Mopria Alliance

Mopria Alliance
Formation 2013 (2013)
Type Trade association
Location
  • San Ramon, CA
Website www.mopria.org

The Mopria Alliance[1] was formed in September 2013, with the four founding members all among the world's largest printer manufacturers, including Canon, HP, Samsung, and Xerox. According to their mission statement, "the Mopria Alliance is a non-profit membership organization of leading global technology companies with the goal of providing universal standard and solutions for print and scan."[2]

Member companies have published certifications for mobile devices; mobile print accessories and 3,000+ printers from 24 brands, representing more than 120 million print devices in use today. There are more than 1 billion installs of Mopria print technology Service including the pre-install on multiple brands (select models) such as Amazon, Huawei and ZTE and the inclusion of the Mopria Print Library in the Samsung Print service found on Samsung Galaxy devices. Mopria print technology is also integrated in the Android Default Print Service offered in Android 8 and Android 9.

Mopria Member Companies

There are 23 member companies, which account for more than 98% of the worldwide printer business, as well as from software companies, engineering and consulting firms, semiconductor companies and typeface designers.

  • Canon (founder)
  • HP (founder)
  • Samsung (founder)
  • Xerox (founder)
  • Adobe
  • Brother
  • Dell
  • Epson
  • Fuji Xerox
  • Huawei
  • Konica Minolta
  • Kyocera
  • Lexmark
  • Microsoft
  • NEC
  • OKI Data
  • Pantum
  • Primax
  • Qualcomm
  • Ricoh
  • Sharp
  • Toshiba
  • YSoft Corporation

Mopria Print Service

The Mopria Print Service for Android was released in the Google Play store during October 2014. It is a plug-in that enables printing from Android devices (4.4 or later) to Mopria certified printers and MFPs.

A client uses mDNS to automatically discover a printer through the local 802.11 wireless network. The printer must be connected to the network either wirelessly or with an Ethernet cable.

Mopria Print Library

The Mopria Print Library enables third-party plug-ins and provides support for a vast range of printers from multiple vendors. The Mopria Print Library is part of the Samsung Print Service, giving Samsung Galaxy users the ability to print content from their devices.

Mopria Scan

Mopria Scan provides a complete scan solution and universal standard that is compatible with scan devices from most manufacturers.

Mopria Organization

The Mopria Alliance was formed as a Delaware non-profit membership corporation and operates as a 501(c)(6) nonprofit corporation. Representatives from member organizations can serve on the Board of Directors and the three primary working groups: technical, certification, and marketing.

References

  1. ↑ "Mopria Print Alliance". Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "About". Mopria Print Alliance.
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