Can anyone recommend a good print utility to use with the HD on a wireless network. Jetcet will not work with my Brother AIO printer.
here is how I got it working for my Brother HL-4040CN
this trick works well with Laser Printers ingeneral, don't have any InkJet to try
first try the generic HP LaserJet 10xx drivers (1015 works well)
then if you need color move on to some HP Color LaserJet drivers
I'm no print driver guru but most printers work fine with HP drivers because HP seems almost like the industry baseline
anyway hope this helps
Thanks for advice, will try later. I also downladed a trial program from Handango, called Active print Basic. Works perfectly, recognised my printer and set up conection with network. Full version only £9.50 with 20% off in their sale
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Looking for a printer driver the Pocket Printer A6 that works with Windows Mobile 5 on my Cingular 8125.
Doing a web search, I'm assuming SiPix is a digital camera, and you're looking for a way to connect it straight to your Wizard via USB? I don't really think that's possible, as the USB port on the Wizard is not a true USB port, like you would find on your computer, and is not capable of driving devices.
SiPix Pocket Printer A6, it's a small battery-powered IrDA printer.
I haven't been able to find a WM5 driver for it yet.
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SiPix Pocket Printer A6, it's a small battery-powered IrDA printer.
I haven't been able to find a WM5 driver for it yet.
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I dont think that these printers are supported any longer. I have one and it works fine with my Dell Axim X5 (WM2003) but i get an incompatibility message when I try to use the software on my wizard.
Let me know if you succeed though as I am looking for the same.
*****UPDATE******
I have just tried LowFat Invoice software on my Wizard. Using the built in drivers for this software, I successfully printed out a test invoice.
Obviously the actual driver works with WM5 as it is the same interface as the Sipix software, so the fault must lie within the two Sipix applications that accompany the printer.
I know this is an old thread, but for those like me that sometimes need a hardcopy its a bit of a result, it just depends on what you need to print.
I use mine to print expenses lists for our accountant at work.
I have been trying to find a solution that will allow me to print from the 8525 to a printer. So far there are few and far between products available. I have two printers on my network one is a HP Photosmart 1215 with a bluetooth printer kit installed. The second is an OKI C5200n color network laser printer. I am trying the PrintBoy software from Bachmann Software & Services Handheld and Smartphone Software and Accessories from Bachmann Software and can print from the 8525 to the HP using bluetooth. No luck so far using the network connections to either printer over wifi.
Can anyone shed some light on this problem, or if you already have a solution, jump in.
James
In another forum a member pointed me towards jetcet print. It is a large program and takes up a lot of room on the phone. However, it has several pluses. First it does print nicely to the HP Photosmart 1215 printer. Secondly, it supports more file types than PrintBoy. Finally, the cost is less!
I still can't get the network printer to work. The 8525 can access the printer and the printer responds, but with an error message. I need to find a compatible driver for it. I am in the process of going over all the drivers jetcet print provides, I may get lucky!!
I will post my progress.
hi. i have connect my blackstone with a usb to the printer but is not working. what i have to do?
to connect to usb devices require 2
things
1. the pda have to support usbHost pretty sure that blackstone don't
2. all the correct windows mobile drivers for the printer very very few printer makers make windows mobile drivers at all
Ok, not what you've asked for but there are some solutions for printing from Windows Mobile devices, mostly these are not free, and as having no need to print I have not tested these:
Westtek Jetprint $9.95
http://www.westtek.com/pocketpc/jetcet/
Bachmann Software Printboy $49.99
http://www.bachmannsoftware.com/pbce.htm
PrintPocketCE $39.95 ("Prints in Color" lol)
http://www.fieldsoftware.com/PrintPocketCE.htm
Cortado Print & Fax (Ca$h per month I think)
http://www.cortado.com/euen/OnlineServices/PremiumServices/forWindowsMobile.aspx
HP mobile printing for pocket pc
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=18972&prodSeriesId=242184&prodNameId=235049&swEnvOID=2008&swLang=8&mode=3&taskId=135&swLang=8&swItem=ja-36647-1 but they have stopped letting people download, so I found a mirror here: http://handheld.softpedia.com/get/System-Utilities/Printing/HP-Mobile-Printing-8678.shtml OK just tried this one and while it did work on my Dell Axim x30 (about 4 years ago) it doesn't work on my TD2, installs but bring up an error.
