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Recently published Apple patents describe steps towards driverless printing for Mac OS X, iOS devices

In a pair of recent filings, Apple proposed methods that would eliminate the necessity of printer drivers in order to streamline the printing process for users of its Mac OS X and iOS devices. The first of the two patent applications, entitled “Walk-Up Printing Without Drivers,” reveals methods of circumventing the printer driver requirement when […]

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Apple releases iBooks 1.2, folds in AirPrint, organizational changes

On Wednesday, Apple released version 1.2 of its iBooks app for its iOS devices. The new version, available through the App Store, offers the following fixes and changes: – Experience fully illustrated books, from children’s picture books to beautifully designed art books, available for download in the iBookstore. – Organize your books and PDFs into […]

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HP adds AirPrint functionality to six printers via firmware updates

The AirPrint feature has been released with iOS 4.2. Now it’s time to find a printer that actually supports this. Per AppleInsider, HP this week updated the firmware of six of its printers, enabling compatibility with Apple’s AirPrint, which allows printing directly from iOS devices like the iPhone and iPad. The company added the functionality […]

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Apple seeds second Mac OS X 10.6.6 build to developer community

Less than a month after seeding the first beta, Apple has issued the second beta release of Mac OS X 10.6.6 this Thursday. Per AppleInsider, build 10J537 of Mac OS X Snow Leopard software update 10.6.6 is a 1000MB download and “contains developer support for fetching and renewing App Store receipts,” which could mean that […]

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Apple updates iWork suite for iPad, adds new features for iOS 4.2

Amid yesterday’s update-o-rama, Apple also released updates for its three iWork apps for the iPad: Pages, Numbers and Keynote to add support for iOS 4.2. The updates add wireless printing via AirPrint and support for iOS 4.2 multitasking and Numbers also adds a print preview feature to allow users to adjust how a sheet will […]