Which AirPrint software for Mac?

There are various software makers that create software to enable the iPad to print to any printer connected (wirelessly or wired) to a Mac. Which of these is recommended? There's Printopia, FingerPrint, Print Activator, among others.

I'm sure everyone of those apps is recommended by someone. It's pretty hard to tell, since you do not mention anything about your printer, it's network connection, nor the kinds of things you wish to print. Not every app necessarily works with every printer under every possible type of network or shared connection, nor do they all necessarily print every kind of document you might wish to (some of the printing apps only print photo's).
Seriously, there are many such apps so if you really want specific recommendations you'd need to give some more specifics about your needs/wants in such an app.
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