HP’s ePrint Feature Enables Remote Printing

Remote printing made possible with ePrint technology from the Hewlett Packard (HP) Company. We had this in our mind as we attended the launching of printers with cloud printing support from HP at the Shaw Studio, Hongkong. Vyomesh (VJ) Joshi, Executive Vice President from the Imaging and Printing Group of Hewlett Packard Company, presented the details of HP’s ePrint, a remote printing schematics based on the cloud printing technology.

The ePrint feature comes embedded in web-connected printers from HP, which allows users to remotely print documents, pictures, photos, as well as many other file types. Its working mechanism is actually based upon a simple principle. Users need only to send documents to the printer’s designated e-mail address to have them printed. The printer would automatically locate the files and complete the printing job on its own. It would also send a reply e-mail to the users, reporting the status of the printed files, whether they were successfully printed or if any trouble occurred along the way.

A special ePrint e-mail address is reserved for each of HP’s web-connected printers. The e-mail address would be delivered to corresponding users upon registration on HP’s website. This e-mail address works just as a regular address would, so no special software is needed to “communicate with the printer.

From the security point of view, printers with ePrint capability would change every e-mails along with their attachments into a printable-only format, thus reducing the risk of exposure to harmful mails or files. Aside from that, users can also limit remote printing access by sending a list of e-mail addresses of people who are allowed to print on a specific printer to HP’s ePrint Center (www.hpeprintcenter.com).

Of course, such practical implementation would be rendered pointless if there is no compatible printer to support it. That was why, as soon as they finished describing the details of ePrint technology, HP then introduced some of their ePrint-equipped printers. Interested?

Original article by Yufianto Gunawan
Translated by Oik Yusuf