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
LastUpdate: 2021-04-16
- Epson iPrint (4.6@533,938) 20
2
- HP Print Service Plugin (4.2@2,981,475) Ǥ 21
4
- Datecs Print Service (4.1@397) 8
- HP Smart (3.8@649,799) Ǥ 31
8
- Epson Print Enabler (3.8@129,924) 4
- Samsung Print Service Plugin (3.5@470,874) Ǥ 16
4
- Canon Print Service (3.5@133,608) Ǥ 13
1
- Canon PRINT Business (3.4@14,708) 18
Video Tutorial 4/2019
- Konica Minolta Print Service (3.3@4,822) 3
LastUpdate: 2019-12-02
- Brother iPrint&Scan (3.2@97,531) 18
/ Brother iPrint&Label (4.2@5,556) 20
Manual; Video Howto 12/2018
- Brother Print Service Plugin (3.2@65,914) 13
- Samsung Mobile Print (3@59,867) Ǥ 19
1
explicit Linux/Mac support
- Lexmark Mobile Print (3@4,353) Ǥ 13
1
- Mobile Print (2.9@1,224) Ǥ 22
5
OKI
- e-BRIDGE Print & Capture Lite (2.6@225) Ǥ 20
3
/ e-BRIDGE Print & Capture (4.3@628) Ǥ 22
3
- KYOCERA Mobile Print (2.3@4,944) Ǥ 22
5
- Print Station (1.4@182) 15
- Cat Printer (0@0) 7
Github
Vendor overlapping Printing apps
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- Mopria Print Service (4.6@47,587) Ǥ 14
2
Review 10/2022
- Hammer Print (4.6@13,224) Ǥ 21
3
How it works; cloud and local network
- PrinterShare Mobile Print (4.2@183,987) Ǥ 20
1
/ PrinterShare Premium Key (4.5@42,156; ~EUR 9.00) Ǥ 2
Test 5/2015
- Let’s Print Droid (3.9@1,250) Ǥ 8
2
LastUpdate: 2018-08-11
- CUPS Printing (3.7@625) 2
1
LastUpdate: 2020-03-08 Github
- Quick Printer (ESC POS Print) (3.5@1,674) Ǥ 12
POS printers;
- PrintHand Mobile Print (3.4@30,922) Ǥ 21
3
/ PrintHand Mobile Print Premium (3.9@2,946; ~EUR 17.00) Ǥ 15
2
Test 5/2015; Yay those permissions! Beware!
- Printer 2 Go (3.4@7,000) Ǥ 21
3
- Printer Bluetooth Connect (3.3@464) Ǥ 12
2
- Direct Print Service (3.1@1,854) 4
2
Requires FOSS Direct Print Server; Linux/Windows
- PrintEasy: Print Anything From (2.9@1,288) Ǥ 10
5
- CUSTOM Print Service Plugin (2@65) 11
/ CUSTOMPrint (1@45) Ǥ 13
- OctoTC (0@0) 15
Github; OctoPrint for older Android devices
Cloud Printing
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- Hammer Print (4.6@13,224) Ǥ 21
3
How it works; cloud and local network
- Teamplace (3.9@849) Ǥ 21
3
- PrinterOn Print Service (3.4@20,177) Ǥ 18
2
- Printer 2 Go (3.4@7,000) Ǥ 21
3
- PrintBot (3@6,589) Ǥ 5
pictures, PDF, static HTML; 2800+ models supported
- Micro Focus iPrint (2.8@150) 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 - 3/2023)
- The Best Printer Apps For Android (7/2018 - 11/2020)
- Drucken vom Handy – das sind die besten Apps (7/2017)
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