Hi I don't have a printer yet its bust up so looking for a new 1. In the meanwhile I need to print something and I know someone with a HP All-In-One but has no computer. However I was wondering If I save my Word documents to a USB Flash drive, would I be able to plug the pen drive into his machine (as it has a usb port on the front) and print my docs.
I know the ans is probably no cause it shows a pic of a camera next to the port, but if I don't ask I wont know. If this is not possible is there another solution? maybe a mem card as the machine has slots for that as well?
Thanx.
2007-03-21 14:28:19 · 4 answers · asked by vik 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Printers
NB: Other person has the printer (which can operate without a computer) but has no computer.
2007-03-21 14:36:59 · update #1
As you have very correctly identified, the USB port on the HP All-In-One printer is meant for digital cameras. Normally, the external media inputs on the printer (such as mem card slots that you mention) are meant for printing images, as the printer does not have the ability to 'understand' other document formats (such as a word doc).
Since you have a computer and your friend a printer, why don't you connect the printer to the computer? If this is not possible, try an Internet cafe or an offset printing/photocopy centre.
Unfortunately, I don't think there is much else to do. Hope this helps, best of luck :)
2007-03-21 14:46:16 · answer #1 · answered by leo_79 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, you need a program to translate the document to code the printer would be able to understand. The USB port is to allow a camera or other device to print documents directly to the printer without the computer. It saves the user from downloading the images to a PC and then printing them.
If you capture each page of your document as an image, save the images to a memory stick, you could then print the images of the document. Quality won't be the best but you would have a hard copy of it.
With each page open on the screen, press Alt+PrintScreen to capture just that window. Ctrl+V into MSPaint and save the document as a jpeg or gif to save space. .BMP files will be the default file type so you'll need to do a Save As and then change the file type. Do that for each page.
2007-03-21 14:47:20 · answer #2 · answered by ZRX1200 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Assuming the other person has Word on their computer, you would be able to use Word to open and print the file from your USB drive.
2007-03-21 14:32:21 · answer #3 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I suspect the printer will only recognize graphics files but try it anyway.
2007-03-21 14:43:04 · answer #4 · answered by Jellicoe 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