We don't cover many printers on Engadget because, frankly, they're boring. So there must be something really special about HP's Photosmart e-All-in-One D110a, right? Indeed, it's the first of a new line of
web-connected printers from HP to feature
ePrint, the ability to email messages
with attachments (Microsoft Office documents, PDFs and JPEG image files to name a few) to the printer from any device including smartphones
and tablets -- no driver or app required. That's a pretty big deal. The $99 802.11n WiFi inkjet features a 2.36-inch touchscreen and prints at a rate of up to 29 ppm black (at up to 600 dpi) and up to 23 ppm color (at up to 4800 x 1200 dpi on photo paper). Scans are captured at resolutions up to 1,200 dpi (optical). It also prints directly off the web or via USB and SD / MemoryStick Duo cards if that's your thing. Sorry, no fax in this all-in-one but it is PC and Mac compatible and will work with Google's forthcoming
Cloud Print service when Google sets it free in the fall. Expect to see higher-end printers from the e-All-in-One series launch in the next few months including the $149 Plus e-All-in-One with 3.5-inch display (worldwide in August), $199 Premium e-All-in-One with 4.3-inch display (worldwide in September), and $299 Premium Fax All-in-One (worldwide in September) with, you guessed it, integrated fax.
posted June 29th 2010 5:13AM
Cool. But what good is it if our iPhone 4s don't work?
@FUNYUN
Now where's my "should have never been born" spray?
@BrandonHarris
Seriously? Just e-mail?
While I admit that this IS kinda cool with no apps or drivers, my Print n Share App will let me print emails, photos, webpages, and documents directly from either my iPhone or iPad to my Wireless HP Printer.
Its funny because my printer looks exactly like that one.
How long before spam starts getting sent to the email address and printed.
@petebob796
exactly what i was thinking
i wonder if you can set allowed sender addresses...
@mrqs I was half joking. I guess they have thought of that, at least I hope they have.
Either a whitelist or you have to enter some specific code in the email or it replys to you and you have to reply back with a captcha. Lots of ways to do it I guess.
Plus I think it only prints attachments which most spam wouldn't have.
@petebob796
HP explains how this exactly works:
http://h30495.www3.hp.com/about/eprint#a11
@petebob796 I'm sure spammers would change their tactics if they could get it to print.
The above link shows that there is almost no security unless you register it on an HP site. Why would I want to do that? Who says HP won't spam you with "special offers" and the like?
not really solved iPad printing, it's just gone around the problem - but hey, never look a gift horse in the mouth... is that the expression?
iPad can ePrint. Awesome.
Actually, the iPad can print DIRECTLY to any wifi printer. HP makes a free photo printing app that will print anything from your photo roll. There are some free apps that offer wifi printing of pdfs, docs, pictures, etc. Printing is also a feature in AirSharing, and a number of other doc/vdisc appps. And I'm not talking about the apps that require a desktop computer running special software. These apps support the network printing protocols and everything.
If you don't have a wifi printer you can share the printer via a computer's connection by enabling print sharing. Again, no special software required.
@Ned Scott
These are still just bad hacks to make up for the fact that the Phone version of BSD doesn't support the same printing framework that the desktop version of BSD does. Any printer on my home network exposed through CUPS should already be easy peasy.
The fact that any one would tout these bad hacks (like AirSharing) as a real solution is truely sad.
Only $99? Do want! And yes I know cartriges are expensive
Printer price $99.
Replacement ink cartridge cost per month $99. =p
cheap printer alright! yes! yes! yes! wait the ink is how much! OH MY! *stroke*
@EvanSei
Stroke?
@Wesscoast lol i think he means cross it off his list. but i know what you were thinking...
Does it run WebOS?
good price!
Hope canon inkjet and Brother Laser printers get this feature too. eFax would have been cool too.
It would be cool if it wasn't an inkjet printer. Who uses inkjet printers anymore?
Good printer with loads of features. Good thing i am in market for a printer. The price of ink is another story
you could have just said print from anything LOL
Happy for this solution....ll go well with my smartphone
(Dave Chappelle voice)
IPRINT BIIIITCH
@Wesscoast
That would be Donell Rawlings.
Will it print a virus if I send it in the email?
Cool
Question is can it print crysis
Common ... When are we going to see the first iOS based printers? :)
Don't buy this printer! at least not right now.
I bought this printer from Amazon and guess what?
HP says the eprint feature (email printing) will be "available soon"?!
So right off the bat HP does NOT have the feature ready and no date is discussed at all on their web site.
if HP doesn't do the friendly update they promise, by end of this week, I'm packing this thing back up and shipping it back to Amazon.
Cost-per-page?
Sorry HP I have a Wifi epson and there is a free app for that. I use it both on my Ipad and my Iphone 4 and it is a very nice app.
@Darkroom
Do you even know what the word 'inherent' means?
There is no 'inherent' printing problem, it was a software decision on Apple's part, which they have already said, they will resolve with future OS updates.
And you're whining that... HP has come forward with a solution in lieu of Apple's software update. Tool.
ePrint? there is an iPhone App for that.. I have it and use it to print wirelessly off of my Epson Artisan 810
Is the only option to get this thing to print something to send it an attachment? I think that's stupid.
I would envision cloud printing working somewhat like this:
1.) HP sets up a site called cloudprint.hp.com
2.) Your printer connects to said website and registers itself
3.) You go to the site, create a login, and find your printer by it's serial number or something along those lines
4.) You can now go to couldprint.hp.com and login with any device (must use HTTPS) -- from here you can upload documents thru a web interface, crop \ edit, adjust formatting, etc..
@DoctarPeppar
Your method produces the same results with more complication. The same document you would "upload" could just be simply emailed to the printer. 2 Steps:
1) Attach document
2) Send Email
Plus, uploading documents requires file browsing, which is difficult on some smartphones (the main focus),meaning you would have to hunt for your document on your phone wasting more time. Also, this isn't designed to be a permanent print solution, so if you need to crop\edit etc. you would be better off using a computer.
@PBB
I'm not opposed to emailing documents as a complimentary way to send the content to the printer (for those stupid phones that don't have proper filesystems), but there should still be a web UI for proper smartphones.
and -- a web app is too complicated? OK, let's simplify things.
I have a 55 page PDF on my phone, and I want pages 22 to 25 printed. How am I going to accomplish that with emailing an attachment? It's going to print out all 55 pages.
Also what about color settings, quality, paper settings, ink monitoring, etc? Web connected printers need a web application to go along with them, it's just that simple.
iPad can print to any wifi printer. Yes, it's a bit clumsy right now, but I expect they will fix it with a software update later this year.
@Ed T
90% of businesses use windows (SMB) printers.
iPad can only print to CUPS printers, and it requires a 3rd party app.
Plus add that to the fact that the iPad has no real filesystem, so you can't go to a website in safari and download a document and then print it...you have to accomplish everything through that 3rd party app.
@DoctarPeppar
Well. The iPhone/iPad does have a real filesystem. Apple just chooses to hide it.
This is a good demonstration of the principle that it is much easier to design and build something right the first time rather than go back and try to "fix" it afterwards.
Who cares about the price of ink - this is too big to fail.
Should be a warning on the printer telling consumers anything sent via the email address is unsecured and open to the inter webs for pilfering.
This actually prints from my 8 year old Nokia. Has nothing to do with iPads.
@sonicwind
You completely missed the point.
It's only $75 on the HP website if you use code SVMB39487.