Industry Leaders and Partners Join Together to Align Standards and Advance Mobile Printing
Epson today announced it has joined the Mopria(TM) Alliance, a global non-profit membership organization working to promote the expansion of mobile printing. The Alliance was formed to bring together the mobile, software and print industries with the goal of aligning standards that ensure printing is universally compatible from any mobile device to any printer, anywhere.
"Mobile device users expect both innovation and ease of use. That's why Epson is honored to join a historic collaboration of printer and technology leaders to meet this challenge and continue to make mobile printing both easy and intuitive," said Patrick Chen, product manager of mobile connectivity, Epson America, Inc. "The Mopria Alliance is dedicated to advancing mobile printing standards that allow developers an easier way to integrate printing into their apps and, most importantly, allow users to conveniently print regardless of brand, device or operating system."
With an estimated 50 billion connected devices by 2020(1), the Mopria Alliance is focused on making wireless printing from smartphones, tablets and other devices simple and standardized. Primary focus areas for the Alliance include:
-- Breaking down barriers between brands by eliminating the need for users
to download multiple print solutions (print drivers)
-- Creating a better, easier and more accessible user experience for mobile
printing
-- Using Mopria as a way to educate consumers and businesses on the
ease-of-use of mobile printing
-- Influencing the development and adoption of standards for mobile
printing
-- Providing an open environment and tools for application developers to
incorporate print into mobile applications
In addition, the just announced Mopria Plug-in for KitKat complements the new core print feature in Android OS 4.4 enabling easy printing from Android-based mobile devices to many brands of printers. Epson will be working to offer support for the Mopria KitKat plug-in and other Mopria standards.
