How to Print anything from your Mobile Smartphone Via Wireless Print, USB Print, etc,?

Day-to-day uses of mobile phone raises; new technologies are rapidly developed. Now in this modern age of technology, we share photos, documents, or other important files. 

Between them, we want to print some photos or documents. For that, you must have a printer with or without wireless.

There are many ways to print a document or photo from your mobile or smartphone. Further, we will discuss wired printing and wireless printing from your mobile phone.

How to print from mobile without a wifi printer?

If you are using a printer without wifi or want to print a document using a printer without wifi then here is a solution.

Print from mobile phone via USB:

If you are using a non-wireless printer and want to print a document or photo from your mobile or smartphone. 

For this, you need the following accessories and mobile applications.

1) Mobile: android/ios

2) OTG cable: C2/C3 type cable

3) USB printer Cable

4) Printer: Laser/Inkjet

5) Print sharing Mobile app: Provided by Printer Manufacturer company or any other third party Mobile Application.

Steps:

1) Install Print Sharing App on mobile phone:

To take out print from your mobile you must install a print sharing application on your mobile phone. 

The application may be provided by a printer manufacturing company if not then install any third-party print sharing application (we do not promote any third-party app that is why we can’t suggest any app) from the play store/ app store.

2) use OTG cable or dongle:

After installing a print sharing app on your mobile, connect OTG cable or dongle to your mobile phone and connect the printer USB cable to OTG. 

plugin the power cable of the printer and install printing paper in the tray of the printer.

3) print a document or photo:

If you have completed the print setup as mentioned above, then let’s try to print a document.

1) open any document that you want to print.

2) at the top-right corner, click on three dots.

3) click on the Share button.

4) select the print sharing app that you have already installed.

5) choose the print method from the app as a USB print.

6) select the printer that you have connected to your mobile phone via OTG-USB.

7) make proper page set up as required, like page size, number of copies, page number, etc.

8) Now you are ready to take out print from your mobile or smartphone. Click on the ‘Print’ button. 

Done! You have successfully taken out print from your mobile phone or smartphone.

The above-mentioned settings/steps/menus of the application may vary according to the print sharing application. 

If you are facing any problems then read the user manual of the installed application. 

Any third party application may be paid or free, please be careful while using any third party print sharing application. 

mindblowinfo.com is not responsible for any fraud that occurred by the third-party print sharing application.

Print from mobile via wireless printer:

In this article, we have already learned how to print from a mobile phone or smartphone via USB-OTG cable. 

Now we are going to learn How to print from a mobile using a wireless printer.

There are a lot of printer manufacturing companies offering wireless printers. 

If you want to take out the print from your mobile phone via wireless/wifi/Bluetooth, then you must have a wireless printer.

There are two ways that you can send print from your mobile phone or tablet to your printer wirelessly.

1) Direct print to your wifi printer

2) Print via same wifi network through router

Android smartphone:

Direct print to your wifi printer:

If you have a printer with wifi facility then you can print directly from your mobile phone to your wifi printer. 

It’s very easy to print directly to a wifi printer because the printer you have used comes with wifi capability and a mobile application plugin or print sharing application. 

You don’t need any third-party app to do this.

Use android default print service:

The latest Android devices come with a built-in printing service. 

If you are connected with a wifi printer on the same network then it can be easier to print a document using the default print service on your android smartphone.

How to use default print service in android devices:

1. Make sure your smartphone is connected to your wifi printer on the same network.

2. Pull down the shade from your mobile screen and tap on the gear icon. It opens the setting panel.

3. Tap on the connected devices and next tap on connection preferences.

4. Tap printing and next tap on default print service.

5. Tap the toggle to switch the default print service on. After that, your wifi printer should now appear below.

You have successfully turned on your default print service and added a wifi printer.

Print a document:

Now after doing the printer setup as mentioned above, we are ready to take a print from your mobile photo to your wifi printer.

1. Open any document that you want to print.

2. Just Click on three dots from the top-right corner of the document.

3. Click on the print button.

This print option is shown because we have enabled the default print service, if you don’t see the print option then make sure you have enabled the default print service.

Now tap on the printer and select a printer detected by default print service that we have already enabled.

You are ready to take out print, just click on the blue-colored print button. 

You have successfully taken out a print from your mobile phone.

If you are using an old android smartphone with less than the android 10 version up to the android 4.4 version then your device is not capable of default print service.

how can I print from this type of android smartphone?

Using official Mobile app:

Almost all printer manufacturers provide their official mobile application or plugin along with wireless printers. 

if you’re using an older android device with Android 4.4 and newer, Install printing the official app or plugin from the app store. Follow the below steps.

1. Make sure your Wi-Fi printer and Android device are connected to the same local network via wifi.

2. Open any document to take print from your mobile.

3. Click on three dots located at the top-right corner of the document.

4. If you have successfully installed the print sharing app or plugin provided by your printer manufacturer, you will see the print option with a connected printer name.

5. Just click on the install plugin or app and select printer.

6. Now you are ready to take out print.

7. Just click on the print button, well done! You have successfully taken out print from your mobile phone.

Use wifi-direct print service:

There are some wifi printers which provide wifi-direct print service. By using this service, you don’t need any plugin or application to print from your mobile phone.

Turn on the hotspot from your wifi printer.

Turn on your mobile’s wifi and find a wifi printer nearby you. 

You will see a wifi-direct printer, just tap on that and connect to a wifi printer.

open a document that you want to print from your mobile phone or smartphone.

Click on three dots from the top-right corner.

Just click on the print button. Done! 

You have successfully taken out print from your mobile or smartphone.

Apple’s iOS mobile phone:

We have discussed how to print from your android mobile phone. Now we are going to learn how to print from your Apple’s iOS mobile to wireless printer.

iOS provides a built-in Air print application in your Apple iPhone. You don’t need any third-party application or plugin.

Make sure that your printer is capable of Apple's Air-print feature.

Connect your wifi printer to your wifi printer.

Open any document and click on the Share button.

Click on the print option

Select printer and click on the print button.

Done! You have successfully taken out print from your iPhone.


Print technology is evolving just as new technology is evolving every day. New methods of mobile printing are evolving and changing day-to-day.


There was a very famous printing mobile application by google that was google cloud print service. But unfortunately from 1 December 2020 google cloud print service will no longer.


So friends in this article we have discussed how to print from your mobile or smartphone via USB or wireless. 

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