Hikin' Mama Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 do I need anti-virus protection on my ipad? And how do I print stuff from the ipad? Can I print from the internet? I do have a wireless printer, if that helps. Thanks from the bottom of my technologically clueless heart! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southernm Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 do I need anti-virus protection on my ipad? And how do I print stuff from the ipad? Can I print from the internet? I do have a wireless printer' date=' if that helps. Thanks from the bottom of my technologically clueless heart![/quote'] :lurk5: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyof4ks Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 We do not have virus protection on our iPad. If your wireless printer recognizes the iPad, then you can print to the printer. Our wireless printer is too old, and it is not compatible. There are apps you can try to print from your iPad through your computer and to the printer (obviously the computer must be on), but my printer is not on the list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 (edited) Unfortunately, there is no simple answer to the printing question, as it depends on what make and model of printer you have. We have a wireless printer, but it must be too old to use with any of the available third-party printing apps that I have tried. I'm not willing to spend money on an app unless I know it's going to work, and some of them don't have a Lite or free version to see if it is compatible with your printer. Edited December 7, 2011 by WordGirl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsmith Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 I have a wireless HP printer. I installed the HP ePrint Home and Biz app on the ipad. Once it downloaded and installed, it took seconds to find the printer. I believe I can print to that printer from anywhere, even while traveling. I will test that on an upcoming trip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samiam Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 You don't need a virus protection. Here's the thing to know about viruses. They are created by someone, some evil computer genius who has nothing better to do with their time. Why are they so common? Because those evil geniuses know that most of the world's population owns a PC (PC's are cheaper and easy to purchase for most of the population). So they are trying to hit up the masses. So they create viruses to attack PC's, also because of the operating system on the PC, Windows, it is a easier system to attack with a virus. So that being said, Apple's operating systems in general are created in a different way, so that viruses are just not as easy to get in. Then add to the fact that there's just less people with Macs. So an evil genius generally is not going to spend their time getting into a harder system and affecting less people. So then you add the iOS that the iPad uses. Again, very different than what is run on a Windows PC. Thus far, Viruses have never been an issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hikin' Mama Posted December 8, 2011 Author Share Posted December 8, 2011 dssmith, I've downloaded the HP eprint app. I also have a wireless HP printer. Perfect! samiam, thanks for that virus info. I had no idea that with apple products there wasn't the same problem. Thanks for teaching me something new today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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