Print to Your Printer From Anywhere
I know I am not alone in suffering from this frustration before. You are at the library, in class, at work, anywhere but at home on your own network and you want to print something, maybe a rebate form, your taxes, homework, an article on how to upgrade to SMS 2003 SP2, whatever it is you want it printed on your printer at home. So you save it to a USB drive, or you email it and then when you get home you print it out. Printer Anywhere eliminates that. Now you can print to your home printer from anywhere, or you can print an article to your parents printer on how to fix their computer. This is currently free, it also encrypts your print job so you don’t have to worry too much about what you are sending, although I wouldn’t send my taxes over it, personally. If you have found yourself in a similar situation check it out.
Also check out WebPrint, it allow you to print certain types of files from the web without installing any software.
From jkOnTheRun:
Printers sure have come a long way since my first one (an Okidata Okimate for you trivia buffs): they have more features and functions, double as memory card readers and can even run on batteries for mobile printing. What if the next printer innovation wasn't an actual hardware innovation? Instead, what if you could use software to print to a printer that your buddy or business partner decided to share on the other side of the world? You can do just that for free with Printer Anywhere.
I stumbled across this free application beta in this month's PC World print magazine and it's a gem. "With PrinterAnywhere you can print documents and photos on other people’s printers as easily as on the local one connected to your machine. No special technical knowledge is required from both – printer owner and user. It just works!"
Any artifact you can print locally on a printer can be printed on another printer with Printer Anywhere. The application doesn't allow for the print files to be electronically forwarded and it encrypts the print jobs, so it's perfect for sending confidential or documents you've signed on a Tablet PC or UMPC. The free download requires Microsoft Windows XP and an Internet connection. I was going to try this, but I don't have a Printer Anywhere buddy just yet. Hmmm...same goes for my Zune, so I can't "squirt" music or printed pages just yet.
Anthony Clendenen
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