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08-15-2021 02:48 PM
I would like to provide printing capability to a friend, using the email address assigned to the printer. How does that work for a file they have? pasted into an email, as an attachment to the email? or how tia
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08-15-2021 03:20 PM
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Add your friend's email address to the printer's allowed senders list.
Let him / her / them know how to use ePrint.
HP Smart / HP Connected > How to > Setting Up and Using HP ePrint
Reminder: ePrint has "rules" about what it accepts.
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HP Smart / HP Connected > Troubleshooting > HP Printers - HP ePrint Job Does Not Print
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Note: Your friend does not need "Web Services". It is your printer that is connected to the Internet and providing the service to print. Friend just needs the printer's email address and the permission (allowed senders) to send email to the printer's email address.
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08-15-2021 03:20 PM
Welcome to the HP Community.
Click Flag to switch to your region
Add your friend's email address to the printer's allowed senders list.
Let him / her / them know how to use ePrint.
HP Smart / HP Connected > How to > Setting Up and Using HP ePrint
Reminder: ePrint has "rules" about what it accepts.
Read the article
HP Smart / HP Connected > Troubleshooting > HP Printers - HP ePrint Job Does Not Print
More information here...
Starting on Page 35
Note: Your friend does not need "Web Services". It is your printer that is connected to the Internet and providing the service to print. Friend just needs the printer's email address and the permission (allowed senders) to send email to the printer's email address.
HP Printer Home Page - References and Resources – Learn about your Printer - Solve Problems
“Things that are your printer”
NOTE: Content depends on device type and Operating System
Categories: Alerts, Access to the Print and Scan Doctor (Windows), Warranty Check, HP Drivers / Software / Firmware Updates, How-to Videos, Bulletins/Notices, Lots of How-to Documents, Troubleshooting, Manuals > User Guides, Product Information (Specifications), more
When the website support page opens, Select (as available) a Category > Topic > Subtopic
HP ENVY 5055 All-in-One Printer
Thank you for participating in the HP Community.
The Community is a separate wing of the HP website - We are not an HP business group.
Our Community is comprised of volunteers - people who own and use HP devices.
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Question / Concern Answered, Click "Accept as Solution"