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If you HAVE to use Windows, here is the fix:

I was able to make Airprint work with IOS 5 !!! here is what you need to do :
First , if you had installed Airprint before and if the Airprint Service is still in your Service list ( you can check by running the command: services.msc ) you need to unregister it . (if not, download it and put it in program files.)

to do so type at the command Prompt  ( Make sure your run the command line as an administrator ) :

sc.exe delete Airprint

Now we are going to re-register the Airprint service but with a slight different Command option:

At the command line type the following 2 commands:

sc.exe create AirPrint binPath= “C:\Program Files\AirPrint\airprint.exe -R _ipp._tcp,_universal -s” depend= “Bonjour Service” start= auto

sc.exe start Airprint

at this point , you should now be able to see a list of your shared printers from your IOS 5 Device !

If you don’t see your Printer, make sure your firewall is not blocking port 631.

If you don’t see any lock icon next to your printer name, then you’re good to go !

If you see a lock icon next to the printer name, make sure you enable the guest account in windows

Once you enable the guest account , restart the Airprint service and Voila ! you now can print from your IOS 5 Device

Just got back from WFX.  This years conference was good and had many good points, but at the same time, over the past few years, they may have lost the plot a little.

Here are a few of my complaints from this year, along with suggested improvements:

1.  WFX 2011 was all about Video and Sound and Lights.  As a full time Church Tech, THERE IS MUCH MORE to church tech than Sound, Video, and Lights.  There is check-in / event registration software, software, computers, networking, security cameras, etc.   Where were those companies?  They used to attend.  The church “security pavillion” had ONE company there, and it was to get the church member to pay for its own background check.  That is not a “Security” section.  WFX needs to go after those companies, and invite them back.  We are not getting the full aspect of Church Tech, just the Audio and Video and Sound stuff which seems to be their new focus.

2.  Banks / Finance Companies.  As a church tech, I could care less about whats available for church financing.  I don’t need or want to be chased down the aisle by the banks asking me questions I don’t know how to answer.

3.  Vendors / Sales people.  What can I say about them other than I go to the expo to browse, and if I have a question, I’ll ask.  High pressure sales is a real turn off, and the opposite of going to a booth and getting ignored is also not good.   There needs to be balance, and heres a thought, maybe the vendors could be techs too?

4.  Expo Organization.   There is no rhyme or reason to the expo floor.  It seems that sound companies would be together, and lights, and security, and computer, and software, etc.  That way I could visit the sections I am interested in / or need info on without having to go though a bunch of stuff I don’t need or want to see.

5.  Hands-On Classes that had no Hands-On.  I signed up for 4 Hands on classes this year. Only one was actually hands on.  The computer graphics and Video editing classes didnt even have computers in the rooms.  It was a lecture class instead, and while i can still learn that way, its not what I signed up for.  Also, Computer graphics for worship class was a “how to use propresenter” class, and people who dont use propresenter were completely duped.

6.  Class selection / availability.  There also was a lack of different types of classes.  Again, LOTs of video and Audio classes.  But nothing different, or fresh.  Same stuff.  And it was really slim pickings if you didn’t preregister.  I saw lots of guys who had to wait and come late since there weren’t any other good classes except the supposed Hands On ones.

7.  Facility / Food / Parking.   The Atlanta Cobb facility blows Dallas away.  Atlanta has free parking, not $10 per day.  Also, its close.  The food selection, well frankly, it sucked.  You could buy a $6 hot dog, or hamburger, and a $3.75 bottle of pop.  At Atlanta, there is many choices and varieties in ALL PRICE RANGES.  Atlanta facility is also, MUCH easier to access from outside the attached hotel.

What I liked (a Lot):

1. Keynote speakers, especially Jud Wilhite.  The info we get in the keynote is way above the info from some of the classes.  Getting a ministry perspective on it, good job!

2.  Worship concert.  Drew Bodine was really good, and unlike years past, sung songs that a majority of churches actually know and can sing along too.  Good Job!

3.  EMails / Communications.  I felt that WFX did a spectacular job communicating with us.  My phone got emails every day discussing what was happening.  There were QR codes that would give schedules and class reviews, etc.  Communications were great!  Good Job!

A couple more random thoughts:

1. One of the things I like to do is network with other techs, and hear how things are going for them.  I would like to see an emphasis on that some too.  And a way to hang and chat with others in my position.  Maybe some open forum stuff.

2. Another thing is that its not about the Gear!  WFX kinda forgets that in some aspects, and it should be emphasized to a smaller, poorer church that they can do a great job for God with what they already have, they just have to get creative!  I like to say, its not about perfection its about Good enough.

In closing, not a bad week, and we’ll see if the addition of Unite will change anything for the better at WFX next year.  See ya there!

Been in Dallas for 2 days now, done all the sites, shopped, visited, got another apple store from my quest,  and now i’m ready for my conference to start tomorrow!  Should be Fun!

September 11, 2001

It’s been 10 years…and that’s hard to believe.   We have lived with horror of 9/11/2001 in our lives for a decade now.  As every American can say, I clearly remember that day.

It was Tuesday.  One of the 2 owners of my company were in NJ / NY working in one of the hospitals there.   I walked into my office, was settling in at my desk when the phone rang.  One of our companies that we subcontracted for called, and when I answered the phone, all I heard was sobbing and the ladys voice said, ‘Pat, you guys need to turn on a tv…NOW!’ and she hung up.  Of course, we all found ourselves sitting around the conference table, watching the horror unfold in front of our eyes.  We turned the TV on at 9:02, and it wasn’t long and the second plane hit the second tower, on live TV, while the world watched.

We tried to reach our boss, Bob, but the phones in NY and NJ were overloaded and we couldn’t reach him.  We didn’t hear from him until the next day.  He was fine, but stranded since flights were cancelled by the President.

The emotions and realities of that day are as clear and strong to me today, as they were that day.  I was sent to the same hospital that Bob had been working at, in November of 2011.  When we arrived, of course we wanted to see New York, and as I was eating a hot dog from a street vendor across the street from Wall Street, my colleague asked the man where Ground Zero was.  He simply pointed and lowered his head.

As we walked across the street, in the direction he had pointed, suddenly it was right in front of us.  It was a terrifying and horrific experience.  The smell, the sight, the feeling, was an awful, awful thing to experience.  I, as well as everyone there, was speechless.  The evil could be felt in the air, as we looked across the street at an abandoned burger king with “morgue” spray painted on the wall. To this day, I can see it and feel it, and will never forget it.

Now, 10 years, 2 wars, and countless other lives lost, we remember.  I remember.  I am thankful for the rescue workers who died in the attacks, thankful for those who came afterwards, and thankful for the one who work in public safety today.  These men and women put their lives on the line everyday for us, and I thank them.

I thank the military who have always been there, fighting, and dying for our freedoms.  Thank you veterans, and those actively serving.

May God forgive our transgressions as a nation, and find us worthy of his continued mercy and grace.  May God protect us, and protect all those who are serving us.  Thanks God, for my safety and for the chance to live freely.