Overview Printing from iPad (AirPrint) via CUPS

IOS 4.2 allows Apple IOS devices (iPad, iPhone) to print using a new system called "AirPrint".  Currently this is only supported by a few select hardware manufacturers, Apple's own printer simulator applications and printer sharing on Snow Leopard 10.6.5.

This document outlines how to configure CUPS and Avahi to allow printers to show up on IOS devices and allow printing to them.  As a proof of concept cups-pdf was used to create a PDF of the printed document.