 

[Locut0s]

Yeah but it just plain doesn't support printing. Eg, not even over wifi to a network printer.

Yeah. Leave it to apple 🙂 Their solution of course the iPad 2! It will now print over WiFi!!!....... to the iPrinter! D:

 

[rockyct]

I doubt many people really miss that, but still that's pretty sad. Although, you have to manually make a print bookmark in Chrome to be able to print.

 

[Mike Gayner]

I doubt many people really miss that, but still that's pretty sad. Although, you have to manually make a print bookmark in Chrome to be able to print.

Wut? I can print from any page - I don't know WTF a print bookmark is.

 

[rockyct]

Wut? I can print from any page - I don't know WTF a print bookmark is.

There's no print button in Chrome so you have to manually make a "bookmark" that launches a script.

 

[Mike Gayner]

There's no print button in Chrome so you have to manually make a "bookmark" that launches a script.

 

[guyver01]

There's no print button in Chrome so you have to manually make a "bookmark" that launches a script.

Are you talking chrome on the ipad? or chrome in general?
To print the webpage you're currently on, click the Page

menu and select Print. You can also right-click anywhere on the page and select Print.

 

[rockyct]

Are you talking chrome on the ipad? or chrome in general?
To print the webpage you're currently on, click the Page

menu and select Print. You can also right-click anywhere on the page and select Print.

The problem is that my dad wanted Chrome on his netbook but couldn't print even after I showed him a few of those options. He wanted an actual print button and after googleing, the only way to do that is to make a bookmark that prints. In firefox, you can enable a print button.

 

[rockyct]

That's not a print button, it's a way of printing.

 

[Mike Gayner]

That's not a print button, it's a way of printing.

WTF u srs? Your father isn't that smart, is he?

edit: BTW text

But frankly, if your dad can't click Page -> Print or Right Click -> Print then he shouldn't own a computer.

 

[guyver01]

but couldn't print even after I showed him a few of those options. He wanted an actual print button

no offense... but i woulda told him Chrome was for people who can walk and chew gum at the same time.

If he can't understand RIGHT CLICK ... PRINT...

then he doesn't deserve Chrome, let alone a netbook.

 

[rockyct]

WTF u srs? Your father isn't that smart, is he?

edit: BTW text

But frankly, if your dad can't click Page -> Print or Right Click -> Print then he shouldn't own a computer.

Do you know anyone over 50? He actually got a full ride to Stanford.

no offense... but i woulda told him Chrome was for people who can walk and chew gum at the same time.

If he can't understand RIGHT CLICK ... PRINT...

then he doesn't deserve Chrome, let alone a netbook.

I don't know why he wanted to use Chome, but I do think the additional screen space and the smaller footprint makes it a good fit for a netbook. He understood right click print fine, but kept forgetting it.

 

[guyver01]

He understood right click print fine, but kept forgetting it.

Ahh... Alzheimers... shoulda told us right from the start.

 

[Mike Gayner]

Do you know anyone over 50? He actually got a full ride to Stanford.

Yes, my dad is also well over 50, and I've taught him things way more advanced than Page -> Print. Hell, he has even managed to string 3 clicks together sometimes.

 

[rockyct]

Ahh... Alzheimers... shoulda told us right from the start.

lol, no. He just doesn't use his netbook that much so he forgets.

 

[Kaido]

Repost

 

[Lonyo]

Yes, my dad is also well over 50, and I've taught him things way more advanced than Page -> Print. Hell, he has even managed to string 3 clicks together sometimes.

My dad managed to buy and set up a new router when the old one broke, and he's in his mid-50s.
Although he does use Firefox and ended up with half a dozen stupid toolbars installed.

 

[ElFenix]

there is a print button(s). ctrl-p.

 

[InflatableBuddha]

*sigh* People who use computers by memory without learning how to actually perform a task are lame.

 

[SlitheryDee]

The Ipad can't print? That's unfuckingbelievable. The holes in the ipad's functionality just seem more and more glaring as time goes by.

 

[rudeguy]

there is a print button(s). ctrl-p.

THIS

Why do people need to click on stuff?

I still miss Windows UU

 

[Crono]

The Ipad can't print? That's unfuckingbelievable. The holes in the ipad's functionality just seem more and more glaring as time goes by.

People don't seem to understand that it was designed to be a limited application tablet computer, not a desktop, laptop, or even netbook replacement.

When scroll computers come out I bet people are going to be whining that they don't have physical keyboards.