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Easy Mobile Printing Reaches Every Android 8.0 Oreo User with Mopria Technology
The Mopria®
Alliance, a global non-profit membership organization chartered to
drive industry-wide standards and solutions for mobile printing, today
announced it provided core printing technology to deliver intuitive
mobile printing in the new Android
8.0 Oreo™ operating system. This contribution is the result of
ongoing collaboration with the Google Android team via the Android Open
Source (News - Alert) Project and the Mopria Alliance.
Android 8.0 Oreo's new Default Print Service features core technology
from the Mopria Print Service, immediately delivering mobile printing
convenience in the Operating System. With Mopria technology at the core
of the Android (News - Alert) 8.0 Oreo Default Print Service, users no longer need to
download a mobile printing service and printer discovery is automatic,
allowing easy mobile printing to more than 100 million Mopria
certified printers from any Android 8.0 Oreo device.
"Mobile printing should be intuitive and ubiquitous, whether you're at
home, in the office, or on the go," said Greg Kuziej, Chairman of the
Board at the Mopria Alliance. "Thanks to Mopria technology, Google (News - Alert) and the Android Open Source Project, we're delivering easy mobile printing
to Android users."
Since its launch, the Mopria Print Service has enabled printing on
Android (4.4 or later) smartphones and tablets to Mopria certified
printers. Mopria allows users to easily print photos, web pages and
documents when their mobile devices are connected to Mopria certified
printers through a wireless network. Supported print settings include
features such as color, number of copies, duplex, paper size, page print
range, media type and orientation.
In the four years since the establishment of the Mopria
Alliance by founders Canon, HP, Samsung (News - Alert) and Xerox, the nonprofit
membership organization has grown to 20 members representing the
worldwide printer business. In addition to the founding companies, the
Mopria Alliance today includes Adobe, Konica Minolta, Qualcomm, Lexmark,
Kyocera, Toshiba, Brother, Epson, Fuji Xerox, NEC, Pantum, Ricoh (News - Alert), YSoft,
Sharp, Dell and Primax.
While the Mopria Alliance will continue its efforts to make mobile
printing easy, it will also expand its focus to standardizing cloud
printing and scanning. Its goal is to make these solutions more
accessible and intuitive for both consumer and business users.
Mopria certified printers make up 97% of printers sold worldwide. For
the latest list of Mopria certified printers and print accessories,
please visit http://mopria.org/certified-products.
About the Mopria®
Alliance
The Mopria® Alliance is a non-profit membership organization
of leading global technology companies with the initial goal of
simplifying printing from smartphones, tablets and other devices. The
Alliance develops and promotes technology standards that deliver an
intuitive experience connecting different devices and mobile operating
systems. The adoption of these standards allow users to seamlessly
interact with a printer, regardless of brand. Plus, app downloads and
setups for new mobile devices or printers will become unnecessary. Look
for Mopria certified printers and accessories for easy printing with
Mopria-enabled mobile devices. Learn more at www.mopria.org
or download the latest Mopria software on the Google
Play™ store.
Android is a trademark of Google Inc.
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