Konica Minolta has updated its PageScope Mobile mobile-printing app so that users can print files stored in their Google Docs accounts via their Apple OS 4.2 iPhone, iPad, and iPad touch mobile devices to Konica Minolta bizhub MFPs. These mobile users can also scan documents using a bizhub and, using the PageScope Mobile app, upload [...]
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What’s Less than 12 oz. and Lets You Scan to the Cloud?
It’s Epson’s new WorkForce DS-30 portable color scanner ($179), which features both one-touch scan-to-cloud capabilities and TWAIN scan driver, as well as Epson’s new Document Capture Pro software. The WorkForce DS-30, which is designed for business use and vertical markets such as healthcare and real estate, enables users to scan directly to e-mail, FTP sites, [...]
New Wireless Mobile Scanner from Xerox Lists at $249.99
Xerox is introducing the first battery-powered scanner that uses Wi-Fi wireless connectivity and a free app to transmit JPG images and multiple-page PDF files from the scanner to PCs and Macs, as well as to Android, iPhone, iPad, and iPad touch mobile devices, and to cloud-based storage sites. The full-color Xerox Mobile Scanner, which lists [...]
xPrintServer Provides Wireless Mobile Printing to Virtually Any Network Printer – No Apps or Print Drivers Required
Lantronix has rolled out the first Apple iOS print server compatible with Apple iPad 2, iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch mobile devices, and virtually any device running Apple’s iOS mobile operating system. The new xPrintServer, which is about the size of an iPhone, provides an exceptionally easy solution for printing from Apple devices. Just plug [...]
Canon Launches Next-Generation uniFlow, Adds Printing from Mobile Devices, More Scan Destinations
Canon U.S.A. has released the next generation of its uniFlow print-management software, version 5.1, which adds printing from mobile devices, enhanced scanning, and an improved universal print driver. uniFlow server-based software, which supports Canon and third-party devices, is Canon’s print-management software that enables administrators to track users’ printing (as well as Canon MFPs’ copy, scan, [...]
Lexmark Issues Update on Available Mobile Printing
Lexmark recently issued an update summarizing mobile-printing options for its printers, MFPs, and ink-jet All-in-Ones, with the firm noting that mobile printing is the “‘now’ imperative.” Following is an overview of the firm’s current mobile-printing capabilities. The Lexmark Mobile Printing App, which is designed for Android and Apple iOS smartphones and tablets, allows users to [...]
HP Offering Enhanced Box.com Accounts for Select Business PC Customers, Acquires Hiflex to Expand Cloud-Based Printing Strategy
Hewlett-Packard is offering buyers of select business PC customers access to enhanced Box.com services. Box.com is a cloud-based service for sharing, storing – and printing – documents and images. Box.com is a cloud-based service for sharing, storing – and printing – documents and images. The upgrades include larger document storage capacity and syncing of stored files: U.S. [...]
Kodak Launches Mobile-Printing App for Android Devices
Kodak has introduced a cloud-based mobile-printing app from Android OS smartphones and tablets to its ink-jet All-in-Ones. With the app, which is available at the Android Market, users can send send documents from their Android device to a Kodak All-in-One using Google Cloud Print. Users can print Web pages, Microsoft Office files, Adobe PDFs, text [...]
Cortado’s Instant Printer Prevents Laptop Users from Installing Unauthorized Print Drivers
One security challenge many enterprises face is unauthorized print driver and software downloads, as these can result in security risks such as users inadvertently downloading viruses, Trojan horses, etc. along with software. However, many mobile laptop users may still need to print – typically using an unfamiliar printer when out of the office, and need [...]
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A Hot Setup for Tablet Couch Surfing Using Re-Purposed Components
by Terry Wirth on December 1, 2011 in Google, How-To's, Mobile Computing
I have gladly ditched laptops for the convenience of a tablet. In fact, I am now on my second tablet and admiring the forthcoming ASUS Transformer Prime from afar. In other words, I am a tablet devotee. Granted, tablets are not without minor disadvantages, among them full-blown apps, screen navigation, and a keyboard useful enough [...]