Almost all electronic devices evolve over time, and the printers that we all know are not the exception, far from it. In fact, these have managed to develop in such a way that today prints can be made from the mobile.
That’s right, and in case you didn’t know, this can be done easily through any Android mobile or tabletexcluding in this way that cable that is usually used in a mandatory way and that goes from the printer to the computer.
First of all, it must be made clear that, although today’s printers they work with Wi-Fi connectivity, Bluetooth or even NFC technology, obviously not all of them have these attributes and simply go through the printer-computer connection via cable. Others do count, but when printing from the mobile, which does not have the printer drivers, more ink can be consumed than desired.
From this the question arises, is there any option to be able to print from a mobile or tablet efficiently? As we mentioned at the beginning, the answer is yes and you can even employ different options to achieve itIt all depends on the one that best suits your situation and needs.
Use the apps of the printer manufacturers on your mobile or tablet
Going now a little more into the matter, we begin with the first option and possibly the most solvent and safest of all, which has been use the printer manufacturer’s app.
Epson, HP, Canon, Lexmark and other brands have designed apps for mobile devices, with the aim that through these, smartphone and tablet users can print from therebesides doing other things of course.
Based then on the brand of your printer, you should only search for your application within Google Play, download it and try it Let’s see how the results are when used to print from there on the mobile.
Print through your email
This is really an option aimed at all those users with printers that come with their email addresses, since this allows printing to be done from the mail and without needing any other service or application.
The operation of this method is simple: Follow the steps indicated by the printer so that this goes online and can be configured to print via email. Once this is done, you will be able to send an email to the email address that your printer has and that’s it, it will start printing the attached files.
Print from the Google Drive app
The Google Drive application is a tool that can be found for a thousand purposes, and one of them is to be able to print documents or files in a simple way. For this, you will need to have a direct connection between your mobile and the printer via internet, cable or also through the official app of the printer.
That said, in case this is an option that you can carry outyou will need to do the following:
– First connect your mobile or tablet to the printer, either via Wi-Fi, USB cable or its app.
– Enter the Google Drive app and search for the document you want to print.
– Now click on the three points that are shown in its upper right.
– Scroll down and press on To print.
– Choose the printer to which you are connected and configure the details of the document that you are going to print, such as the number of copies that will be made or the size of the paper.
– Press on To print top right and voila.
