Canon app allows photo printing from iPhone

Stephen Withers
Wednesday, 18 November 2009 05:47

Your IT - Mobility

A new iPhone app allows photo printing directly to certain Canon inkjets.

Canon's Easy Photo-Print App for the iPhone and iPod touch allows direct printing to supported Canon Pixma printers. It will be available at no charge from the App Store beginning tomorrow, November 19.

Supported printers include the MP990, MP640 and MP560. The app allows the selection of paper type and size, as well as the number of prints.

"Canon continues to make the photo printing experience as seamless and easy as possible with the addition of new technologies such as the Canon Easy-Photo Print Application," said Beryl Thomas, Pixma brand manager at Canon Australia.

"This new application opens up the photo printing possibilities for iPhone or iPod Touch users who can now easily print from their device while enjoying creative control over high quality output options," she added.

This isn't a new idea. Almost a year ago, HP announced HP iPrint Photo - a similar app that works with most of that company's inkjet printers when they are connected to Wi-Fi networks.

iPrint Photo was the first application available from the App Store to print photos directly from an iPhone or iPod touch without going through a computer, HP officials claimed in December 2008.

HP's application shipped in January 2009.