Is there a cable available that will connect an I pad to an older printer?

Is there a cable available that will connect an I pad to a printer?

If you have a Mac or PC there are utilities available that enable them to act as a print server, enabling you to print to any printer the Mac or PC can use.
The donation-supported handyPrint and a commercial product such as Printopia ($19.95 with free trial) are two examples. The Mac must be "on" but may be asleep for them to work. Equivalent PC options may exist but you're on your own finding them.
You can also buy this standalone print server:
http://www.lantronix.com/it-management/xprintserver/xprintserver.html
These options enable you to use any printer available to your network, even older ones that may predate AirPrint by decades. But as Bob said, everything you do with an iPad is wireless.

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Is there a teleconverter available that will mount to a Canon EF S lens?

I have a new Rebel T5i with EF S lenses but I Alamo have a Kenko 2X teleconverter. As I understand the Kenko will not mount to the EF S lens. Are there teleconverters available that will mount to EF S lenses?

The "S" in EF-S stands for "Short backfocus". The rear-most element on an EF-S lens sits farther back than it does on an EF lens... and typically proturdes just slightly beyond the lens mounting flange. The lens is designed to mount on something with a hollow cavity to accomodate the short backfocus. Teleconverters aren't unlikely to provide enough space.
But that's just the "tip of the iceberg".
When you use a teleconverter, you have to multiply both the focal length AND the focal ratio by the teleconverter factor. It's the focal ratio that can be a problem. I'll use an example to illustrate why.
Suppose you have a Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 lens and, hypothetically, you found a 2x teleconverter for it. This would convert the lens into a 36-270mm (that part makes sense) lens with an f/7-11 focal ratio range. Notice how I had to multiple the focal ratios?
The "problem" with this, is that camera generally cannot auto-focus at high focal ratios. The Canon 1D X and 5D III can both auto-focus at f/8... but that's it. No other Canon camera can do this (and it's the same for Nikons... most cannot). They're designed to auto-focus up to f/5.6 and there are 3rd party lenses where f/6.3 might be the best you can do... and AF works on them -- but you're really pressing the limits at that point. This means you might get the lens to focus at f/7... but that's only available when you're zoomed all the way "out" to the 36mm end. As soon as you zoom IN (and the whole point of the teleconverter is to let you zoom in more becuase the lens would have provided 36mm natively without using the 2x teleconverter) you're jumping up beyond f/8 where there's absolutely no way the AF system is going to work.
The focal ratio limits for the AF system aren't arbitrary. If I hand you a 35mm film camera with manual focus and a split prism focusing aid in the viewfinder, but dial the focal ratio down to f/8 and have you try to focus with it, what you'll discover is that you can get one half of the split prism "moon" to show the image but the other half will be black. Barely move your eyeball and they'll reverse... the other half is visible but the first half is now black. It's near impossible to get both halves visible at the same time to allow focus because of the way the prisms work (even manually).
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Part of the reason this happens is teleconverters are a bit generic. They aren't tuned for one specific lens. Canon makes an $11k lens with a built-in 1.4x teleconverter and it's remarkable. But that built-in TC was optimized and tuned for that one lens only.
Tim Campbell
5D II, 5D III, 60Da

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Cable that will connect to a VGA port on a TV from my MacBook Pro (2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo)

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The HDMI port on my Maxent tv is not working. I am hoping to connect my MacBook Pro to the TV via the VGA port on the TV to watch Netflix and movies. What cables do I need that will connect to a VGA port on a TV from my MacBook Pro (2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo)? And will that cable support audio or will I need a separate audio cable?
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Is there a Terminal command that will pick up DNS numbers?

Hello all,
Is there a Terminal command that will pick up the DNS numbers utilized by a router?
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I kindly TIA,
Eme '~[ )♥♪

Hi, Thanks for the reply, I appreciate it.
What do you mean by "pick up"?
I mean to show what the DNS numbers are that the router is using.
They are not entered in the DNS server field in Networks, TCP/IP tab.
If you mean refresh the client settings, the DNS settings are obtained as part of the DHCP lease (or PPP connection in the case of PPP).
The user/ OP is actually using PPPoA, when i googled PPPoA.. seems he is using Cisco perhaps.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point-to-PointProtocol_overATM (Asynchronous Transfer Mode)
"PPPOA or PPPoA, Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) over ATM, is a network protocol for encapsulating PPP frames in ATM AAL5. It is used mainly with cable modem, DSL and ADSL services.
It offers standard PPP features such as authentication, encryption, and compression. If it is used as the connection encapsulation method on an ATM based network it can reduce overhead slightly (around 0.58%) in comparison to PPPoE".
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I/ we wondered, if there was a Terminal command that will show what the
numbers are that are being used .
Does that help clarify what I mean? Sorry to be so long winded.
Eme '~[ )♥♪

HT4759 I want to use icloud mail on both iPhone 4s AND my pc. icloud mail on PC is mega glitchy and frustrating because my PC is ancient, I run XP, & these DO NOT MEET req's for iCloud. Is there a email platform that will run well on both XP and iPhone?

I NEED to use icloud mail on both iPhone 4s AND my PC. I need to use both.
Trying to use icloud mail on PC is mega glitchy (STOP SCRIPT WARNINGS EVERY FEW MINUTES) and frustrating because:
1. my PC is ancient (but nicely refurbished/fast)
2. I run XP (with both Firefox and Chrome- newest versions)
3. thusly, I DO NOT MEET SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS for iCloud.
In my passed attempts I found that
1. Yahoo doesn't work well on iPhone
2. Gmail doesnt work well on iPhone.
I must be missing something... an app or... maybe a donated/ NEW FREE MAC! (That would be sweet! Ha.)
Is there an email platform that will run well on both XP and iPhone?
or... Please say it isn't true: I would love a Mac tablet or desktop. We have no money for a mac. SOL? Is this iCloud apple tech only for wealthy middle class and above who can afford to have the newest and best of everything?

@Naiks, having suffered through unsuccessful synching attempts for Calendar and Contacts myself, l would suggest you try the following:
UNINSTALL iCloud control panel from your PC. Seems silly, but do it.
Go into Outlook, and look at the very top menu. Click FILE, then ACCOUNT SETTINGS, then click the popup box.
You will see a list of all your email accounts. Make sure that ONE of them has a checkmark against it. If not, select the account your want as your default, and click "set as default.
Exit out of Outlook and reboot your machine.
Now reinstall iCloud, check CALENDAR and CONTACTS, and do as instructed when prompted.
Reboot for good luck and now launch OUTLOOK. All that remains is to locate your iCloud Contacts and Calendar files, and make them your default.
IMPORTANT: Don't panic if you can't find your contacts -- they're there. Click CONTACTS and you'll see you have several available contact files. Locate the one label "iCloud" in grey type. Right-click on it, select PROPERTIES, then click the Outlook Address Book tab. Check the box that says something like "Make this my default Outlook Address Book." Keep clicking "apply" and "okay" until you've exited out of the dialog box maze.
You may have to do something similar with your Calendar files. I dd not, but if you need to, do it.
Everything should now sync pretty seamlessly.
I didn't have the exact same problem as you, but my dilemma was close enough. Good luck!
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is there a plug-in that will allow me to view CR2 (raw) files from a Cannon 5D Mark III to PSE 9 ?

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