WP 8.1 can't print wirelessly!?!

[TheWPFan]

The drivers that exist for WinRT shouldn't have any trouble running on WP8+. I'd love to be able to print a .docx from OneDrive via Word.

 

[foxbat121]

So with Microsoft being the leader in the enterprise world why is there not protocol for Windows? Or at least a universal protocol that works on all Windows products? And if there is one why is it not on Windows phone but on Windows rt and Windows versions for computer?

Try to read my post above related to XPS printing.

 

[fatclue_98]

Let's bury this horse once and for all. Windows Phones have the capability to print wirelessly. It is possible via cloud printing (Google) or directly depending on the printer's manufacturer. If the printer OEM doesn't publish an app, you're SOL.

 

[Will6371]

Yes but some people will just make stuff up to complain about. Doesn't matter what you tell them they will just find something else to complain about next time.

Let's bury this horse once and for all. Windows Phones have the capability to print wirelessly. It is possible via cloud printing (Google) or directly depending on the printer's manufacturer. If the printer OEM doesn't publish an app, you're SOL.

 

[quantum tao]

Yes but some people will just make stuff up to complain about. Doesn't matter what you tell them they will just find something else to complain about next time.

Yeah, true. My WP prints to all my printers. I don't even have to use a google service for it. Oh wait. Nvm I just made that up, I don't know what to believe anymore. I'll just go back to the land of make believe and WP printing , and fairies, unicorns.....

 

[Christopher Lindsay]

Yeah, true. My WP prints to all my printers. I don't even have to use a google service for it. Oh wait. Nvm I just made that up, I don't know what to believe anymore. I'll just go back to the land of make believe and WP printing , and fairies, unicorns.....

At least someone agrees with me. Their saying it does it and then saying only if my printer fits into this small margin of prerequisites that imo is ridiculous. What if I don't want to have to Gmail messages to myself to print an email or webpage. The idea of it is clearly a work around for the phone not being able to do it. Smh

 

[colinkiama]

At least someone agrees with me. Their saying it does it and then saying only if my printer fits into this small margin of prerequisites that imo is ridiculous. What if I don't want to have to Gmail messages to myself to print an email or webpage. The idea of it is clearly a work around for the phone not being able to do it. Smh

Windowsphone.uservoice.com <-- tell Microsoft about it.

 

[Christopher Lindsay]

Windowsphone.uservoice.com <-- tell Microsoft about it.

I did, there's already several suggestions for the feature on there. One even has over 2k votes for the feature.

 

[fatclue_98]

At least someone agrees with me. Their saying it does it and then saying only if my printer fits into this small margin of prerequisites that imo is ridiculous. What if I don't want to have to Gmail messages to myself to print an email or webpage. The idea of it is clearly a work around for the phone not being able to do it. Smh

Who says you have to email anything to yourself? Who says the phone can't do it? The phone CAN do it. It's the printer manufacturers that haven't all released apps. Brother and Canon both have apps for direct printing over wi-fi. HP has an app but it's limited to photos so I don't count them. I've been printing to my workplace printer since WP7.5. All I did was register it to my Google account and that was that. Took less than 5 minutes to do.

Don't take my word for it, do your own research instead of relying on anybody here who may or may not say what you want to hear.

 

[Christopher Lindsay]

Who says you have to email anything to yourself? Who says the phone can't do it? The phone CAN do it. It's the printer manufacturers that haven't all released apps. Brother and Canon both have apps for direct printing over wi-fi. HP has an app but it's limited to photos so I don't count them. I've been printing to my workplace printer since WP7.5. All I did was register it to my Google account and that was that. Took less than 5 minutes to do.

Don't take my word for it, do your own research instead of relying on anybody here who may or may not say what you want to hear.

I needed no app with my iPhone.

 

[darkest.white]

I needed no app with my iPhone.

Yeah, air print is a nice feature. Any air print compatible printer works without an app. But of coarse you need an iPhone for that . Which I not my preference

 

[fatclue_98]

I needed no app with my iPhone.

Only if the printer was equipped with AirPrint. Once again, it's the printer - NOT the phone. I'm running out of ways to make that point as clear as I can.

 

[gwinegarden]

I'm just baffled as to how this is not native.

The answer is easy, drivers.

 

[gwinegarden]

My girlfriend and I have been printing from our iPhones for what feels like forever.

Natively?

 

[colinkiama]

But most printers nowadays can print by email. Am I right?

 

[petteriusa]

The issue here is that from the typical end user point of view the iOS platform "just works". Since most printers now support the AirPrint protocol and consumers aren't generally aware this is a specific protocol limited to Apple products they just blame the platform that isn't allowing them to print. Microsoft just doesn't carry the 'weight' in the mobile phone arena to force the issue to forge a new standard. Just wait and see what happens when iOS starts to support NFC and wireless charging for another example of this sort of thing. Is a sad and unfortunate truth. Hoping that slow steady growth for WP can turn the tide.

 

[Will6371]

Only if the printer was equipped with AirPrint. Once again, it's the printer - NOT the phone. I'm running out of ways to make that point as clear as I can.

I'm beginning to wonder why or even if he even has a windows phone. All he does is complain about it and say how great apple is.

 

[Christopher Lindsay]

The issue here is that from the typical end user point of view the iOS platform "just works". Since most printers now support the AirPrint protocol and consumers aren't generally aware this is a specific protocol limited to Apple products they just blame the platform that isn't allowing them to print. Microsoft just doesn't carry the 'weight' in the mobile phone arena to force the issue to forge a new standard. Just wait and see what happens when iOS starts to support NFC and wireless charging for another example of this sort of thing. Is a sad and unfortunate truth. Hoping that slow steady growth for WP can turn the tide.

This!

 

[Christopher Lindsay]

I'm beginning to wonder why or even if he even has a windows phone. All he does is complain about it and say how great apple is.

I'm beginning to wonder why or even if you're here for a purpose. All you do is complain about the original poster and how great he thinks apple is.

 

[Christopher Lindsay]

Crazy part of It is if I thought apple was so great I wouldn't have switched to Windows phone in the first place (but even if I did think apple was great unlike the way you act, Microsoft doesn't pay me so I can think both are great and be cool with that). I use apple as an example because my iPhone 4s was hands down an inferior product compared to my Lumia 1520 but as it was stated, from an end point of the user it feels like it just works out of the box. Clearly you're a hater so I know dissing people for a device must come natural to you. So hate on bro.