February 13, 2004

Printer firms focus on camera phones

Hewlett-Packard, Epson and Canon have started a group to promote standards for printing images taken with the increasingly popular camera phones, acccording to News.com.

"The three printer companies plan to implement guidelines for the mobile phone industry to deliver reliable wireless printing options to consumers by the second half of 2004. Existing connectivity standards will be used, the companies said, including Bluetooth wireless technology, printing from memory cards and PictBridge, a wired technology for linking digital still cameras directly to printers."

For more on cell phone printers, see this category in Picturephoning.com.