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Printing On The Go – Doing Business While Away
Posted by Charles W. Teel in Printing On The Go on February 6, 2009
As with any business, there are always plenty of contracts and papers sent between Pocket Watch Software and other businesses. Today I received a contract by email on my Blackjack in MS Word format while I was on campus at school. There was no way I was going to be able to get back to my office till this afternoon.
So first I used DataViz’s Documents To Go to read and review the contract while away from the office. After reading through it and seeing what I wanted in the contract, I was able to send it to my ActivePrint Traveler account for printing. Then I went to the nearest open access lab on campus and ran the ActivePrint Traveler Helper app from my USB drive to have the contract automatically printed from my account. From there all I had to do was sign it and fax it back.
Printing On The Go – Feb. 5th, 2009
Posted by Charles W. Teel in Printing On The Go on February 5, 2009
Back to the business world after a successful of week of classes. I was able to demonstrate ActivePrint Traveler to someone by printing out the Adobe Acrobat version of our new How-To article which I keep a copy of on my Blackjack.
All I had to do was select the PDF file on my phone with ActivePrint Traveler, send it to my ActivePrint Traveler account, and run the ActivePrint Traveler Helper app from my USB drive on their office computer.
How-To: Print from Your Mobile Phone
Posted by Charles W. Teel in How To on February 3, 2009
You have a huge collection of documents, photos, and emails on your mobile phone. But there is no easy way built into your phone to print any of it. ActivePrint Traveler gives you the ability to print from your phone no matter where you are.
What Can I Print?
Depending on what kind of phone you have, ActivePrint Traveler gives you the ability to print the following documents and information:
- Photos and images (including integration with the camera built into your phone)
- Office Documents (including Microsoft Office 2000 and 2007 compatible, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
- Plain Text
- Web Pages
- Contacts from your phone’s address book
What Do I Need?
ActivePrint Traveler requires very little to print.
- A mobile phone with the appropriate version of ActivePrint Traveler installed (available at http://www.ActivePrintTraveler.com)
- A data connection for your phone either through your cellular carrier or through a WiFi connection
- A USB Flash Drive with the ActivePrint Traveler Helper App installed (available at http://www.ActivePrintTraveler.com)
- An ActivePrint Traveler account which you can register for free for at http://register.ActivePrintTraveler.net
How Do I Print?
Printing with ActivePrint Traveler is very simple. Simply follow the steps below.
- Launch the ActivePrint Traveler app on your phone
- Choose what you want to print (“Photo from Album” for example) – screenshot
- Set the options for how you want your document to be printed which including number of copies and portrait/landscape paper orientation – screenshot
- Choose “Send” – screenshot
- If it is your first time to ActivePrint Traveler on your phone you will be asked for your login information (screenshot) which you entered at the ActivePrint Traveler Account registration page at http://register.ActivePrintTraveler.net.
- Then go to your nearest Windows XP/Vista PC and run the ActivePrint Helper App from your USB Flash Drive (available at http://www.ActivePrintTraveler.com) – screenshot
- This PC can be your office computer, a computer at the hotel you’re staying at, or a computer in an open access lab at your school.
- Click the button labeled “Print…”
All your documents will then be automatically downloaded and printed to the PC’s printer.
Is It Secure?
Yes. ActivePrint Traveler uses 128 bit data encryption to make sure that your documents are safe when traveling between your phone, your account, and the ActivePrint Traveler Helper app.
What Phones Are Supported?
Currently we support Windows Mobile phones. Support will be added for Apple iPhone next, with RIM Blackberry and Google Android soon to follow. We plan to finish production on the iPhone version within a couple of months (March 2009).
How Much Does ActivePrint Traveler Cost?
ActivePrint Traveler only costs $3.99 per phone. This price is the same on all types of phones that ActivePrint Traveler supports.
Printing On The Go – Remind Me From The Phone
Posted by Charles W. Teel in Printing On The Go on February 1, 2009
First official entry for Printing On The Go today!
Even though this is Sunday and I’m not at school or the office today, I still found a good use for ActivePrint Traveler. While at church this morning I had several people telling me about upcoming events that I need reminders for as well as several things that I need to get done. While its nice to write some of these things down in the built in notes option on my Samsung Blackjack, I still need those reminders hard copy form. Having the printed copy makes it easier for me to remember. So I used the Notepad option in ActivePrint Traveler (screenshot).
The Notepad option is basically a plain text editor. So I wrote out several notes to myself. When I came back home I plugged in my USB drive into my desktop and ran the helper app (available here for free) which then automatically printed out all those reminders and todo lists.
Now off to the Super Bowl Party!
Introducing Printing On The Go – A New Web Series
Posted by Charles W. Teel in Printing On The Go on January 31, 2009
I’m introducing a new series of posts to the ActivePrint Traveler called “Printing On The Go”. The best part of ActivePrint Traveler is the ability to print from your phone no matter where you are whether you’re at your office, at school, or away.
To demonstrate this I am going to start blogging about my use of ActivePrint Traveler in my own day to day life as I go through work here at Pocket Watch Software and at school as I work on my second degree in the College of Business at Lamar University. As I go through this series you’ll get to see some examples of how ActivePrint Traveler could be used in your day to day life whether you’re in business, a student, or just an average user of your phone.
I’ll be doing a mix of regular text blogging as well a few YouTube videos of my use of ActivePrint Traveler. Currently I’m using a Samsung Blackjack running Microsoft Windows Mobile 5 for Smartphones. So I’ll be using ActivePrint Traveler for Windows Mobile Standard.
ActivePrint Traveler Site Launched
Posted by Charles W. Teel in News on January 18, 2009
Welcome to the new ActivePrint Traveler site! Pocket Watch Software is happy to announce the launch of our newest project, ActivePrint Traveler!
Many of you will recognize us from our award winning ActivePrint system which brought printing technology to the Windows Mobile platform. With ActivePrint Traveler we’re taking our unique mobile printing technology to more than just Windows Mobile. Soon we will be adding mobile printing support to Apple iPhone/iPod Touch, RIM Blackberry, and the new Google Android.
Keep an eye on this site in the coming days for our release of a special version of ActivePrint Traveler for the Windows Mobile platform.
