So you need to buy an app in order to print as there is no print functionality at the OS level. Can the print apps work stand-alone or do you need to setup a server component on a real computer first?

Most require Bonjour to be installed on whatever computer the printer is connected to.

Bluetooth printing would be an option if you want to go straight to the printer.

I personally haven't printed anything other than a test page though, it isn't a function that I particularly need.

Printer Apps for iPhone reviewed.

Print From Your iPhone – The Top “Printer” iPhone Apps Reviewed | Peripheral Visions

.....and they're off....finding useful, profitable ways for iPads.

Jetstar Airways first to rent out iPads, only $8.40 a flight -- Engadget

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The link at the end of that article is hilarious:

Apple ponders iPad cannibalization of PCs | Nanotech - The Circuits Blog - CNET News

I wonder who's buying these things. It sure ain't Mac users that's for sure.

Here's the answer iPad for business: Apple taking over corporate America | 9 to 5 Mac

Two market researchers on Tuesday revised their forecasts upward for tablets, of which the lion's share in 2010 is Apple's iPad. ABI Research said it "has revisited its forecasts, almost tripling the original estimate to reach about 11 million tablets expected to ship by the end of 2010...based both on the broader availability of the iPad."

iSuppli, another market research firm, was even more bullish. "Amid indications that Apple Inc. is ratcheting up its iPad production targets to meet booming demand, iSuppli Corp. is ratcheting up its shipment forecast as well. iSuppli now predicts Apple will ship 12.9 million iPads in 2010, an increase from the previous forecast issued April 2nd of 7.1 million units."

The only thing crimping iPad shipments is limited production capacity, iSuppli said. "iSuppli believes that the only limitation on iPad sales now is production--and not demand," said Rhoda Alexander, director of monitor research for iSuppli.

More attempts to find valuable usage for the ipad.

The iPad goes to college this fall - CNN.com

I bought mine a week ago. And to say the least, I was a bit disappointed as it did not do all that I expected.
My advice if you plan on procuring one is to skip it out

That is understandable. Whenever people who have never seen an iPad see mine, they almost always ask whether it is a laptop or can replace a laptop and I always unequivocally tell them NO. I tell them that I would not give up my MacBook for my iPad and that they really serve two different purposes. I also tell them that if they get one, to understand the limitations otherwise they'll be disappointed.

And what did you expect it to do??