Printing

Is it possible to print from your Android device? It is, in multiple ways.

Many of those apps want pretty excessive access to almost all personal data. In most cases, that's explainable by the app's description (print contacts, calendar, call logs) – but honestly: who prints call-logs? When needed, it might be better to export those data and print it selectively. Each on its own, those permissions are not "dangerous". But to access a printer, it requires a network. And who can tell whether data are only sent to the (selected) printer then? At least since the "big sniffing scandal" we know: only irrefutably known facts are ever admitted (and sometimes not even those)…

Direct printing

Vendor specific Printing apps

2020-01-06

Fuji Xerox Print Utility (4.6@3,181) Ǥ 14
HP Print Service Plugin (4.5@2,279,843) 13
Samsung Print Service Plugin (4.3@349,721) Ǥ 13
Epson iPrint (4.2@133,252) 18 Vorstellung 11/2013
Canon PRINT Business (4.2@10,266) 15
Konica Minolta Print Service (4.2@2,612) 3
Datecs Print Service (4.1@300) 8 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-12-06
Epson Print Enabler (4@78,887) 3
Canon Print Service (3.9@93,385) 7 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
e-BRIDGE Print & Capture Lite (3.8@203) Ǥ 19 / e-BRIDGE Print & Capture (3.6@440) Ǥ 19
Brother iPrint&Scan (3.7@68,447) 16 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ / Brother iPrint&Label (3.8@1,629) 16 Manual; Video Howto 2/2014 | 12/2018
Brother Print Service Plugin (3.7@35,019) 8
KYOCERA Mobile Print (3.7@3,191) Ǥ 17 Video Intro 4/2013
Samsung Mobile Print (3.4@46,921) Ǥ 18 / Samsung Mobile Print Control (3.5@460) 7 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-05-31 explicit Linux/Mac support
Mobile Print (3.1@892) 19 OKI
Lexmark Mobile Print (3@3,452) 11
KODAK Document Print App (3@1,344) 10 LastUpdate: 2018-01-31
Olivetti Mobile Print (2.8@143) Ǥ 16
Zebra Utilities (2.3@249) 9 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-03-22 / Print Station (3@95) 10 LastUpdate: 2018-04-06
HP ePrint (0@11) Ǥ 17 / HP Smart (4.2@138,863) Ǥ 19 Video Demo 1/2014

Vendor overlapping Printing apps

2020-01-05

Mopria Print Service (4.7@20,651) Ǥ 11
Quick Printer (ESC POS Print) (4.2@776) Ǥ 13 POS printers;
PrinterShare Mobile Print (4.1@128,869) Ǥ 17 / PrinterShare Premium Key (4.6@40,837; ~EUR 4.50) Ǥ 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Review 2/2014; Test 5/2015; Vorstellung 9/2013
StarPrint - Mobile Print App (4.1@13,753) Ǥ 18 LastUpdate: 2017-01-24 might need additional paid modules
Hammer Print (3.9@12,766) Ǥ 24 Video Demo 5/2014; How it works; cloud and local network
PrintHand Mobile Print (3.6@25,192) Ǥ 26 / PrintHand Mobile Print Premium (4.2@2,705; ~EUR 8.50) Ǥ 24 Test 5/2015; Yay those permissions! Beware!
Direct Print Service (3.6@1,232) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-08-25 / Direct Print Service - Donate (4.7@3; ~EUR 5.50) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-03-09 Requires FOSS Direct Print Server; Linux/Windows
CUPS Printing (3.6@460) 2 Github
Printer Bluetooth Connect (3.5@341) Ǥ 10
GNG Mobile Print (3.5@22) 9 LastUpdate: 2016-08-15 Requires Windows pendant
Printer 2 Go (3.4@6,315) Ǥ 26
PrintEasy: Print Anything From Anywhere Easily (3.4@965) Ǥ 9
Print from Android trial (3.4@481) Ǥ 9 LastUpdate: 2017-04-11 Windows companion required?
Let´s Print Droid (3.3@1,163) 7 LastUpdate: 2017-12-22
CUSTOM Print Service Plugin (3.3@54) 8 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ / CustomPrint (3.3@42) Ǥ 14 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
ePrint Free (2.8@719) 1 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-07-26
ThinkFree Print (2.7@1,510) Ǥ 21 LastUpdate: 2017-11-26

Cloud Printing

2020-01-04

PrinterOn Print Service Plugin (4.3@12,537) 11
Cloud Print (4.1@355,074) 11 Vorstellung 6/2013
PrintAway (4.1@28,266) Ǥ 15
Micro Focus iPrint (4.1@78) 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Video Promo 10/2018
Teamplace - The Team Cloud (4@821) Ǥ 15
Hammer Print (3.9@12,766) Ǥ 24 Video Demo 5/2014; How it works; cloud and local network
Print Cloud (3.8@97) 7 LastUpdate: 2016-06-20
Easy Cloud Print (3.7@1,156) 11 LastUpdate: 2016-08-14
Printer 2 Go (3.4@6,315) Ǥ 26
PrintBot (3.3@6,212) Ǥ 6 / PrintBot Pro License (3.7@738; ~EUR 3.00) Ǥ 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-08-11 pictures, PDF, static HTML; 2800+ models supported
PrintJinni - Universal Print (3.2@227) Ǥ 27 LastUpdate: 2016-11-29 Subscription fee
EFI PrintMe Mobile (3.2@111) Ǥ 19 LastUpdate: 2014-10-20 PC companion required; beware the permissions
HP ePrint Enterprise (service) (2.9@5,947) 14 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Wikipedia EN

Further Readings:

Everything You Need to Know About Printing From Your Android Phone or Tablet (7/2018)
The Best Printer Apps For Android (7/2018)
Drucken vom Handy – das sind die besten Apps (7/2017)
Drucken mit den Apps der Druckerhersteller (9/2016)
Vom Smartphone aus Bilder und Dokumente drucken (12/2015 - 12/2017)
Ohne Umwege mit dem Android Phone und Tablet drucken (5/2015)
How to Print from Android Tablet to Wireless Printer (5/2013)