Printing PDFs
AirPrint has built-in support for printing PDF files. PDF is arguably the easiest type of file to print when you have the PDF data. Before a PDF file can be printed, first the UIPrintInteractionController and associated UIPrintInfo need to be set up. This setup is done exactly the same as in the previous example in the section “Printing Rendered HTML.” In the sample app, the PDF is generated from the UIWebView from the preceding section; however, you can specify any source for the PDF data. After the data has been created using the renderInContext method, you can assign that image value to printingItem. This method can also be used to print any UIImage data.
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The sample app does not currently have an action hooked up to the ...
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