Mobile Workers Can Now Simply GoPrint

As workers and professionals become increasingly mobile, and regional offices adopt a motel-style check-in for cubicle space, efficient and secure access to resources become challenging issues for many business environments. And one of the most important of these office resources is printing.

AeroComm, a Lenexa, Kansas-based developer of wireless communication products introduced a new solution that tackle this problem. Dubbed GoPrint, the hardware and software combination enables wireless printer sharing using a high-performance 2400 MHz spread spectrum radio.

Spread spectrum, as you’ll recall, spreads the radio signals over a frequency range, collecting and decoding this signal at the receiving station. The very nature of this system makes it ideal for implementing secure and interference-reduced communication systems.

GoPrint uses the technology to transmit data to shared printers at transmission rates up to 1 Mbps. The computer and printer may be separated up to a 2,000 foot (610 m) radius making it adaptable to a wide range of office environments. The radio adapter attached to the printer has a unique user assigned name and password, and users can select printers using utility programs supplied with GoPrint.

AeroComm selected to implement GoPrint to operate in the 2400 MHz band where the bandwidth allows for better data rate throughput than the 915 MHz band. AeroComm also uses a proprietary data compression system to achieve an up to fourfold increase in the data transmission rate. ❑

AeroComm, Inc.
Ron Ferguson
10563 Lackman Road
Lenexa, KS 66219
(913) 492-2320
(913) 492-1243 (fax)