Print wirelessly with AirPrint on iPhone or iPad

AirPrint is Apple’s method of wirelessly connecting to a printer from an iPhone or iPad. You do this by connecting both devices to the same Wi-Fi network. This does not require a special app or software (from the printer supplier) to be installed on the device. AirPrint is standard on Apple devices. This way you can easily send photos, documents or emails from the usual apps to the printer.

There are two requirements to use AirPrint. First of all, the printer must be suitable for using AirPrint. Fortunately, most modern printers are. To be sure, check this on the Apple’s website. In addition, the iPhone or iPad and the printer must be connected to the same WiFi network. Connecting the printer to a Wi-Fi network works differently with each model. Therefore, consult the manual of the printer. Connecting an iPhone or iPad to WiFi is discussed below.

Connecting the iPhone or iPad (from iOS 13) to Wi-Fi works as follows:

• Open the Settings app.
• Tap on Wi-Fi.
• Check whether the bar behind ‘Wi-Fi’ is green.
• Is the bar grey? Then tap it.

In iOS 15, the available network connections are listed under “My Networks” or “Other Networks” (in older versions, “Networks”). The lock on the network indicates that it is password protected.

• Tap the desired Wi-Fi network. So this must be the same network that the printer is connected to.
• If necessary, type the password.
• Tap on Connect. After a while, a checkmark will appear in front of the network name. This is the sign that you are connected.

Almost all standard apps on an iPhone and iPad have the ability to print via AirPrint. It always works in much the same way. Although there are small differences per app. Below we discuss printing a web page in Safari, an email and a photo.

Do you come across information that you want to print while surfing the Internet? Then follow the steps below:

• Open the Safari app.
• Open the web page you want to print.
• Tap the square icon with arrow .
• A window opens. Swipe up from the bottom to view more options.
• Tap on Print.
• Tap on Choose printer.
• If necessary, tap the desired printer.
• At the bottom of the screen are previews of the pages. Are there multiple pages and want to choose which pages to print? You remove pages from the print job by tapping the blue circle with a check mark next to the page.
• At the top right, tap Print.

The iPhone or iPad sends the page(s) to the printer.

Sometimes it can be useful to print an email. This is how it works in the Mail app:

• Open the Mail app.
• Open the email you want to print.
• Tap the arrow icon at the bottom of the screen .
• A window will appear. Swipe up from the bottom to view more options.
• Tap on Print.
• Tap on Choose printer.
• If necessary, tap the desired printer.
• At the bottom of the screen are previews of the pages. Don’t want to print all pages? Then tap the blue circle with the check mark next to the page(s) you do not want to print.
• At the top right, tap Print.

The iPhone or iPad sends the mail to the printer.

Photos can be printed directly from the Photos app.

• Open the Photos app.
• Tap the tab Library.
• Tap the desired photo.
• Tap the icon of a square with arrow at the bottom of the screen .
• A window will appear. Swipe up from the bottom to view more options.
• Tap on Print.
• Tap on Choose printer.
• If necessary, tap the desired printer.
• By default, one copy is printed. Want to print the photo multiple times? Then tap the plus sign behind ‘1 copy’.
• To print a photo in black and white, tap the slider behind ‘Black and white’.
• At the top right, tap Print.

The iPhone or iPad sends the photo to the printer.

Did something go wrong? A print job is easy to cancel.

• Press the Home button twice. On iPhones without a Home button, swipe up from the bottom to halfway up the screen. Do this slowly and while keeping your finger on the screen.
• A bar with all open apps will appear.
• Tap the screen Print.
• If there are multiple print jobs in the queue, tap the appropriate job first.
• Tap on cancel printing.
  
• Close the screen by pressing the Home button. On iPhones without a Home button, swipe from bottom to top.