HP Photosmart Plus eAll-In-One printer with remote printing at Rs 7,750

Hewlett Packard has unveiled a printer that can take print commands remotely – from people in another city. HP calls it the ePrint technology and this printer is the Photosmart Plus eAll-in-One B110e.

Photo: HP eAll-In-One web-connected printers might be the perfect solution to iPad printing woes

Photosmart Plus eAll-In-One printer specs

The Photosmart Plus eAll-in-One B110e can scan, copy and print documents, and can take commands via an email id assigned to it. The HP Photosmart doesn’t need to be connected to a PC to function; it can directly access broadband through wireless 802.11b/g/n connectivity.

HP’s Photosmart Plus eAll-in-One B110e can print up to 32 pages in a minute. It can also print 30ppm colour on 4X6 inch pictures within 16 seconds. The Photosmart measure 17.8 inches X 15.8 inches X 7.8 inches and weighs 16.4 lbs. Hewlett Packard claims that the Photosmart prints 3 times more black/white and 2.5 times more colour pages when loaded with a certified HP high capacity cartridge. The Photosmart Plus eAll-in-One B110e has a 3.5 inch HP TouchSmart screen that allows users to rotate, crop and edit pictures.

Remote printing with the Photosmart Plus eAll-In-One printer

The eAll-In-One printer range from HP seem to be the perfect solution to printing from the Apple iPad. All you have to do is email a document to the printer as an attachment, and it can print it out.

An online portal called the HP ePrint Center maintains an account for every Photosmart printer and users can configure their devices, track eprint jobs and access their Photosmart printers through their ePrint Center account. The account can also be used to suggest new printing applications, comment on existing ones and subscribe to news feeds from HP.
The HP Photosmart Plus e-All-in-One printer is built for the Mac OS X v10.5 or v10.6, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP (SP2) or higher versions. The printer can be accessed using smartphones such as the BlackBerry and HP iPAQ. The device is black; costs Rs 7,570; and to save on packaging material HP will ship it in reusable bags.

Cloud computing from HP

Another cloud printer from HP is the iPrint Photo, a photo printing application that can be accessed through smartphones. The app for this printer can be downloaded from Apple’s App store for the iPhone and iPod touch. It is available for devices running Windows Mobile via the Windows Marketplace, for Symbian devices from the Nokia Ovi store and for Android devices via the Android Market website. This printer is cheap and is said to consume 30% less energy than standard desk printers. HP also has an online photo sharing site Snapfish where users can maintain albums and make posters, calendars etc.