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

2019-08-16

HP Print Service Plugin (4.4@2,178,037) 11
Samsung Print Service Plugin (4.2@336,147) Ǥ 13
Fuji Xerox Print Utility (4.2@2,079) Ǥ 15
e-BRIDGE Print & Capture Lite (4.2@198) Ǥ 19 / e-BRIDGE Print & Capture (3.9@422) Ǥ 19
Epson iPrint (4.1@125,168) 20 Vorstellung 11/2013
Epson Print Enabler (4.1@70,840) 3
Samsung Mobile Print (4@45,151) Ǥ 20 / Samsung Mobile Print Control (4.1@465) 7 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-05-31 Testbericht 10/2012; Video Demo 10/2012; explicit Linux/Mac support
Konica Minolta Print Service (4@2,301) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
Canon Print Service (3.9@83,798) 7 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
Brother iPrint&Scan (3.9@65,486) 15 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ / Brother iPrint&Label (3.6@1,479) 16 Promo Video 8/2012
KYOCERA Mobile Print (3.9@2,952) Ǥ 17 Vorstellung 4/2012; Video Intro 4/2013
Brother Print Service Plugin (3.8@31,340) 7
Datecs Print Service (3.8@274) 8 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-12-06
Canon PRINT Business (3.7@9,824) 14
Mobile Print (3.2@835) 19 OKI
Zebra Utilities (3.1@244) 9 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-03-22 / Print Station (2.9@86) 10
KODAK Document Print App (3@1,344) 10 LastUpdate: 2018-01-31 Promo Video 8/2012; Intro 8/2012
Olivetti Mobile Print (3@138) Ǥ 16
Lexmark Mobile Print (2.4@3,371) 11
HP ePrint (0@11) Ǥ 17 / HP Smart (4.2@123,675) Ǥ 19 Video Demo 1/2014

Vendor overlapping Printing apps

2019-08-15

Hammer Print (4.6@12,460) Ǥ 24 Video Demo 5/2014; How it works; cloud and local network
Printer 2 Go (4.3@6,035) Ǥ 25
Mobile Print - PrinterShare (4.2@122,215) 16 / PrinterShare Premium Key (4.6@37,801; ~EUR 4.50) Ǥ 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-12-30 Review 2/2014; Test 5/2015; Vorstellung 9/2013; Video Review 12/2012
StarPrint - Mobile Print App (4.1@13,753) Ǥ 18 LastUpdate: 2017-01-24 Video Tutorial 12/2012; might need additional paid modules
Quick Printer (ESC POS Print) (4.1@660) Ǥ 13 POS printers;
Mopria Print Service (4@16,081) Ǥ 12
Direct Print Service (4@1,106) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-08-25 / Direct Print Service - Donate (4.7@3; ~EUR 4.75) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-03-09 Requires FOSS Direct Print Server; Linux/Windows
PrintHand Mobile Print (3.9@24,445) Ǥ 25 / PrintHand Mobile Print Premium (4.5@2,631; ~EUR 8.50) Ǥ 24 Video Demo 7/2012; Test 5/2015; Yay those permissions! Beware!
CUPS Printing (3.9@439) 2 Github
Printer Bluetooth Connect (3.9@314) Ǥ 10
PrintEasy: Print Anything From Anywhere Easily (3.8@911) Ǥ 9
Let´s Print Droid (3.7@1,152) 7 LastUpdate: 2017-12-22
GNG Mobile Print (3.5@22) 9 LastUpdate: 2016-08-15 Requires Windows pendant
ThinkFree Print (3.4@1,459) Ǥ 23 LastUpdate: 2017-11-26
Print from Android trial (3.4@481) Ǥ 9 LastUpdate: 2017-04-11 Windows companion required?
CUSTOM Print Service Plugin (3.4@50) 8 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ / CustomPrint (3.3@41) Ǥ 14 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
ePrint Free (2.8@719) 1 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-07-26

Cloud Printing

2019-08-13

Hammer Print (4.6@12,460) Ǥ 24 Video Demo 5/2014; How it works; cloud and local network
PrinterOn Print Service Plugin (4.3@11,109) 11
Printer 2 Go (4.3@6,035) Ǥ 25
Micro Focus iPrint (4.2@76) 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
Cloud Print (4.1@338,179) Ǥ 13 Vorstellung 6/2013
PrintAway (4.1@28,237) Ǥ 15
Teamplace - The Team Cloud (3.9@814) Ǥ 14 Test 9/2012 (inkl. Video)
Print Cloud (3.8@97) 7 LastUpdate: 2016-06-20
HP ePrint Enterprise (service) (3.7@5,655) 14 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
Easy Cloud Print (3.7@1,156) 11 LastUpdate: 2016-08-14
PrintBot (3.4@6,180) 6 / PrintBot Pro License (3.7@738; ~EUR 3.00) Ǥ 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-08-11 Vorstellung 11/2012; 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

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)