The printing landscape has changed dramatically over the last few years as mobile devices have proliferated in the workplace. The advent of bring your own device (BYOD) in many organisations has helped propel this trend, while other small business and home office users might simply love the convenience and portability of working with phones, both locally and remotely.
Whether it’s a home office or a small-to-medium business, a common conundrum for many office users is: how can documents, photos, diagrams, schematics, or any other type of content, be printed directly from a compatible mobile device in an easy and efficient way?
Samsung provides a wireless printing solution
Samsung has a solution to this problem by ensuring that its latest laser Smart Printers are all equipped with Wi-Fi technology and Near Field Communication* (NFC) capability. From its small, single-function mono laser printers that are great for a small office, home office environment, right up to the multi-function colour heromodel that can be used in busier multi-user offices, Samsung has printers in its range that are fast and capable of easily printing from compatible mobile devices.
It’s all about streamlined connectivity
Samsung laser printers with NFC, when combined with Samsung’s Galaxy range of compatible phones, can be used to print jobs directly, rather than requiring you and your employees to go through a computer*. Furthermore, the new Smart Printers are Wi-Fi enabled, so they can be harnessed from connected compatible laptops and 2-in-1 devices.
The new Samsung Smart Printers also support Google Cloud Print**, which allows printing from remote locations, as well as from devices such as Chromebooks. For Google Cloud Print, all you have to do is make sure your printer has access to your network and link the printer with your Google account. You will then be able to print compatible files directly from Google Drive.
Samsung Mobile Print
You may have heard the saying “there’s an app for that” with regards to just about everything associated with mobile devices. In this instance, when you say “I want to print from a compatible mobile device”, rest assured that Samsung has an app for that.
Samsung Mobile Print*** is an app that’s available for both the Android and Apple IOS platforms, and it’s a great fit for Samsung’s Galaxy range of phones. Many print tasks can be accomplished through this app, including the printing of compatible photos, documents, PDFs, and Web pages.
In the past, you and your employees may have had to email yourselves documents and photos, or transfer them over the network to a computer before printing them. With the Samsung Mobile Print app, prints can be sent directly from compatible mobile devices.
The way it works is simple: once you install the app, it will automatically detect compatible printers that are present on your wireless network, and offer an interface for sending content directly to that printer. The great thing about it is that it can also be used to capture scan jobs from compatible multifunction devices. Scans can be sent as JPEG, PDF or PNG files directly to a compatible mobile device through the Samsung Mobile Print app.
Mobile printing can be easy thanks to NFC
Many Android-based phones, including Samsung’s Galaxy range, feature NFC. This is a short-range wireless technology that allows two compatible devices to communicate with each other directly. Samsung has introduced this technology to its latest range of Smart Printers and multifunction devices in order to help provide a streamlined user experience when it comes to printing from compatible mobile devices*.
With NFC, the wireless printing experience becomes as simple as tapping a compatible phone on the NFC-enabled printer and selecting the function that you require through the Samsung MobilePrint app. In order to use it, you have to install the Samsung Mobile Print app, and make sure that the NFC and Wi-Fi Direct features are both enabled on your compatible phone, and on your compatible printer.
Once you or any of your employees tap your compatible phone on your NFC-enabled printer (there is a logo on the spot where you need to tap), the NFC chips in both devices communicate and work to set up the direct wireless connection between your compatible devices. It is then just a matter of selecting the printing or scanning function that you wish to perform through the Samsung Mobile Print app. You can even send a fax from your phone through the printer using the app.
The Samsung Smart printers available with NFC.
Samsung first introduced wireless printing as a major feature in its 2013 range, along with its Mobile Print app. This year, the company has refreshed its line-up with eight new NFC models that work with compatible mobile devices.
There are two single function mono printers, the Xpress series SL-M2020W and the SL-M2835DW.
Two multifunction mono printers, the Xpress series SL-M2070FW and the SL-M2885FW.
For colour printing there are two single function colour printers, the Xpress SL-C410W and Xpress SL-C1810W.
To top the range there are two colour multifunction machines. The Xpress SL-C460fw and the Xpress SL-C1860FW
The engine is fast, allowing both mono and colour prints to emerge at up to an efficient 18 pages per minute and the printers also make use of Samsung’s polymerized toner, which has small and uniform particles that help give printouts crisp lines and vivid colours.
The printer consumables for these printers.
The Xpress SL-C410W uses the MLT-D111S black toner cartridge that prints 1000 pages @ 5% coverage.
The SL-M2835DW has the option of the MLT-D116S black toner cartridge that prints 1200 pages or the MLT-116L high yield that prints 3000 pages @ 5% coverage.
The Xpress SL-M2070FW uses the MLT-D111S black toner cartridge that prints 1000 pages @ 5% coverage.
The SL-M2885DW has the option of the MLT-D116S black toner cartridge that prints 1200 pages or the MLT-116L high yield that prints 3000 pages @ 5% coverage.
The Xpress SL-C410W uses the CLT-K406S Black toner (1500 Pages) and the CLT-C406S (Cyan), CLT-M406S (Magenta) and CLT-Y406S (yellow) cartridges all yielding 1000 pages @5% coverage.
The Xpress SL-C1810W uses the CLT-K504S Black toner (2500 Pages) and the CLT-C504S (Cyan), CLT-M504S (magenta) and CLT-Y504S (yellow) cartridges all yielding 1800 pages @ 5% coverage.
The Xpress SL-C460FW uses the CLT-K406S Black toner (1500 Pages) and the CLT-C406S (Cyan), CLT-M406S (Magenta) and CLT-Y406S (Yellow) cartridges all yielding 1000 pages @ 5% coverage .
The Xpress SL-C1860FW uses the CLT-K504S Black toner (2500 Pages) and the CLT-C504S (Cyan), CLT-M504S (Magenta) and CLT-Y504S (Yellow) cartridgse all yielding 1800 pages @ 5% coverage.
All of these cartridges you can purchase from Ink Post either online or call 1300 793 593.