Four years ago, my Dad bought my Grandmother a computer. Not only has she never sent an email on it, but the only time the computer is turned on is when one of her younger visitors needs to use it. Joe Beninato, the founder of Presto, had the same problem when trying to send photos to his Mother though email. He thought it would be cool if she could receive emails and photos without having to mess with a PC, so he teamed up with HP to develop the Presto printing mailbox.

Soon the over 50 million Americans who don’t use computers or have access to the internet can have an entire email inbox set up for them. The Presto service will allow the internet savvy user to monitor the printer’s ink and paper supply from their online account, and, to prevent spam, can choose which users can send emails to the inbox. Other features include the ability to choose a larger easy-to-read font, as well as sign up to have Grandma receive puzzles, recipes, news articles and additional bundled content in her inbox. The bad news is that the printing mailbox is only one-way, so the end user will have to stick with snail-mail to respond. Knowing my Grandma, that is something she’ll enjoy anyway.

Amazingly, no internet connection is needed for the printing mailbox to work. Although the product has not yet been released, a Fortune article has the cost of the printer with additional software (making it a printing mailbox) at $150 and the online management service at $10/month or $100/year. Stay tuned to the ShoutBlog for an upcoming interview with Presto founder Joe Beninato!