HP iPrint iOS App

HP iPrint 3.0

Yesterday Hewlett-Packard released iPrint version 3.0. And this is a perfect App for printing and scanning documents directly from your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad. You can print to HP Network Printers or USB Printers. For example printers which are connected with the Apple Airport Extreme or Express USB port.

What’s New In Version 3.0

  • Print PDF and text documents
  • Native iPad resolution & user interface for enhanced iPad viewing and use
  • Document Support – View and wirelessly print attachments (text and PDF files) from mail clients and apps compatible with iOS “Document Support” feature (requires iPad and/or iPhone iOS 4)
  • WebDAV – Turns your device into a wireless flash drive. Copy documents directly from your PC or Mac to/from your device and take them with you
  • File Sharing support – When connected via USB cable, transfer documents to iPad & iPhone (iOS 4) from PC or Mac
  • Scan to device – Scan photos & documents wirelessly from HP e-All-in-One printers to iOS devices (iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad)
  • Available in English, French, Italian, German, Spanish

Here you can find a list of printers which are supported with HP iPrint 3.0:

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How to create a Windows 7 & Windows Server 2008 R2 Install USB Stick

Its very simple to create a Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 bootable USB Stick. Microsoft provides a tool called Windows 7 USB/DVD Tool. This tool also works for Windows Server 2008 R2.

  1. Download Windows 7 USB/DVD Tool and install it
  2. Start the programm and choose the .iso Image (Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2)
    Windows 7 USB/DVD Tool
  3. Choose which media you want to create (USB)
    Windows 7 USB/DVD Tool
  4. Choose USB device
    Windows 7 USB/DVD Tool
  5. Begin Copying and after some minutes your USB Stick is ready to use

How to create an HP Firmware Maintenance CD and SmartStart USB Stick

HP has some Maintenance CD’s for the ProLiant Server Serie, but a lot of Servers used in a datacenter don’t have a CD-ROM, so how can you use the HP Support CD’s USB Stick? Its pretty easy if you know how to do it.

What do I need for this:

  • Windows XP Client
  • HP Firmware Maintenance ISO Image or HP SmartStart ISO Image
  • HP USB Key Utility (link)
  • USB Sticks (1GB or more)
  • CD-ROM Drive or Virtual CD-ROM

There are a lot of benefits by using USB-Sticks:

  • faster boot
  • no more space for CD ROMs needed
  • you can update it

And the best thing, you can easy upgrade Firmware Files on the USB Stick by adding them to:

USBSTICK:\compaq\swpackages\