ePrint (was Re: HP OfficeJet 6500A plus)

[Bob Rasmussen]

The printer mentioned is one of several recent printers from HP with a new 
feature called ePrint. I recently bought and tested another one, the 
PhotoSmart d110.

The ePrint feature is intended to address one primary need: printing from 
mobile devices. Perhaps unintentionally, it also addresses the 
difficulties of printing on printers with dynamic IP addresses exposed to 
the net, such as in branch offices. I believe it would also address the 
situation of a mobile worker with a printer connected to a wireless 
hotspot.

It does this by giving the printer an email address. Anything that address 
receives, the printer prints. It can handle the primary part of the email 
and (especially) attachments in a variety of formats, including PDF, DOC, 
JPG, TIF, etc.

You're probably thinking, "This opens me up to printed spam, which will 
waste a lot of paper." They have addressed that issue. The email address 
for the printer is managed by HP (this seems to not be optional). The 
server at HP filters out some emails by type of document, so it won't send 
to the printer things the printer can't print. I don't know if it does 
general spam filtering. To be more restrictive and secure, you can log 
onto your account on the server and configure it to have a white list; 
that is, you will print emails from only certain email addresses. You can 
also manage documents do a certain degree, using that website.

The ePrint devices are an interesting alternative to a fax machine for 
receiving and printing. You get higher resolution, color, and greater 
control.

These printers also support iPrint, which is a point-to-point protocol 
adopted by Apple and included in the iPhone and iPad. This allows you to 
wirelessly print from those devices to nearby printers without going the 
email route.

Initial tests from Print Wizard are very good. If I tell Print Wizard to 
convert a print job to a PDF and email it to the printer, it spits right 
out. I might have to adopt the concept in Print Wizard as a RECEIVER, 
so you could email documents from a server to Print Wizard.

Very interesting!

On Thu, 6 Jan 2011, smittyusn1 at bellsouth.net wrote:

> For those that may be interested:  I just bought a HP OfficeJet 6500A ($150.00) a few days ago and am very pleased with this Multi-Function machine,  PCL 3 compatible, color, duplex (print both sides), scanner, copier, multi-sheet feeder.   Wireless and RJ-45, even a web connection.  32 PPM and beautiful quality.  
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> http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF05a/18972-18972-238444-12019-3328086-4083974.html?jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN#BVRRWidgetID
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> A few reviews are disturbing,  however this is not a photo printer (but is capable).  Maybe  Jim Asman will come up with some fp print codes to do some simple color and print both sides in filePro.   Unless he is frozen in up there in the Arctic.    
> 
> Wayne Smith
> Port Orange, Florida  
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