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Hewlett-Packard sign on the HP constructing. Hewlett Packard unveiled a printer on Monday using a built-in Internet connection that allows printing straight from the Internet without a individual pc.
Hewlett Packard unveiled a printer on Monday which has a built-in World wide web connection that enables printing immediately through the Net with out a personalized pc.
The HP Photosmart Top quality with TouchSmart Web, explained by HP as the 1st Web-connected residence printer, will probably be obtainable later on this yr and should expense all around 399 bucks from the U.s., the organization explained in a declaration.
The inkjet printer functions a touchscreen panel which permits end users to connect and print immediately from specific websites.
Among the web sites offering the print software are the newspaper USA These days, Google Maps and Google Calendar, movie ticket service Fandango, Weathernews and Coupons.com, which presents keep,
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The printer may also connect to a user's Snapfish account to view, print and upload photographs, the Palo Alto, California-based HP explained.
A company spokeswoman mentioned HP planned to release a developers kit later on this year which might permit other web sites to supply the printing selection.
"Users will probably be able to browse and view common World wide web locations and merely touch the app of their selection to launch a Net web page exactly where they're able to customize and print material on desire in an easy-to-read format," the HP declaration mentioned.
"We are benefiting from the digital material explosion to reinvent the category with the totally new printing platform -- driven by touch and empowered through the Web," stated Vyomesh Joshi, an HP executive vice president.
"By supplying folks access to the content material they want with the touch of a finger, the ability to customise their printing knowledge and generate their own apps, and enabling effortless 'one touch' wireless setup, we're driving a substantial shift in how people will probably be printing sooner or later."
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