Amit posts about a new product/service called PrinterAnywhere (beta), that allows one to send a print job to any printer that’s connected to an online WinXP computer. Interesting idea. Got an international student? Why not send a print job consisting of a requested document directly to her printer? The service is free, but requires Windows XP on both ends – we run Win2K here, so I can’t try it, and the website is just amateur enough that I’d hesitate recommending that you try it, but if you want to, it’s there.
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3 Responses to “PrinterAnywhere for Document Delivery?”
I think I’ll stick to creating a PDF and emailing it. I’m always nervous about asking people to install something on their computer. I don’t even like doing it for library databases, aside from the most basic plugins (which now includes Adobe Acrobat Reader). I had a classmate on tour in Kuwait and she couldn’t download anything to the military computers. I keep her example in mind when I’m looking at new resources and services.
I agree with you, Rebecca – just wanted to note an interesting idea 🙂
AFAIK, Win2k should be enough for running PrinterAnywhere.