What is an AirPrint Printer?

What is an AirPrint Printer?

The traditional problem with printer in the windows world is that each one has its own driver that tells the computer howmto send the info to the printer.  That wont work on a protable device, there are simply too many files for every single printer ever created.
Apple flipped the equation.  The published a standard that said, here is how we will send ourmdata, and invited manufacturues to adopt the standard if they wanted to.  That standard is called airprint. 
To date 4 manufactueres have included it in some of their printer.  The list is attached below.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4356

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    Canon Mobile Printing
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  • IPAD and UPdate to Airprint Printer question Help Please?

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    I am considering purchasing an IPAD MINI (RETINA)equipped with KeyNote, Pages, etc., and am wondering If I invest in an AIRPRINT equipped printer in order to enable printing from the IPAD MINI, will I also still be able to print from my Macbook Pro (2007) which is not equipped with anything that interfaces with AIRPRINT to my new AIRPRINT printer? In other words, is this reversed engineered to allow printing from an older laptop to a brand new AIRPRINT printer?
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    Thanks you for any help.
    Charles

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    Going to give it a try, Now, after reading all the reviews on the various HP and Epson model all-in-one printers, my next chore will be to make the actual selection. It seems that there as many people who love each unit as there are who hate each unit. Confusing, but I will digest it over the next several days and make a choice.
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