Now, let's talk about printing. Sure, some of us are already carrying a printer in the vehicle, powered off of our car electric system. But, when I switched much of my out-of-office activity to the iPad, a physical USB connection wasn't there. Besides, all of those cables were a pain anyway. Well, HP responded with a printer series that communicates with the Internet via WiFi. It has its own email address. I can email a document as an attachment, and the printer receives and prints it.
Now, here's my remote office routine with a customer:
- We're meeting at their home to do a listing or purchase agreement.
- I get the details, their information, and use my Palm Pre hotspot and iPad to fill out the documents online.
- I email the documents as an attachment directly to the HP D110a Printer.
- Excusing myself, I go to my vehicle, the printer picks up my Palm Pre hotspot, and it receives the email and prints the documents.
- I take them back in for signatures.
- If you're using a netbook, you can take them back out and use the scanning function of the printer via USB to scan in the signed documents and print the customer a copy. With the iPad, I just tell them I'll do it back at the office and email them a copy
It's as easy as 1-2-3! You can set up a truly mobile real estate office with these tools.
