Geek Posted November 11, 2010 Posted November 11, 2010 <div class="KonaBody"><p><img src="http://osxdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/airprint-in-mac-os-x-10-6-5.jpg" alt="airprint in mac os x 10 6 5" title="airprint in mac os x 10 6 5" width="419" height="154" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-9724" /></p> <p>For whatever reason, the <a href="http://osxdaily.com/2010/11/10/mac-os-x-10-6-5-download-released/">Mac OS X 10.6.5</a> update did not include AirPrint shared printing support (meaning you can’t print from an iOS device to a shared Mac printer). But, you can unofficially enable AirPrint by downloading a few AirPrint files from 10.6.5 beta releases and then putting them in the appropriate location on your Mac. </p> <p>This is a pretty straightforward process, but remember you are using software that was pulled from the release of 10.6.5, proceed at your own risk: <span id="more-9722"></span> <strong>Step 1)</strong> Make a backup of the following files:</p> <ul> <li>/usr/share/cups/mime/apple.convs</li> <li>/usr/share/cups/mime/apple.types</li> </ul> <p>Some users won’t have urftopdf. It’s absolutely crucial that you backup these files, if the beta files cause you problems you need to be able to restore them.</p> <p><strong>Step 2)</strong> <a href="http://cl.ly/99eaa26e6a7273db9ca0">Download the AirPrint files</a>, remember these are beta, so use at your own risk.</p> <p><strong>Step 3)</strong> Copy the downloaded beta AirPrint files to these three locations:</p> <ul> <li>/usr/libexec/cups/filter/urftopdf</li> <li>/usr/share/cups/mime/apple.convs</li> <li>/usr/share/cups/mime/apple.types</li> </ul> <p><strong>Step 4)</strong> Restart your Mac</p> <p><strong>Step 5)</strong> Delete and re-add the printer you want to share with iOS devices</p> <p> Remember, AirPrint is only included in iOS 4.2 so without the update (GM or otherwise), you won’t be able to use AirPrinting. </p> <p>There’s obviously some reason that Apple opted to remove AirPrint support from <a href="http://osxdaily.com/category/mac-os-x">Mac OS X</a> 10.6.5, so perhaps it’s still a bit buggy. If you don’t mind taking some chances, this trick from <a href="http://lifehacker.com/5687186/how-to-enable-ios-airprint-support-in-os-x-right-now">LifeHacker</a> does work.</p> </div> <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/E8ALcPoscfKlxPSLaIVrVcuWbY8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/E8ALcPoscfKlxPSLaIVrVcuWbY8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/E8ALcPoscfKlxPSLaIVrVcuWbY8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/E8ALcPoscfKlxPSLaIVrVcuWbY8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=R2vim80Ls5c:1WEI9mRGJK0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=R2vim80Ls5c:1WEI9mRGJK0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=R2vim80Ls5c:1WEI9mRGJK0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=R2vim80Ls5c:1WEI9mRGJK0:D7DqB2pKExk"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?i=R2vim80Ls5c:1WEI9mRGJK0:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=R2vim80Ls5c:1WEI9mRGJK0:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=7Q72WNTAKBA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?a=R2vim80Ls5c:1WEI9mRGJK0:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/osxdaily?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/osxdaily/~4/R2vim80Ls5c" height="1" width="1"/> View the full article
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