Stop wasting time opening your computer and learn how to print from your smartphone.
Printers have made life much easier. Anyone who needs to have documents, images or work on hand, and not just in digital form, can count on them. In the past, to print something, an individual had to go to a printing shop and spend a lot of money to get what they wanted. Not to mention the time spent traveling to the location.
Those days are long gone. Many people have printers in their homes or places of study or work. However, even though having a document in hand is much easier, not everyone knows how to take full advantage of technology. There are still people who don’t know how to print a document without the help of a PC or laptop. If this is your case, don’t worry. Keep reading and learn how to print using just your cell phone.
Learning to print
Using the printer directly from your mobile device has many advantages. Among them is ease, since you avoid the process and time of removing the desired file from the cell phone. This way, you would still have to transfer it to the computer, in addition to configuring the printing and only then having the physical file.
Furthermore, with a cell phone you gain mobility. Think about the fact that you can access your documents physically anywhere. All you need is for the device to be on the same Wi-Fi connection as the printer.
In short, this ends up making the printing process much more flexible and efficient.
Step by step
Before you start printing, you need to check your printer's instruction manual. In other words, you need to check the specifications and find out online whether the device supports Wi-Fi or Bluetooth.
Still, it is important to check whether it has elements that allow the individual to print via a smartphone. This is because there are some brands that require the installation of applications to allow mobile printing, for example HP Smart and Samsung Mobile Print.
Android Cell Phone
On the Android device the steps for printing are as follows:
Step 1: Open the Settings app;
Step 2: Look for the “Connection and sharing” tab;
Step 3: Click print;
Step 4: Select the Add Service section;
Step 5: Install the printing application compatible with the model.
iPhone Cell Phone
Printing from your iPhone is also easy: just select a document and wait for your phone to automatically recognize the printer.
Step 1: Open the document on your iPhone;
Step 2: Look for the share button, located in the bottom left corner;
Step 3: Click “Print”;
Step 4: Under “Printers”, select the printing service;
Step 5: Select “Print” to start the task.
Print your first document from your phone
Step 1: First, open a document in Android's view options;
Step 2: Secondly, tap on the three-dot button at the top right corner of the screen;
Step 3: Select “Print”;
Step 4: Then, under “Printer Selection”, select an available printing service;
Step 5: Click the printer button to start the job.
