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Old 04-16-2010, 01:48 AM   #52
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No one has mentioned the most likely reason the iPad doesn't print.

The iPad doesn't print because on OSX the printer drivers are all included, to make the process easier for the average user, and the disk size to include all the appropriate drivers is 3GB. Would you happily give up 3GB of disk space to printer drivers? And would everyone else? Or would you like to install drivers by hand? (Hell no, and Apple would never ask you to do that on a device like the iPad.)

My guess is that they are working on a workaround that uses a desktop as a go-between, but that rather than implement a half-assed solution, they're taking their sweet time.
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