Why Can't iphone 4 print to airport express connected printer?

And it won't be available in IOS 4.3 by the looks of it.. Iam I the only one thinks this is redonkulus?

the way printers connected to airport express works is that the computer install a special driver for the printer connected on the usb of the express
this not being an option on iso devices
apple made airprint so devices which supported the std would be able to print from any ios device
it's an open std which as far as I know apple don't charge anybody for supporting
the alternative is apple adding drivers to all known printers from osx to ios and that is not plausible for storage space and testing of the drivers

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