04-15-2010, 07:20 PM
Seacrest wrote:
[quote=RAMd®d]
Stevie didn't want to be bothered with loading the OS with printer drivers.
I think that's a big part of it.
Also, it's a big enough pain to print in different locations from my MacBooks.
Different network setups and all that.
Like Copy and Paste and multitasking, Apple is not putting out this feature until the user experience is completely Apple-like -- for better or for worse.
Also, remember that anything like this has to be recompiled for a non-industry-standard processor. Open-source drivers are readily available for lots of printers out there, but somebody still has to compile them for the ARM, test them, maintain them, etc. It's not just flipping a switch to make printing "available" on the iPhone/iPad/iPod.