How to print from phone to printer: instruction

With the improvement of mobile gadgets, the need for digital cameras has drastically disappeared. Anyone can make a high-quality picture on your android phone. Now that we are not tied to a PC and can mobilely edit our documents, send and receive files, set tasks, we have become more free of knots of wires, cables and devices. But there are cases when a certain document must be transferred from the digital format to the paper one. Many users do not know how to print photos from the phone through the printer. There are several ways. Let's try to deal with each individually.

Printing through the cloud

If you are the lucky owner of a modern printer, then, most likely, it will adorn the Cloud Print Ready stamp. In this case, it is enough to connect to the Internet and register on any cloud portal. After that, you can print your favorite photos on any device and anywhere without the mediation of a PC.

For those who have an older model or simply do not have such a function, you can also use the cloud, only in this case you will have to resort to using a computer. In the Chrome browser settings, you need to add your printer, sign up for Google, and at the end check the history of the tasks on the printer itself. Since the main work is done directly on the "Android" device, you will need to download to the phone the corresponding application, for example:

1. A virtual printer is a simple official application from Google, which allows you to send files to print, view history, link multiple accounts and printers.

2. Cloud Print - in principle, this application is similar to the "virtual printer", with the only difference is that in a particular case you have the opportunity to print files from much larger sources. For example, SMS, screenshots, contacts, photos from Facebook, etc.

3. Print Share is the most popular application on the "Market", allowing users to understand how to print photos from the phone on the printer, as well as files, contacts, web pages, events. Of the shortcomings - poorly perceives the Cyrillic alphabet, in addition, although initially the application is free, but for more functional use, you will have to buy additional options.

Each of the above applications has its own disadvantages and advantages. All of them can easily cope with the question of how to print through the phone photos, documents, and more on the printer. But expect more from them still not worth it.

How to print from phone to printer via USB

Immediately it is worthwhile to warn that this is not the best method due to the fact that it is not possible to carry out such manipulations with each printer. To start, your phone should have a USB Host output, then you need drivers, which, incidentally, are not so many. You may need to download the USB Connection Kit from the Market. If all goes well, the phone will see the device as USB, and you will be able to print out the files.

Separate attention deserves the application ePrint, which sees all devices of HP, connected with a cable.

How to print from phone to printer via WiFi

If you set this goal, you know - this is one of the easiest methods for printing files from your phone. Of course, provided that the phone and printer have Wi-Fi connections. All you need to do is enter the settings, turn on Wi-Fi direct and submit the task to print.

But such an easy way is possible only on modern devices. With earlier models will have to tinker. Before you print from your phone to the printer, you will need to connect to the network, and directly to the router.

How to connect a router to a Wi-Fi printer directly, via WPS

First, you need to clarify the support for the WPS connection on your router, make sure that MAC address filtering is turned off and the network is encrypted. To configure some models, you need to know the network name and password. And also your PIN-code (it is on the box of the router in the form of eight digits, located under the serial number).

Next, turn on WPS on the router, enter in the browser 192.168.1.1., In the login field and password - admin. In the "Security" section, you must set the ENABLE parameter.

Look closely at your router, it should have a network search button. It should be pressed until the connection is established. If there is no button, you will need to use the software of the device itself. This is easy - just click on the Wi-Fi Protection setup in the "Network" section. Do not forget that both devices must be turned on for 2 minutes.

How to print files using Dropbox

Before you print from the phone to the printer using the "Dropbox", you need to create an account on the site. Then download the corresponding application to the phone and the computer from the "Market". It remains only to save with the files in the "Dropbox" that you want to print, then, after logging in through the computer, send them to the printout.

Printout of files from "Apple" devices

Let's say you do not have an android on your hands, but an apple. In this case, to print the files on the printer, you will need special applications designed for iOS devices.

• Apple airPrint - and nothing more. No cables or drivers, just a few touches, and virtual photography becomes quite real. The main thing is the availability of a compatible printer, which, unfortunately, is very problematic in our country.

• Handy Print is a wonderful replacement for the above application, which is free in the first 2 weeks, then you will have to pay for further use. Perhaps the only disadvantage of the application is the presence of a loaded PC on which it will be installed.

• Printer Pro - significantly different from the previous two. You will have to print the documents directly from the program. Just click "Open in" and select the required application, for example, Dropbox.

• Epson iPrint - a proprietary application developed by the manufacturers of Epson printers. The program automatically finds the available devices and connects to them in the wireless network. Also can print via email.

• HP ePrint Enterprise is another similar application created by HP programmers. It also connects to a wireless network, works with cloud storage, and accepts tasks from e-mail.