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How do I print on MY printer from my tablet?

Printershare does not work unless you pay through the nose $13 for the pro version. It is only free if you have one of the new e-printers. If you have a regular old printer bend over.

The only free way to access old printers was to use Google Chrome as an interface and you have to keep it running on the PC for it to work. I have decided that it is just as easy to sync files with Google Docs or Something similar and print them from your Google account.

Perry
 
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It is usually best to use an app from the printer manufacturer. But the printer has to be on the wireless network. It does not have to be wireless itself. I print to my Brother printer which is networked via its Ethernet cable to my wireless router and it works fine using the Brother app. I can even scan using it.

The alternative I use is Printbot which worked OK with my daughter's Canon printer.
 
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I have tried most printing apps on Play Store and one thing is for sure, you'll only get useful printing apps that cost you money, everything else is useless. I have now settled on Printhand, which is not free but you can try the Free version for a test before you commit to buying. It really does what it says on the tin and works seamlessly with my HP Officejet Pro 8600 Plus over WiFi direct and through my wireless rooter. Its also easy to set up, but it's not cheap, however, I am prepared to pay for the best available. You make your own choices.

Here is a link https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dynamixsoftware.printhand
 
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Don't you hate it when someone finds a solution, but can't be bothered to tell everybody what it was?

Oops, sorry, that was me. One of the reasons I didn't reply is that the app (can't remember the name) didn't work so well after all, and I had deleted it by the time I saw the replies. I gave up in the end.

Again, I apologize.
 
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Sometimes I sit in my truck on the jobsite wanting to print my report from my tablet and daydream of someday actually printing from my tablet to any printer I might have sitting on my back seat! But until then, I plug my printer power cord to my power converter and then plug my USB printer cable to my Windows laptop and print away!!
 
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