How to set up printing from tablets and phones

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Editor's note Happy Thursday to all for another week of the Wrapper. The definite hit of the week was our article on printing from mobile devices. As mobile computing becomes ever more popular, and devices continue to proliferate, it's an issue that many are running into, especially if tablets are to be our primary computers in the future. Without an industry standard solution, there are many ways to skin this printing cat, and a couple of alternative ways to print were suggested in the comments to the article. Although Linux.conf.au is over for another year, the videos of most of the sessions are up. One of the interesting twists of the event was that they did not have permission to film the keynote delivered by Sir Tim Berners-Lee -- which is the height of irony, seeing as how he called upon governments to embrace open data. Have a great week, everyone! --Chris How to set up printing from tablets and phones More and more user time is spent nowadays with mobile devices, but the lingering need to print remains for many. Read more Resource of the day Tech Dossier: A faster path to client virtualization Mobile devices are great - if they are controlled and well managed. One way to regain control of the desktop is client virtualization. Learn how HP combines servers, storage, networking and management technologies into one integrated solution: the HP client VirtualSystem. Catch up on Linux.conf.au session videos If you missed out last week on LCA 2013, fear not; the session videos are starting to appear. Read more Additional TechRepublic resources   Surface Pro preview: Triple-play UI is its best innovation As a hybrid tablet/laptop, Microsoft Surface Pro makes a bold pitch to reinvent the portable PC, but a few big caveats get in the way. Read TechRepublic's product preview. Read more BYOD, the cloud, and backups: Meeting the data-everywhere challenge Nick Hardiman explains how Asigra is meeting the enterprise challenge of backing up data when it exists on multiple devices, in the cloud, and on the network. Read more Setting up a cloud? eBay reveals the five key steps In creating a private cloud to give flexibility to developers and the business, eBay learned lessons that should apply to any organisation grappling with similar changes. Read more Would you want to know your co-workers' salaries? Some private-sector firms are practicing full disclosure on company financials--including salary info. Read more The ABC's of Android game development: Load and display sprites In the second installment of his five-part app developer series, William J. Francis instructs you on how to load and display sprites when developing an Android game. Read more Hardware neutrality: UEFI strikes again and again The latest UEFI snafu involved the bricking of Samsung laptops. It's time that hardware vendors knew consumers and IT pros demand the right to hardware neutrality. Read more What clients' BYOD policies mean to consultants Chip Camden explores how the BYOD trend can benefit consultants. He also looks at several different ways BYOD policies could apply to consultants compared to employees. Read more Featured multimedia   Increase BYOD productivity by adding five apps to your devices With the right productivity apps you can manage to remain productive when you're using your own devices at your place of business. View on site Today's recommended downloads HP Reference Architecture for Client Virtualization (Hewlett-Packard (HP)® & Intel®) Covering Your Tracks, Protecting Your Data (Oracle) Unify Data Management Throughout the Content Lifecycle (Oracle) Explore the Features and Functionality of Oracle Real Application Clusters 11g Release 2 (Oracle) On-demand Webcast: Big Data Priorities 2013 (ZDNet) Connect with TechRepublic The BYOD Trend: Special Report The "bring your own device" movement is changing the ways employees use technology and the way IT departments plan, manage, and support those technologies. TechRepublic has advice for how to make the BYOD trend work. TechRepublic newsletters   Get programming, mobile development, and design tips and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Software Engineer App Builder Web Designer IT Consultant

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