PrintBoy Alternative

[dragonsgames]

Hello,

I am using the PrintBoy trial, and it is very cool. I am printing wirelessly to my HP Photosmart 2500. Although this is very useful for me, it doesn't justufy the $50 price tag. Is there a free/cheaper alternative?

[philpalm]

Most trials are given to be tried out, without you figuring a way to disable the trial period. Since it looks like they have a lock on this technique they can charge such a high price. Here is their link:
http://www.bachmannsoftware.com/pbprem.htm
As far as I can figure, bringing a computer into the mix is the cheaper solution, unless someone wants to reverse engineer the process....

[m0nkeyb0y]

There is also TealPrint (http://www.tealpoint.com/softprnt.htm) for $20 but which, in my experience, is more limited than PrintBoy. You can print from the built-in apps (Date Book, Address Book, ToDo List, Memo Pad) along with system info and test results. You can also print your clipboard contents or a screen capture which you can take at a pre-defined interval. I've only tried the printing once and was quite underwhelmed by the Courier.ttf style ouput without formatting.

As always, test the demo fully before shelling out ;)

[Tam Hanna]

Keep in mind: Teal can print in color, while Bachmanns PrintBoy cant!

[dragonsgames]

Can it print Documents to Go documents? That is what I really need it for. I like to take notes and get home and print them out once I walk in the door.

[Tam Hanna]

Hi,
state at release of Docs 9, no. Docs8 can print, yes, but a Docs9 capable PrintBoy version was yet to be released when Docs9 saw its release.

Contact DataViz for further info...I'm not at all sure about the current state of the procedures.

[dragonsgames]

I'm sorry, I don't really understand what you are saying...
Are you saying it has it built-in?