Sean Daniel has posted a great article on How to use your Home Server as an AirPrint server for only $10 on his blog.
Here is how Sean starts his excellent post:
As I move more and more of my computing and data to the Cloud with services like SkyDrive. I am reducing the amount of computing power I have in my house. I have an iPad (v1), a Laptop, and of course my Windows Home Server.
As I’ve mentioned before, I’m looking for more ways to take advantage of my low-powered Home Server to do more for me as an *always* on device.
Over the holiday’s we had a few visitors, which of course means printing boarding passes prior to leaving for the airport. It was frustrating to have to take out the laptop when the iPad is just right there. But without a compatible AirPrint printer, you can’t print from the iPad….
Or can’t you?
I found an application for Windows (and Mac OS) that installs on your computer that shares almost any printer connected to the computer, to the AirPrint service.
To continue reading his post click here.
Great article. I upgraded my router’s firmware and it just worked (Canon Pixma MP970 multifunctional printer).