Printing from Phone

[Jcmg62]

Hi All, can anyone recommend a good app to wirelessly print photos and documents directly from my lumia 1520 to a wireless printer (hp in this case) or is this a feature already built into windows phone 8 that I'm just nit seeing.

I've had a quick look in the store, there doesn't seem to be many apps that deal with printing and the few that are there don't seem to be getting very good user ratings.

 

[Ray Adams]

Printing is not supporting in Windows Phone.
Cruel businessmen need no printer!

 

[WanderingTraveler]

Printing isn't supported. Anyway, it's a simple process to transfer a file from a phone to a PC (like using a USB drive), anyway, so you might want to look at that alternative.

 

[Blkacesvf41]

Hi All, can anyone recommend a good app to wirelessly print photos and documents directly from my lumia 1520 to a wireless printer (hp in this case) or is this a feature already built into windows phone 8 that I'm just nit seeing.

I've had a quick look in the store, there doesn't seem to be many apps that deal with printing and the few that are there don't seem to be getting very good user ratings.

With a Microsoft account you also get SkyDrive, so your pictures will be there. For documents install CamScanner, it also has SkyDrive integration so from there you can do whatever you want. You can print, attach to emails or whatever.

 

[Shirley Manson]

you could maybe try print by eurosmartz, at least have a look and see if it is suitable

 

[11B1P]

Your HP wireless printer may have an eprint option. Meaning the printer has it's own email address. You simply email the document/photo to that email address.

 

[o0Nighthawk0o]

Actually, I can print from my phone but I have a Brother printer and they have a WP app that allows printing directly from the phone to supported printers. I can also scan from the printer to my phone.

It is a Brother MCF-J430W printer and the app is Brother iPrint&Scan Brother iPrint&Scan | Windows Phone Apps+Games Store (United States)

 

[rdubmu]

I can also print using HP eprint. You just email the document to the printer and it prints

Sent from my LG-D801 using Tapatalk

 

[Ray Adams]

These are not the same as you print from PC. Microsoft must do something if they are intending to bring WP to enterprise users.

 

[rdubmu]

These are not the same as you print from PC. Microsoft must do something if they are intending to bring WP to enterprise users.

While I agree with your statement, the hp eprint option accomplishes the same thing as having built in printing services. Of course not everybody has an HP printer.

I hope that being able to print from the document itself comes soon to Windows Phone.

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[galw]

I use google cloud print and kumo print/print2cloud

works OK to me

 

[11B1P]

These are not the same as you print from PC. Microsoft must do something if they are intending to bring WP to enterprise users.

True, but at least it is an option if you need to print something while on the go.

 

[Jcmg62]

Thanks for all the help and suggestions gents

 

[TheJoester09]

I know this doesn't help you much since you have an HP, but maybe I can help someone else that happens to stumble across this thread...if you have a Kodak wireless printer you can use the Kodak Pic Flick app to print your pictures. No documents though.

 

[SSgt Bruskowiz]

E print was also my first thought.
I use it not only on my Wphone but also on my Droidtab.

You can ad it just like any other mailaccount in your contactlist.

 

[Jcmg62]

It would be really helpful to see HP, cannon and the other players creating apps to support wp printing. I wonder what it would take to get these guys involved.......?

 

[JavierEscalonJr]

I use the brother app for my mfc 7840w only thing I don't like is that it can't print web pages or documents.

 

[johnsanson]

I recomend 'Print Now' - google cloud print client with support for skydrive, google drive and drop box. It prints local documents as well (but not all types, some can be printed from cloud only). For image printing 'print my photos' is good. Google cloud print is better than sending email to printer.

 

[rysliv]

It would be nice if apps like KumoPrint had some ability to print just plain text than only web pages and photo selections. At least then it would be easier to copy and paste text from emails or note apps to print.

 

[klaudio#WN]

I print via wifi with PrintHand, I have a HP Ink Advantage Deskjet 4620 and works nicely, only open the app go to tab "manage printers", then "nearby Wi-fi printers" select my printer and ready to print, I can print skydrive files (pdf, xls, doc and ppt) and photos from my phone. Sometimes change the format of the document but works fine for a free app.

PrintHand | Windows Phone Apps+Games Store (United States)