Someone posted something to the list recently about a device that helps 
you print from an iPhone.

When I was shopping for my new printer, some of the units included 
printing from cell phone as a feature. The one I bought, which I haven't 
set up yet, includes this. Based on the flier at the store, it sounds 
like there might be a special app. both Android and iPhone were 
mentioned, but because I haven't read the literature, I don't know how 
it works.

I'm going to explain the next part very badly because I'll be talking 
about how I understood things, not how things really are, but here goes ....

What I learned from one of my many trips through the web is that the 
thing that tells the printer what to print is sometimes located in the 
computer and sometimes in the printer itself. So if you have a home 
network and the thing that commands the printer is on a computer, then 
that computer needs to be turned on for you to print from any other 
device on your network. but if the thing that commands the printer is on 
the printer itself, then you can print from any device on your network 
without worrying about whether a particular device is on. You're more 
likely to be able to print from a cell phone if the printer has the 
power to command such things.

I know this doesn't help.


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