[OPLINTECH] Wireless printing

[Technology Coordinator via OPLINTECH]

Phil,

We use an HP printer that has software that comes with the device that
allows for printing via e-mail.

The patron prints literally from anywhere, we have QR codes so they can add
the contact information (Mostly just the e-mail address)without the
surprisingly common misspelling of the email address. No driver
installation needed! This works with large attachments JPGs, PDFs and the
email itself.

Here is the HP document with more information...
https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c03721293

...and the QR code generator I used.
http://www.qr-code-generator.com/

Hope this helps!



On Tue, Sep 12, 2017 at 8:37 AM, Phil Shirley via OPLINTECH <
oplintech at lists.oplin.org> wrote:

> I've received three responses so far to my question about wireless
> printing.
>
> One person said he just lets patrons' devices find the HP printers on the
> network; patrons can set them up in the normal way, and the printers
> support mobile devices (there's an HP app for Android, and iPhones seem to
> support Bonjour like Macs do).
>
> Another person said they use Envisionware's LPTOne and it works well, and
> they have only a small number of wireless prints per year, mostly at their
> main location.
>
> Another person said they had used Printeron.com (
> https://www.printeron.com/print-now.html ), which worked much better than
> the remote printing in Envisionware had. However, it was barely used.
>
> Also, I found an old message that Tom Casey sent to the list in Feb., 2016
> where he said that at Youngstown and Mahoning County they used the Pharos
> product for wireless and remote printing, which lets patrons upload
> something to a web site and print it in the library. He gave a link to this
> web interface:  http://print.libraryvisit.org
>
> Phil
>
>
> On 9/11/2017 9:19 AM, Phil Shirley via OPLINTECH wrote:
>
>> We offer the wireless printing from Windows and Mac laptops through the
>> SPOT software from Librarica (we also have CASSIE), but it gets used very
>> little. We supply a batch file for Windows and a script for Mac to load
>> drivers from a share, but apparently patrons often encounter obstacles to
>> adding our printers. In a way I'm not surprised, because adding a printer
>> to your computer is not completely simple.
>>
>> Could anyone share their experience with SPOT or any other wireless
>> printing, and does anyone have any suggestions on making SPOT easier to use?
>>
>> If nothing else, I'd be interested to know (1) do you offer wireless
>> printing to the public, (2) if so, how -- do you use SPOT or something
>> else, and (3) does it get much use?
>>
>> I've also heard of a product that lets patrons print by uploading a
>> document to a web server. That's interesting, and I'm going to look into it.
>>
>> Thanks for any help you can give me.
>>
>> Phil
>>
>
> --
> Phil Shirley
> Technology Services Coordinator
> Cuyahoga Falls Library
> Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
> 330-928-2117, ext. 109
> pshirley at CuyahogaFallsLibrary.org
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