Most of these seem to have been designed for versions of WM prior to WM5, so actually I think that means PPC2003 !?!
Also keep an eye out for these guys, http://printershare.com/mobile.sdf they have iphone & Android versions (bit of a bandwagon jumping on there I think!), would assume WM version wouldn't be too far behind?
I thought our Touch HD comes with "Jetcet Print 5"
With that software you can print via WiFi or bluetooth.
What you need is a pure network printer or a PC which shares the printer you want to use.
Works like a charm on my Touch HD
greetz
playdo
playdo said:
I thought our Touch HD comes with "Jetcet Print 5"
With that software you can print via WiFi or bluetooth.
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I thought it doesn't support wifi..
thanks guys
I have a Canon MP970 printer which is on my network.
Is there any way to print directly from the HD2 ?
Hi, I've used my HD2 to print (by wifi) with the Jetcet Print 5 program (it comes as default on my phone), with a simple wizard hope you can do it too.
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Tried it but it dosn't seem to work with Canon MP970 which I have. Is there any other software out there which might be compatible?
Have you checked that there's a JetCet driver for your printer? If there isn't, you could try the nearest in name but you probably won't have any luck. I've managed to print to an HP DeskJet 450c but not to any of my Canon printers.
There is no driver for my printer and tried different alternative (nearest) drivers with no luck.
So I've been debating getting the Atrix and the Laptop Dock. I really like the idea of the qHD screen, so unless I wait for the HTC Holiday... this is the phone for me.
However, I have a Motorola Xoom, an HP Tablet, and several computers. So I don't know if I'd use the Laptop Dock that much. But I was thinking... IF I can connect other devices like a camera or a printer to the laptop dock, and if I can upload photos from the laptop dock, or print something... that would be pretty sweet, right?
So how about it. I searched for printer or print, and the only hits I got were for the "finger print" reader. Anyone used the laptop dock to print, or maybe found some other use for the USB ports so your glad you got it?
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So I've been debating getting the Atrix and the Laptop Dock. I really like the idea of the qHD screen, so unless I wait for the HTC Holiday... this is the phone for me.
However, I have a Motorola Xoom, an HP Tablet, and several computers. So I don't know if I'd use the Laptop Dock that much. But I was thinking... IF I can connect other devices like a camera or a printer to the laptop dock, and if I can upload photos from the laptop dock, or print something... that would be pretty sweet, right?
So how about it. I searched for printer or print, and the only hits I got were for the "finger print" reader. Anyone used the laptop dock to print, or maybe found some other use for the USB ports so your glad you got it?
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Google Docs + Cloud Printing would work, but would require you to upload everything to your Docs account and then print from there.
I was never successful in getting my old HP 1012 to work directly through the lapdock configuration menu (in the settings you can setup printers). It is a usb printer attached to desktop. I can print from other devices (laptop, daughter's desktop) via wifi but never could set it up for the Atrix directly (lapdock never saw it). I messed with iis but what a pain to configure (particularly on Windows 7) so I gave up. I finally just installed Printershare (trial from the Android market) and it worked fine. Have to save a webpage and then print it to my HP..I also printed photos and they came out fine.
Newer wifi or bluetooth printers should not be a problem.
I use PrinterShare (find it on the Market) with all my Android Devices at home. It works very well.
Obviously that works if your printer has WiFi or if your printer is connected to your USB enabled Router or NAS.
Cheers!
Rayan
I have connected to two different printers directly via their ip addresses. One is a Konica Minolta copier/scanner/printer and the other is a kodak ESP inkjet printer. I did not use any additional programs.
I'll try with my HP Officejet 6480 Wi-Fi enabled this night and see if it's supported. I guess it'll be 'cause i've already have configured that printer in Ubuntu.
Work for HP Officejet J6480
So i managed to get my HP Officejet J6480 added in the Ubuntu partition of the Lapdock so i can Print successfully using the lapdock.