How to print from Android to a printer. Touch devices and printer. What to do if you don’t have a computer at hand

Description of the program for printing documents from Android devices.

That's all today more people prefer smartphones and tablets over desktop computers. Portable devices are gaining popularity not only in the entertainment sector, but are also used by many for work. Their compact dimensions, intuitive operation and ample capabilities are the reason for this.

Almost everyone knows that a small pocket gadget with an operating Android system capable of performing almost all tasks that a bulky desktop PC is capable of. However, many people wonder whether it is possible to connect a printer, scanner or other office equipment to it? Of course yes! How to do this will be discussed in our article.

There are several ways to connect a printer to an Android device. Each of them has its own advantages and disadvantages, so it’s worth considering them in more detail:

Connecting the printer to an Android device via USB cable

• This method is considered the most reliable and simplest, because... All modern printers are equipped with USB ports and are easily recognized by smartphones and tablets. The only problem may be the lack of a suitable port on your mobile device. But don't worry. At any electronics store you can purchase the adapter necessary to connect the printer.
• However, you won’t be able to simply connect the printer via a cable to your smartphone or tablet and start printing. First you need to install suitable drivers to your Android device. But we'll talk about this a little later.

Connecting the printer to an Android device via Wi-Fi

Connecting the printer to an Android device via Wi-Fi

• Convenience this method connecting the printer to Android devices is obvious. When you need to print a document, you may not always have a USB cable at hand to connect your device to the printer. But Wi-Fi networks today they are available everywhere. All that is needed for this is additional software, which we will talk about a little later, a Wi-Fi network and a printer connected to it.

• If you've ever sent pictures or music files via Bluetooth, you know how it works. In essence, this is the same wireless connection as Wi-Fi, but you must be in close proximity to the printer to send a file for printing. But it is worth remembering that not all printer models have Bluetooth and Wi-Fi.

• This method of connecting a printer to Android devices is notable for the fact that it can be used to print a file on a printer located anywhere in the world. To do this you need special software and IP address printer or computer to which it is connected.
• The method is quite complicated and not worth the time. Much easier to transfer required file to a computer and print the desired document through it.

PrinterShare program for connecting a printer to Android devices

Figure 1. PrinterShare program for connecting a printer to Android devices

• Previously, we found out that to print files from mobile devices to Android based It’s not enough to have a printer, a USB cable or WiFi connection. You need to install the required driver package on your device. But, because Each printer model requires its own drivers, so installing them manually would be impractical. A smarter move would be to use additional software. In our case this is the program PrinterShare.
• PrinterShare contains a set universal drivers, which fit most existing printers. When you connect the printer, it automatically recognizes the model and installs the appropriate driver package for it.

Figure 2. PrinterShare program for connecting a printer to Android devices

• This program supports all types of printer connections with Android mobile devices, and also allows you to print files all text formats, including PDF, images, web pages, contact lists from the address book, call logs, letters from email applications, such as G-mail, SMS messages and much more.

• The program is paid, but Google Play Market exists trial free version, which can be downloaded from this link. In it you will not be able to print your files, but only try out the program by sending a test document for printing.
• If trial version You like it, but you don’t want or can’t afford to buy full Premium version, then you can download the apk file full version from the forum w3bsit3-dns.com and install it manually. All files on this forum are strictly moderated, so you don't have to worry about your device becoming infected with viruses.
• The program interface is in Russian and is intuitive. After launching the application, select a printer connected by one of the methods, select the file required for printing on the device and send it to the printer. Within a few seconds you will receive a printed version of the document. In the video at the end of the article you can see how a document is printed through the program PrinterShare.

Figure 4. PrinterShare program for connecting the printer to Android devices

• In order to send a file for printing remotely via the Internet, you need to download and install PC version programs to the computer to which the printer is connected. PC version is free and can be downloaded from the official website of the program.

VIDEO: How to connect a printer to an Android tablet?

If you want to print a document or photo from your phone, you do not need to transfer these files to your computer. Transfer them directly to the printer via cloud storage, Google services, Bluetooth or Wi-Fi. You can also use USB cable, if the devices support such a connection.

How to print a file from a smartphone.

If you have an Android smartphone, Google services will help you. For initial setup PC required. Then you will print documents without it.

Some smartphones have this feature natively. It is often added to new models. To activate it:

AirPrint for iPhone

This feature is also available on the iPhone - AirPrint. It is configured automatically. One condition is that the mobile device with the printer must be connected to the same Wi-Fi network.

Not all MFPs have Wi-Fi. AirPrint can also work via local network. Connect the gadget to the LAN port of the PC. Try sending something to it from your iPhone. If the device is connected to USB, nothing will work. It must be on the same network as the iPhone.

