printing from the prime

Oblig · February 15th, 2012, 03:04 AM

As the title says really, what is the best way to do this. my printer is attached to my router.Any ideas?

cambo1 · February 15th, 2012, 03:18 AM

I use Printer Share which I find really great.it connects to your printer thru wifi..easy to operate as well

alprazolam · February 15th, 2012, 06:35 AM

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Originally Posted by cambo1

I use Printer Share which I find really great.it connects to your printer thru wifi..easy to operate as well

Same here

sgosnell · February 15th, 2012, 07:15 AM

If you have a Brother printer, the Brother iprint app works very well. I haven't seen anything other than that or PrinterShare that works reliably.

Oblig · February 15th, 2012, 07:19 AM

Is this the one that costs £7.95?

sgosnell · February 15th, 2012, 09:23 AM

Something like that. I paid US$, so I don't know the exact amount in GB pounds, but that sounds about right. It's expensive, but if you need to print from Android, it's pretty much the only game in town. Android apps could handle printing themselves, but few if any do. Android software is rudimentary at best, almost toylike, and we can only hope it improves over time. It shouldn't be that difficult, since Android is just a tweak of Linux, which has very robust software.

cambo1 · February 15th, 2012, 03:25 PM

Can't remember what I paid but I put it on my wife's sg2 and works perfect on that too

JAy3001 · February 15th, 2012, 03:31 PM

All down to your printer make really. I use the HP ePrint app for mine and it works very well, i am willing to bet there is generic software about though.

Oblig · February 15th, 2012, 04:05 PM

Mine is a Canon but it seems expensive.

Ramzes13 · February 15th, 2012, 04:13 PM

I use epson Iprint for my wireless printer (but obviously you need an epson for it to work)

andygu3 · February 17th, 2012, 09:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Oblig

As the title says really, what is the best way to do this. my printer is attached to my router.Any ideas?

There's also cloud print.

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Originally Posted by JAy3001

All down to your printer make really. I use the HP ePrint app for mine and it works very well, i am willing to bet there is generic software about though.

The only problem with the HPeprint is that it only prints pdf files and not url's. So, I use url to pdf app and convert the url to a pdf and then the HP eprint app prints right away. The HPeprint app is awesome for printing photos also

I also send files via email to my printer from anywhere and it will be ready for me when I get home, so this is a benefit with the phone too

JAy3001 · February 17th, 2012, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by andygu3

There's also cloud print.

The only problem with the HPeprint is that it only prints pdf files and not url's. So, I use url to pdf app and convert the url to a pdf and then the HP eprint app prints right away. The HPeprint app is awesome for printing photos also

I also send files via email to my printer from anywhere and it will be ready for me when I get home, so this is a benefit with the phone too

Not quite, it prints all office document files including .txt files.

The only down side i found is printing excel doc's, i could not find a way to print a second spreadsheet from within the same document. It would always default to the first spreadsheet from within the file.