HP recently announced two new wireless, web-connected All-in-One printers that provide features that are sure to make Apple owners happy. The printers, the HP Officejet Pro 8500A e-All-in-One series (above at left, starting at US$299, currently available with a rebate for just $229) and Officejet 7500A Wide-Format e-All-in-One (above at right, starting at US$299, not currently shown on the US HP website) feature connectivity to the web, which allows them to print from various services without needing to fire up a computer to do printing. Here’s a quick look at some of the unique (and some not-so-unique) features:
- HP ePrint — sometime this fall, you’ll be able to download the HP ePrint iOS app and print documents on your device directly to your HP Officejet Pro 8500A or Officejet 7500A from literally anywhere you have an internet connection. Until then, or when you’re on any internet-connected device, you can attach your document to an email and send it to your printer. ePrint supports PDF, Word, PowerPoint, text, JPEG, TIFF, BMP, PNG, and GIF files, and you’ll receive feedback from the printer if the print job is successful or if there’s an issue.
- Borderless printing — If you want to print anything from a 3″ x 5″ card up to a 13″ x 19″ brochure, you can do it on the 7500A Wide-Format printer, and you can print to the edge of the paper. That’s useful for doing printing of business documents on-demand, rather than sending them to a printer.
- Wireless and Wired networking — Both printers have built-in 802.11n Wi-Fi and 10/100Base-T Ethernet networking capabilities. The LCD display on the printers makes setup easy with on-screen instructions. (Correction: Wi-Fi is an option available at additional cost on the 8500A.)
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