iPad printing: solved
By Thomas Ricker 
posted April 15th 2010 12:55AM
posted April 15th 2010 12:55AM
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Reflection off the screen much?
@yulebellow
Just magical!
@yulebellow
Thanks Steve Jobs for giving us this magical fix. Oh, wait!
@yulebellow
if i could, i would tell everyone not to reply to eachother after this comment right here. it would be amazing if no one replied to eachother. like old times :)
A magical and revolutionary solution at an unbelievable "price"
@yulebellow naa copiers...err these type of printers are generally made to deal with reflective surfaces.
Looks like I will have to get me a HP 3380, or does anyone know of any other similar and compatible printers?
@yulebellow
You forget that the entire surface of the scanner bed is made of glass. It should work in theory.
@yulebellow I think taking a picture with flash off would be a better idea for that exact reason.
Looks like you had some of the brownies Chris ( http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/magnificent-wormhole-to-2009-spontaneously-opens-in-sony-style-s/ ) and Josh ( http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/hello-from-eboy/ ) were having earlier.
Jobs: It just works (in this way).
@leemahi I don't know that it's conceivable for a website to have an individual way to a choice on how to render comments based on this preference criteria, but if so, it makes more sense:
A) Have threads, as see here
B) Have it all based on chronology
I prefer threads, if something starts off with a dumb topic, I can skim/skip a whole bunch of nonsense or jargon that might be too technical, or what-have-you. If it's interesting, I am clued in to read for comprehension and trace back the reply to the original point.
It's when people reply with things that are off topic like your post that I don't like threads. Though, now I'm also in this thread, off topic.
@yulebellow You know it's funny how Steve Jobs tries his Jedi mind trick on its Fanboys and tries to tell them that they do not need Muti-tasking only to release a Iphone that has MULTITASKING? Way to go Apple you just suck!
LOL I'd like to see the print-out! Would be funny if it looked good.
@juanvaldez "I think taking a picture with flash off would be a better idea"
Because it doesn't support flash.
@m4192
Not true. Depending on the model it comes with 16, 32 or 64GB of flash
@dzeikei
Not that kind of flash.
@yulebellow Probably little to none. Refraction is a much bigger problem in a silica glass-air interface, and is by definition zero for head-on incident light.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snell's_law
I still question whether this would yield a usable image; output probably depends heavily on the LCD panel's black levels (the relative difference between the light and dark areas on screen) and the calibration of the scanner.
@Engadget Inc. and readers
Wait, if you have a Wi-Fi printer, can't you...
right, oh wait, can't install drivers onto iPad... or can you?
I'm anti-Apple... I will be fully as soon as my iPod video craps out... it's been 3 years already.
@shadowj0
hmm i cant say i wasnt wondering the same thing. that would be interesting if you were unable to even print to a wifi printer.
@yulebellow
Apple said it's not a reflection... it's their impossible-to-break eBook DRM!
Following closely on the heels of Gigabyte's announcement that their motherboards can charge the iPad, HP certifies that all of their all-in-one printers are "compatible" with the iPad. ;-)
@yulebellow That's one huge dongle! How much does it run you think?
@borland502 I know this may be a tad immature, but I still chuckled a bit when I read "huge dongle".
@m4192
Didn't anyone get your joke about the flash? I was cracking up. Goodnight!
@Toshiba When did he say anything about not needing multi-tasking? Why does it matter if he did? Are you surprised that Steve Jobs is human?
Hahahaaa. Made my day.
I instinctively tried to "like" it like a Facebook post.
Pure win.
@Atkins
It's not often that I laugh out loud at something I see on the internet, but.. this was just priceless.
@Atkins
Pure gold, this one.
@Atkins You wrote the exact words that I was thinking! :D
@Atkins
Hahahah I lol'd on that one. People in the office looked at me weird.
Thanks!
Why not push the print screen button? Oh wait...
@bighap you can take screenshots by pressing the home and power buttons at the same time. well, at least on iphones.
@sarixe
pwned
@sarixe
.......And then email it to a computer and print it.
@bighap If you see a print button, they blew it.
@klinbest
LOL! you beat me to it
@bighap Wait for what?
@bighap actually, there's an App for that--well at least for the iPhone and iPod Touch, so probably works on iPad too: http://www.hp.com/global/us/en/consumer/digital_photography/free/software/iprint-photo.html so all you have to do is make your screen shot and then use the iprint to print it using any Wifi capable HP printer...
@klinbest
haha at least we have a new Jobs meme. "bag of hurt" was getting old.
Oh shi-
I'd assume that this wouldn't work as well as one might think.
@williamtsims
you'd be quite surprised then.
I don't print out airplane tickets anymore, they send the PDF and you just swipe the iPhone over the scanner. Works perfectly.
Apparently it has something to do with if a unit is using optical or laser scanning. The scanner (otherwise known as a copier) in the pic would use optical.
I should think it would make a copy far better than from paper.
Hahahahahahaha!!!! Funny!!!
@creepytech
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LOL! +1 for Engadget humor today. You guys have been on a roll!
ironic that it is on an hp printer, yes? slate slate slate slate
@ZuTrA desu desu desu desu desu desu desu
@TjK better yet.. ICD GEMINIIIIII NOM
@ZuTrA Irony or subliminal messages sent by Engadget to recommend the Slate without losing the Apple cashflow? I kid, but seriously, I have a feeling there will be quite a few people in the return line at the Apple stores. Hopefully enough so there will be "refurbs" for a nice percentage off sometime before the next gen comes out.
@engadgetcomexcludeengadget I am unfortunate enough to be working with the big blue, and you might as well just try to get open boxed item from them and save yourself 10%