HP injects AI into its printers
HP has launched Print AI, a beta feature for printers that optimizes print jobs and allows natural language interaction. Pricing and supported models are undisclosed, raising privacy and cost concerns.
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HP has introduced Print AI, a new feature for its printers aimed at enhancing the printing experience through artificial intelligence. Currently in beta, Print AI offers two main functionalities: Perfect Output and customer experience simplification. Perfect Output optimizes printouts by removing unwanted elements, such as ads and menus, from webpages, and ensures that spreadsheets are printed without splitting important data across pages. The AI interface allows users to interact with the system using natural language, providing options to customize print layouts and sizes. Additionally, Print AI can transform photos into personalized projects, offering unique layouts and styles for greeting cards. While HP has not disclosed pricing or the specific printers that will support Print AI, the company is expected to monetize the feature. Concerns regarding privacy and the potential for increased costs related to third-party ink cartridges have been raised, as the processing of print jobs may occur on external servers. Overall, the effectiveness of Print AI in real-world applications remains to be seen.
- HP has launched Print AI, a beta feature for its printers.
- Print AI includes functionalities like Perfect Output for optimizing print jobs.
- The AI interface allows for natural language interaction and customization options.
- Pricing and supported printer models for Print AI have not been disclosed.
- Concerns about privacy and potential additional costs have been highlighted.
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25 commentsI think "perfect output" would be to reproduce the input on paper as precisely as real-world hardware constraints permit. This here is no longer useful as a printer.
I can kinda see why they are doing this but it's still deeply annoying, when all I really want from the printer industry is a printer that prints.
Why would anyone want a printer that decides to print something different than what you sent it? Aren't these things unreliable enough as is?
No effing way do I want my printed text to go through some LLM, even if it's just for design/layout purposes.
Just waiting for some HP Clippy-clone with HAL 9000 voice. "I'm sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t print that"
While the mechanical part is OK, the software and consumable ecosystem is insanity.
They might think AI will fix it but is gonna be without me.
[1] https://www.dkriesel.com/en/blog/2013/0802_xerox-workcentres...
What I expect it means: What You See Is What You Get to the extreme. Absolutely predictable printing.
What HP, instead, thinks: What the actual fuck.
HP appears to integrate anything that is riding the hype. Thankfully, from one of their hype I have one of the best printers they ever made so I suppose, sometimes food things come out of hype.
This kind of thing should be done in the application or maybe the driver, not the printer.
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