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
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- Fuji Xerox Print Utility (4.7@6,817) Ǥ 14
4
- HP Print Service Plugin (4.2@2,827,945) Ǥ 20
5
- Datecs Print Service (4.1@397) 8
LastUpdate: 2020-04-15
- Epson iPrint (4@356,091) 19
2
- Epson Print Enabler (3.8@120,542) 4
- HP Smart (3.6@493,716) Ǥ 28
10
- Canon Print Service (3.4@125,777) Ǥ 11
1
- Canon PRINT Business (3.4@13,924) 16
Video Tutorial 4/2019
- Samsung Print Service Plugin (3.3@456,477) Ǥ 15
4
- Brother Print Service Plugin (3.3@58,349) 9
- Konica Minolta Print Service (3.3@4,422) 3
LastUpdate: 2019-12-02
- Brother iPrint&Scan (3.2@92,215) 16
/ Brother iPrint&Label (4.1@3,861) 18
Manual; Video Howto 12/2018
- Samsung Mobile Print (3.1@58,395) Ǥ 17
1
LastUpdate: 2020-07-24 explicit Linux/Mac support
- Lexmark Mobile Print (3@4,269) Ǥ 14
1
- KYOCERA Mobile Print (2.9@4,522) Ǥ 22
5
- Mobile Print (2.9@1,165) Ǥ 22
6
OKI
- e-BRIDGE Print & Capture Lite (2.9@221) Ǥ 18
2
/ e-BRIDGE Print & Capture (4.2@574) Ǥ 19
2
- Zebra Utilities (1.6@352) 9
LastUpdate: 2015-03-22 / Print Station (1.8@147) 9
LastUpdate: 2020-02-05
Vendor overlapping Printing apps
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- Hammer Print (4.6@13,243) Ǥ 25
4
How it works; cloud and local network
- Mopria Print Service (4.3@41,836) Ǥ 14
2
- PrinterShare Mobile Print (4@173,660) Ǥ 20
1
/ PrinterShare Premium Key (4.5@42,109; ~EUR 9.00) Ǥ 2
LastUpdate: 2020-01-17 Test 5/2015
- Let’s Print Droid (3.9@1,241) Ǥ 8
2
LastUpdate: 2018-08-11
- Quick Printer (ESC POS Print) (3.7@1,616) Ǥ 12
1
POS printers;
- CUPS Printing (3.7@596) 2
1
LastUpdate: 2020-03-08 Github
- Printer 2 Go (3.6@6,972) Ǥ 20
4
- PrintHand Mobile Print (3.4@29,710) Ǥ 20
4
/ PrintHand Mobile Print Premium (4@2,941; ~EUR 14.00) Ǥ 16
2
Test 5/2015; Yay those permissions! Beware!
- Direct Print Service (3@1,775) 4
3
LastUpdate: 2020-07-02 Requires FOSS Direct Print Server; Linux/Windows
- Printer Bluetooth Connect (3@445) Ǥ 11
3
- PrintEasy: Print Anything From Anywhere Easily (2.9@1,259) Ǥ 10
5
- CUSTOM Print Service Plugin (2@65) 11
/ CustomPrint (1@45) Ǥ 13
Cloud Printing
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- Hammer Print (4.6@13,243) Ǥ 25
4
How it works; cloud and local network
- Teamplace (3.9@849) Ǥ 18
7
- Printer 2 Go (3.6@6,972) Ǥ 20
4
- PrinterOn Print Service (3.3@18,944) Ǥ 18
2
- PrintBot (3@6,571) Ǥ 6
LastUpdate: 2020-06-11 pictures, PDF, static HTML; 2800+ models supported
- Micro Focus iPrint (3@134) 5
LastUpdate: 2020-02-06 Video Promo 10/2018
- HP ePrint Enterprise (service) (2.7@7,427) 14
LastUpdate: 2020-08-19 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)
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