The second Pogoplug update in around a month has been announced, promising remote printing functionality for the network-attached drive sharing device. The new update, due for release this coming summer, will add a new Web Printing tool when a USB printer is hooked up; users will be able to send print jobs locally or remotely, or even email them direct to the printer.
As with Pogoplug drives, the printers will be open to sharing using the straightforward browser-based UI. Initially any HP or Epson USB printer from 2005 onward will be supported; we’re guessing Pogoplug are seeing the service as a rival to HP’s own ePrint system, which integrates the functionality into the printer itself but does require users buy a new model.
The cloud printing update will be automatically pushed to Pogoplug units sometime this summer. Last month, Pogoplug released an update which allowed users to email files to their drives.