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mobile printing

Mobile printing is the process of sending data to a printer wirelessly from a smartphone or tablet.

There are two main approaches to mobile printing. One involves direct communication between a mobile device and a printer. The other approach involves communication between a mobile device and a computer connected to a printer.

Related glossary terms: softphone (soft client telephone) , device-agnostic (device agnosticism), Socialcast, predictive text, gray market, bring your own apps (BYOA), Jive Software, social collaboration, consumerization policy

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This was last updated in December 2012

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