IMPORTANT. Manufacturers don't often add this technology to their products. Check the specifications of your printing device to see if it works with AirPrint. The corresponding mark should be on its body. A list of supported models is on the Apple website.

If your gadget doesn’t fit, you can “cheat the system.” Use Printopia or AirPrint Activator. They are easy to understand: install, run, turn on. Unfortunately, these utilities only work on Mac OS.

Wireless connection

To print over Wi-Fi on your printer, it must support wireless network. Each device has its own connection method. Details are in the instructions and on the manufacturer's website. But the router needs to be further configured:

1. Connect it to your PC.
2. Open your browser and address bar write "192.168.0.1" or "192.168.1.1". IP may be different. This depends on the router model.
3. Enter your login/password. By default it is admin/admin.
4. Go to settings wireless connection- WPS Setup.
5. Find the Protection Setup security settings and activate protection.
6. Disable MAC address filtering.
7. There should be a WPS button in the Wi-Fi settings or on the router body. Click it. Or run the disk that came with the modem and find the wireless network settings on it.
8. Click WPS button on the printing device. Don't hesitate. If you do this after two minutes or later, the device will not connect.
9. If it doesn't work, try again.

There must be a smartphone on the same network. Go to its settings, open the wireless connection settings and connect.

Wireless printing applications

To print from your phone, the same Cloud Print and AirPrint. But there are other applications. For example, PrintShare for Android.

PrintShare even works with Bluetooth and USB printers. But it has a drawback. IN free version The program has many restrictions. To use it, you will have to buy Premium. Although there are many more similar utilities in the application store. HandyPrint and Printer Pro are suitable for iOS. They have the same operating principle. Manufacturers of printing devices produce own programs for smartphones. For example, Canon Print or Epson Print.

USB

1. Check if your phone has USB port Host.
2. Connect it to the MFP.
3. Find drivers for it.
4. Or install the USB connection Kit application.
5. If it works, the smartphone will “see” the external USB device.

For models from HP there is a personal program - ePrint. You don't need to configure anything with it. Just connect the devices to each other. To print via your phone to a printer, install a special application or use the built-in functions. This way you won't need to turn on your computer to get the finished photo or document.

Mobile devices with Android OS, despite their enormous popularity, are becoming increasingly widespread among users due to their functionality. Today, from a smartphone you can not only access the Internet or watch videos from YouTube, play games, but also print documents, pictures, etc. Therefore, we will talk about how to connect a printer to Android.

You can print a web page, documents, SMS, photographs, etc. in several ways, which we will now discuss.

Via Google Cloud Print

To print anything to a printer from an Android tablet/smartphone using this method, we will need:

• Installing Google Cloud Print.
• Android application "Virtual Printer".
• Home printer connected to a computer/laptop.
• Google account.

We will install Google Virtual Print as follows. On the right, on the top panel of the browser, click the button “ Settings and Google management Chrome"(three parallel stripes). In the menu that opens, select “ Settings«:

Scroll the list to the end, and at the very bottom click “ Show advanced settings«:

We find the section “ Google Cloud Print", press the button " Tune"(if you wish, you can read background information in the menu item " More details«):

On the page that opens " Devices» select « Add printers«:

In the window that appears, we will see the printers connected to our computer, check the box for the one from which we will start printing, then click the “Add printer” button:

Wait a few seconds, and a message will appear indicating that the registration procedure is complete, after which we activate the “ Printer management«:

Control buttons will appear on the top panel, and in this case we select “ Add a regular printer«:

And I have nothing more to add on this topic. Good luck!

This article was written by Gerashchenko Evgeniy.

Surely many of us asked ourselves the question: “Can an Android-based tablet replace desktop computer? Perhaps in the future with the growth of computing power and the development of technology, but now it is too early to talk about a complete replacement of the desktop computer/laptop mobile solutions represented by smartphones, tablets and other devices based on Android.

But there are still some tasks that can only be completed by having your favorite Android device at hand. This article will talk about printing documents and photos using the Nexus 10 tablet and the HP LaserJet P1102w printer as an example.

Printing: One of the easiest printing methods is wired.

For this you need OTG cable and PrinterShare™ Mobile Print software.

When installing this program will add a printing tool called PrinterShare to the settings menu. It must be enabled by going to Settings - Printing - PrinterShare.

We connect the printer via an OTG cable to the tablet. Open the PrinterShare program, in the upper right corner of the screen click menu - Select printer -USB printer— Find a printer. If necessary, the program will download and install the printer driver itself.

We open the document that needs to be printed. For example, I use the OfficeSuite PRO program to create, edit and read documents. Click on the print icon and select our printer, click “Print” and you’re done.

