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Applications for the iPhone today can handle a variety of tasks (but if Apple ever allow), so it is no wonder that the utility began to appear also facilitate printing directly from the phone. In this article we look at two of them: Magic Print and Canon Easy-PhotoPrint.

Print Magic allows remote printing from the iPhone

Company Wellala released in late September application Print Magic, which allows printing content from the iPhone and iPod touch over WiFi connection, without first necessary synchronization with your computer.

Applications can print to network printers support IPP, as well as all the shared printers from Mac printer sharing through the Mac OS X. The content to be printed, simply select and copy to the application, a Web site to print it so that is copied their URL address. Then run Magic Print icon and press print.

And directly from the application can select and print images stored in the library, iPhone or iPod touch and the program offers options for basic editing before printing, can widen, shrink and trim. Print Magic supports photo format 10 x 15 inches and larger, the output is also automatically optimizes for the selected print format.

Using the more detailed description of this page and Wellala promises its further improvement. Now awaiting the approval of the version 1.0.2 was sent to extend functionality and connectivity to the end of October and the company promises to version 1.1, which allows printing on all printers using the PCL printer language and IPP (currently offered on the App Store version 1.0.1).

Print Magic is sold on the App Store for 6.99 USD, not surprisingly requires firmware 3.0 or higher. Applications have already attracted significant customer interest, Wellala on its website boasts that it soon reached the ladder 10 downloads paid applications.

Canon introduced its own application for printing photos on their printers

Now Canon has the software version for the iPhone, allowing direct printing of images on some of its printers that support a wireless connection. Photos from the application will send to a printer PIXMA via WiFi connection, so suddenly can send more pictures, print queue can contain them to 20.

photos can choose from a library of iPhone or iPod touch, the iPhone is also an application can be used for immediate printing from the camera. Before printing it set some printing parameters, such as the output format, the paper type or print to the edge or not. Detail work with the application describing the Canon website.

Easy-PhotoPrint can be downloaded free from the App Store, currently is only available in the U.S. and Japan. And its very limited application that currently supports only the printer Canon Pixma MP560, MP640 and MP990 offers wireless printing. Application can use only the very narrow group of customers, but the move to Canon clearly shows how strong position in the U.S. market it has already received the iPhone.

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