page_title: HP ePrint
section_title: HP ePrint Public Print Locations
hierarchical_section_title: HP ePrint / HP ePrint Public Print Locations
caption_attribution_description: English: Figure 2. HP ePrint Mobile Printing Solution data flowchart.
context_page_description: HP ePrint is a term used by Hewlett-Packard to describe a variety of printing technologies developed for computing devices, such as smartphones, tablet computers, and laptops.
  Many HP ePrint technologies use cloud resources to provide mobile printing capabilities for specific HP ePrint-enabled printers and MFPs and for other printers using applications that provide network printing. The HP ePrint portfolio of mobile printing solutions includes the following:
context_section_description: HP ePrint Public Print Locations is a mobile printing service that prints from the cloud using one of the HP ePrint mobile device apps. HP ePrint Public Print Locations is meant for people who use printers while traveling. It also enables a business or a public facility to charge for printing. For example, a businessperson preparing for a presentation can print handouts at a destination hotel for a fee rather than carrying them as they travel, or a traveler can print a boarding pass at a hotel to save waiting in line at the airport.
  The HP ePrint apps are free and include versions for Apple iPhones and Android devices. Users can find it at iTunes App store or Google Play. It is also available for Blackberry mobile devices from BlackBerry App World. The HP ePrint apps lists various registered HP ePrint public printers at locations, such as hotels, airports, and print shops.
  When a user submits a print job to HP ePrint Public Print Locations, the service returns a notification email message with an authorization code that is required for printing at the device. This authorization code prevents unwanted printing and depending on the business model enables the owner of the printer to charge for printing before the documents are printed.
  The HP ePrint Service app uses GPS coordinates to locate and map HP ePrint public printers nearby. The user can use smartphone navigation features for directions to the location of the HP ePrint Public Print Location.
  HP ePrint Public Print Locations supports the following file formats for printing:
  Microsoft Office (’95-2010) Word, Excel, PowerPoint
  Microsoft Visio
  OpenOffice.org (2.X/3.X)
  StarOffice (StarWriter, StarCalc, StarChart, StarDraw, StarImpress)
  Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
  Text and Rich Text Format
  Image files (PNG, BMP, JPEG, GIF, TIFF)
  The HP ePrint Public Print Locations service maintains a database of public print providers. Each provider, upon receiving a print request, renders the print data accordingly and sends the print data stream (PCL or Postscript) to a destination print queue. To retrieve the print job, the user goes to the printer location kiosk and types the authorization code to release and print the print job(s).
caption: HP ePrint Public Print Locations data flow
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