The OKI Group Company, specialising in the printer business, announced the launch of a "Mobile Print" application developed by OKI and available in Japanese and English, that allows direct printing from mobile devices running the Android operating system.
Available from today via Google Play, Mobile Print is compatible with an extensive range of OKI's LED single function and multifunction (MFP) printers (*1) available in the global market.
Previously, Google Cloud Print allowed users to print from Android mobile devices to a selection of OKI's A4 colour LED MFPs. The newly-developed Mobile Print app allows users to bypass the cloud and print directly from their Android mobile devices on networks featuring OKI's LED printers or MFPs.
"Having direct printing from Android mobile devices to printers and MFPs within our broad product portfolio provides increased opportunities for our channel partners and improved options for our end customers," said Hiroshi Endo, director and divisional general manager of Products Business Division for OKI Data Corporation.
"With the demand for mobile printing increasing, OKI will continue to aggressively develop solutions for the ever-expanding mobile market to provide optimal printing solutions to meet customers' business needs."
Allowing users to print PDF files, photographs or Web pages from their mobile devices, Mobile Print also includes Correction Functions, which allow users to correct image distortion or colour balance before printing. This can be useful, for example, for a photo of a whiteboard taken with a mobile device camera. Mobile Print is also compatible with OKI Print Job Accounting functions, allowing users to manage print jobs or impose printing restrictions even when printing within the mobile environment.
To ensure compatibility with a wide range of smartphones and tablets, Mobile Print supports Android 4.4, the latest version of the Android operating system. OKI has plans to develop the Mobile Print application in several other languages including French, Italian, Spanish and German.
Mobile Print specifications
Supported operating system: Android 2.3 to 4.4
Supported file formats: PDF, JPEG, BMP, GIF, PNG, TEXT, PDF direct
*1. Product names differ from country to country. The following LED multifunction printers are Mobile Print ready:
A3 Color LED printers
C841/C831/C822/C811/
C941/C931/C911/
C910
A4 color LED printers
C711/C610/C531/C331/C321
A3 color LED MFPs
MC862/MC861/MC860/MC852/MC851
A4 color LED MFPs
MC780/MC770/MC760/MC562w/MC362w/MC562/MC362/MC352/MC342/MC332
A4 monochrome LED printers
B841/B821/B801/B840/B820
A4 monochrome LED printers
B731/B721/B701 B431/B411/B401/B4500/B4600/B4400
A4 monochrome LED MFPs
MB491/MB471/MB461/MB451/MB441
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