Among the disadvantages of this method, I note that not all printers are supported by the program; for less popular printer models, there may be a problem with drivers, and of course, your Android device must support OTG.

Smartphones, although they have not been able to replace computers for us so far, have become excellent assistants and are actively used in work and entertainment. We often receive documents first of all on a smartphone and often need to print them out immediately. Many phone owners use them as their main camera, and here we are faced with the need to print the pictures taken. In this article we will try to tell you how easy it is to print a photo or document via your phone to a printer. Let's look at all the working methods and provide detailed instructions.

How to print photos or text from Android

The most common method of printing documents from an Android smartphone is to connect the gadget to a computer. There are two ways to print files on a printer.

1. By connecting the phone to the computer and printing it as if from a third-party drive.
2. By using your smartphone's SD card and copying documents or photos from it.

These methods are quite simple in themselves, but require a working computer at hand, which automatically makes them unsuitable for those who do not want to use a computer. Therefore, further we will talk about how to connect a printer to an Android device directly or through cloud service.

Printing via cloud services

If you have a printer that supports Wi-Fi, you can use it to print via cloud services.

The easiest way is to print via Google Cloud Print. To interact with the cloud printer you will need Google account and a remote printing application installed on a smartphone, tablet or any other gadget. The application will automatically detect the printer if it is connected via USB or to a Wi-Fi network. It will be enough to select it during printing.

1. On the computer, the printer is configured using Google browser Chrome.
2. Open the browser settings.
3. We are looking for the sub-item Google Cloud Print.
4. Open it and click the “Add New” button.
5. The browser itself will detect printers connected to the computer via USB; you need to select several of the ones you need and click “Add new”.

After this, you will need to install the application from the Play Market " Google Cloud Print"and configure it on your smartphone.

Documents and photos from your phone can also be printed without connecting to a PC by uploading them to the Dropbox cloud service.

1. Install Dropbox on your computer, set up synchronization and connect the printer.
2. Download the Dropbox app to your phone and log in with your account.
3. Download the eprint.vbs script and run it.
4. The script will create two folders in Dropbox: PrintQueue and logs. One of them is a print queue.
5. We find a document or photo that we want to print and upload it to the PrintQueue folder.
6. Once in this folder, the file will be recognized by the printer as a task and will print it.

Printing from phone via USB

If you do not have a computer or an MFP that works via Wi-Fi, then it will come to the rescue. These cables for Android smartphones and tablets are quite cheap and allow you to print any document or picture directly from your phone to a printer via USB. The only point that you have to take into account is installing a special application for working with printers with mobile device via cables USB Type-A. You can use PrinterShare as such an application.

If you found the On The Go cable and downloaded the PrinterShare program, then just connect the printer to your phone and select it in the application settings. In the application, by the way, you can see a list of files stored on your smartphone and suitable for printing.

It is important to note that this method does not work with all smartphones and printers. Use this method only if you have a fairly modern printer and a phone that supports OTG.

Printing to a printer via Wi-Fi

Documents and photographs can be printed from your phone via Wi-Fi if the printer supports an Internet connection and has its own mailing address (or unique software).
You can choose the address yourself or read it in the printer instructions. To print files, just send them by mail to the printer. It will begin printing immediately.

Don't worry if you don't have Wi-Fi at home. Most printers also support a wired connection. It is enough to find an additional network cable and insert it into the printer.

If you have a phone running Android OS, then the task becomes much easier.

• To begin with, let's open system settings gadget.
• We are looking for the submenu there “ Seal».
• In the upper right corner of the device we look for the sub-item “ Add a print service" and click on it.
• The store will open Google applications Play and you will get a choice of various printing modules from different MFP manufacturers (something like drivers, only for a phone).
• We find the module that suits us and load it.
• Now we find the document or photo that we want to print, click the “Print” button and wait.

Print from an Apple device

Apple is one of the companies that actively advocates wireless technology and is trying to get rid of any wired connections. In order to print photos or documents using wireless technologies, Apple have developed their own printing protocol - AirPrint. It does not require any configuration or any additional settings. All you need is an Apple device and a printer that supports the AirPrint protocol.

If you do not have a printer that supports AirPrint, but have one that is permanently connected to a Wi-Fi network or a computer running 24/7, you can find the PrinterPro utility in the AppStore and print documents through it. This program offers finer and more convenient customization of documents and pictures, so you can use it as an alternative to AirPrint.

Conclusion

As you can see, your smartphone has already become much like a computer and can perform tasks that previously required a desktop computer. operating system. Even printing documents is now available directly from your smartphone. At the same time, now you know how to print text or a picture via your phone on a printer. Moreover, at least one of the methods described above will definitely suit you, since they take into account different models printers and mobile devices.