Printer Pro by Readdle

My setup is: iPad mini2 iOS 12 printing to Canon MX870 connected to router via Ethernet cable. My iPad communicates with it by sending to Printer Pro Desktop for PC (PC is running Windows 7). Works great! I used the Lite version to test it first. I found out through a little trial and error that I needed to delete the Lite version before downloading and installing the Full version because they were conflicting with each other on my device. So, my suggestion, once you make sure Lite works, delete it. Then download the Full version. One feature I love about this app is the ability to make Print to PDF one of your printer options. Another helpful hint: If you send something to print and the printer doesn’t respond, try clicking on the tray icon for Printer Pro Desktop so that the program appears. It seems that, at times, doing this will refresh the connection. Also, if you need customer support, although you might have to wait a few days for a response, they're very professional and helpful. This app does what it's designed to do. It has an easy to navigate layout. It also provides simple instructions on the splash screen for each type of task. I would recommend it.

I have an old brother printer, usb connected to my windows computer. I love the old printer as it prints only in black with a toner cartridge that last and last. The newer printers use too much ink, will stop printing when a company says your low on ink, and you get this with many air printers. I decide when I am low on ink. Anyway, with the clipboard built into the pro version, nothing is impossible to print. Emails, photos, even apple's "Pages" program files, and spread sheets, print flawlessly. My printer was found right away in the free app and so I purchased the pro. It works better then best. Instructions are simple, detailed, and will have you printing anything in minutes. Wish you the best. Not gonna spend money on an air printer that dictates (most companies) when my ink is low and stops me from printing when the prints are still coming out perfect. I own the printer, and now, I own this excellent app.

I used this app on my iPad Air, and although it has some weird quirks it did a good job. On my iPad Pro it is excruciatingly slow, taking 8-10 minutes for a single page. It prints line by line slower then I have ever seen my printer print, with the computer it spits a page out in seconds, as it also did on my iPad Air. There may be a setting to correct this but I haven’t found it. The time it takes to print also puts your iPad out of commission during the sending of the page to the printer, if you leave printer pro it will cancel the print and you have to start over. I am using a older printer without AirPrint, and don’t see the need to change as it works perfectly with my laptop. Many times it prints what it feels like, never use the print button on a web page because it will not print the printer tailored page but the previous page without fail. I have resorted to copying to the clipboard to get it to print what I want. If you want to work around these problems you will eventually will get a printed page

I've read several negative reviews & I think several of them miss the point that the purpose of this app is to provide an alternative to AirPrint, not a replacement for it. If you have an AirPrint enabled printer, then this app really is not for you: it does not buy you anything & can't handle a few cases that AirPrint usually does (more on that below), The point is that for us poor folks who don't want to go out & buy a new AirPrint model printer just to allow occasional printing from an iPhone - this app works great! My reason for giving it 4 stars is that it does miss one feature normally found in PC based applications like PDF Creator: it frequently fails to print a Web document if the Web page that fetched it is secured in some way (e.g. https://). Therefore it usually doesn't let me print things such as credit card statements. Also, the negative reviews are quite correct that trying to print out an email from this app appears to be pretty much impossible. But if one understands these limitations, the app really does perform as advertised.

I've had an iPhone for over 9 years, so over tried several different printing apps. My brother-in-law, who's a computer hardware engineer, and my Oracle when it comes to anything involving electronics and technology, told me to download Printer Pro and to get rid of the other printer apps on my phone. "Yes, oh Great One" I replied. His wisdom proved true. Printer Pro is all I use now. I do a lot of printing directly from my phone and the Printer Pro app is reliable and consistent. One of the great features I love about Printer Pro is that not only does it easily recognize the modern "all-in-one" wifi printer in the den, Printer Pro is an advanced application that has a feature where it's able to recognize and make a wireless connection to an older HP LaserJet color printer we have which isn't a wireless printer. I highly recommend Printer Pro to everyone, including those who require a high quality professional printing app.