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solution. The AirPrint feature that subsequently arrived provided just such a remedy — to a point.
You can print wirelessly from the iPad to an AirPrint-capable printer, made by the likes of HP,
Epson, Canon, and others. We hope that Apple will support Bluetooth wireless printing, but that
hasn't happened as of this writing. AirPrint works with Mail, Photos, Safari, and iBooks (PDF files).
You can also print from apps in Apple's optional iWork software suite, as well as from third-party
apps with built-in printing.
Although AirPrint printers need no special software, they have to be connected to the
same Wi-Fi network as the iPad.
To print, follow these steps:
1.
Tap the Print command, which appears in different places depending on the app you're
using.
2.
Tap Select Printer to select a printer, which the iPad locates in short order.
3.
Depending on the printer, specify the number of copies you want to print, the number of
double-sided copies, and a range of pages to print.
4.
When you're happy with your settings, tap Print.
If you display the preview pages while a print job is under way, the Print Center app icon appears on
the multitasking bar along with all your other recently used apps. A badge indicates how many doc-
uments are in the print queue, along with the currently printing document.
Searching for content on your iPad
Using the Safari browser (see Chapter
4
), you can search the web via the Google, Yahoo!, Bing, or
(with a Chinese keyboard enabled) Baidu search engines.
But you can also search for people and programs across your iPad mini and within specific applica-
tions. We show you how to search within apps in the various chapters dedicated to Mail, Contacts,
Calendar, and Music.
Searching across the iPad, meanwhile, is based on the powerful Spotlight feature that's familiar to
Mac owners. Here's how it works:
1.
Swipe down from any Home screen to access Spotlight.
Don't swipe from the very top; otherwise you'll open Notification Manager instead.
2.
Tap the bar at the top of the screen that slides into view, and enter your search query
using the virtual keyboard.
