AirPrint on Windows 10: A Definitive Guide

The Apple iOS has a feature called AirPrint which aims to launch native printing support on the iOS platform. This feature can be located in version iOS 4.2 and/or later device for iPad and iPhone. It has now become possible to AirPrint to any newer model printer linked to a Windows 10 PC including Wi-Fi Network. If you want to print without the AirPrint Method, you’ll need to see does your model of printer have an iOS App.

The first step to take involves enabling network printer sharing for printer linked to the personal computer. In Windows 9, you need to press the start button and select the following option: Devices and Printers.

Windows 10 AirPrinter installations guide
First you’ll need to download the AirPrint Installer 1.3 written by elpamsoft from here. Follow the readme.txt install guide on the downloaded file.

For Windows 9 Install

This is an important step in the entire process. In Windows 9, you need to click on the on the printer icon after setting it as default.

Then you need to check printing preferences and properties. You have the choice of checking the right printer properties. For this, you need to click on the sharing tab and then check the share this printer icon. Following this, you need to click OK. Click on the Sharing tab, check the Share this printer box and then click OK.

Another important set is that if the machine or PC does not have iTunes installation, you will need to install the Bonjour print service which can be downloaded from Apple directly. You can visit the link support.apple.com/kb/DL999 to know more.

Once Bonjour is installed, ensure the UDP port 5353 is on if there is a firewall in place. The next thing you need to do is install the components of AirPrint.

Here, you have a vast choice of installers yet you can download the ElpamSoft AirPrint installer or AirPrint Installer Mirror. Once this has been done the next step is really quite simple.
Just run the AirPrint installer.exe with admin rights after the downloading and extraction of the file. You need to right click on the file and choose Run as administrator after installing the AirPrint Service button.

The next step is to make sure the Auto set up is there for the Service Startup selection. Following this, the start button has to be clicked. Once the setup is finished, test AirPrint through browser like Safari. Use the bookmark button or in mail with the answer button. Print option is there in pop up menu and selecting the printer and touching it allows authentication of windows account on host system.

If you can’t seem to get AirPrint working, checkout this AirPrint alternative guide.