HP has introduced the new Photosmart Premium Printer with TouchSmart Web printer, the world’s first web-connected home printer. It offering a new web-based printing platform with HP app that are are viewable on the 4.3-inch TouchSmart panel, lets you print from internet without having to turn on a PC.
The Photosmart Premium includes a full range of wired and wireless connectivity options including WiFi and Bluetooth, HP Photosmart Premium with TouchSmart Web will retail in the United States for a target street price of $399.
See the HP Photosmart Premium video bellow (YouTube)
HP is bringing the power of the web directly to the printer and combining it with HP’s TouchSmart technology to give people quick, easy, touchscreen access to popular digital content.
Designed for the digital generation and connected households, the HP Photosmart Premium with TouchSmart Web features an entirely new web-based printing platform with HP applications (apps). Similar to other Internet-connected devices, these apps, which are viewable on an extra-large, intuitive-to-use TouchSmart panel, allow people to connect instantly with fun, informative and personal content.
In addition to receiving apps preloaded on the printer, people can download new ones as they become available at the HP Apps Studio to suit their interests and needs. With the sweep of a finger, users will be able to browse and view popular web destinations and simply touch the app of their choice to launch a web page where they can customize and print content on demand in an easy-to-read format.
As pioneers of this new content-on-demand delivery platform, the world’s first HP app partners will be USA TODAY, Google, Fandango, Coupons.com, DreamWorks Animation, Nickelodeon, Web Sudoku and Weathernews Inc. Through these apps, people will have free access to customized daily news, maps, coupons, coloring pages, movie tickets, recipes, personal calendars and more – all at the touch of a finger.
Jun 2009
by it-echounder: printer
Unless Web connectivity and touch screens are a top priority, we recommend checking out HP’s other multifunction printers, which still offer high performance but at a much lower cost.