Canon's New MX512 and MX432 Printers Are AirPrint-Enabled

Digital imaging company Canon U.S.A. has announced two new AirPrint-enabled devices - the PIXMA MX512 and MX432 Wireless2 Office All-In-One inkjet printers.

Introduced by Apple in iOS 4.0, AirPrint is a wireless printing standard that enables iPad, iPhone and iPod touch users to beam their photos, email, web pages and documents right to devices like the two I just mentioned above.

There’s no need for complicated set-up procedures and there aren’t any drivers to install either. As Canon themselves put it, the experience is as seamless as it gets.

The company used this opportunity to announce that more inkjet printers from its portfolio are about to get the AirPrint treatment. In fact, all of the Canon PIXMA Wireless All-In-One inkjet printers launched from this point forward will boast AirPrint support, according to the manufacturer.

On the iOS side, users will require an iPad, iPad 2, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S or iPod touch (3rd generation and later) and iOS 4.2 or later.

Visit Canon here for more information on the new PIXMA MX512 and MX432 Wireless2 Office All-In-One inkjet printers.

“AirPrint is Apple’s powerful new printing architecture that matches the simplicity of iOS—no set up, no configuration, no printer drivers and no software to download,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing, when the company unveiled the new printing standard.

“iPad, iPhone and iPod touch users can simply tap to print their documents or photos wirelessly to an HP ePrint printer or to a printer shared on a Mac or PC,” added Schiller.

Apple initially offered support for a number of HP printers. The first devices that were compatible with iOS 4.2 in the fall of 2010 included the HP Photosmart, Officejet, Officejet Pro and the LaserJet Pro series ePrint enabled printers.

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