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My mom is in the market for a new computer and is looking at the iMac 21.5. I have a question. As she has an iphone and a wifi router will she be able to print from phone to printer and also stream music with a non Apple router or does she need to buy the Airport/Airport Extreme? Any help would be most appreciated.
Has to be an AirPrint printer (see list below) in order to print from an iOS device.
Buy AirPrint Printers - Wireless Printers for iPad - Apple Store (U.S.)
Thank you very much for the information.
Not strictly true. I have an Epson Stylus NX330 wi-fi multifunction printer and installed the free Epson iPrint app and I am able to print from my iPhone and iPad without issue. My wi-fi modem is a Cisco unit provided by my ISP.
The app also gives the user access to other features with the printer and access to online doc services for printing.
I understand from others that the Epson will also print from an iDevice without the app, but as its free....
Not sure on the music streaming - it seems to me that it would have to be the Airport (and I think, the music output plugged into it) or via AirPlay, a Apple TV box or Airplay-enabled receiver.
There is also an app called " HP Home and Biz" that lets you print from iPhone and iPad to any HP printer over Wi-Fi.
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Tks for the info GolfnCPA,
Good Luck
Glad I could help. Best to you.
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Apparently a number of printer manufacturers have apps in the App Store for doing wireless printing. YOu can try searching if you are interested in a particular printer.
Any router should work fine but may be a little more finicky to set up.
There's also "air print enabler" which allows the iPhone to print to any printer attached to the Mac.
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I can print to my HP Photosmart printer (plugged into my router) without using any app.