Printing from Adroid

[Kung34D]

First post, brand new newbe to technology so ***** proof is what I need. Please be gentle.
We need to print labels in both English and Thai. We have a Brother QL series printer in mind but want to use an Android tablet to do so. Being the ultimate technophobes, we are thinking to use SUB to link them together, just use the inbuilt word processor, save various labels to file, then open a file and hit print. Is it really th st simple ? The staff in my local tech shops talk like its a language from another galaxy.

 

[Fulani Filot]

Hello, I'm not too sure I fully understood the details of your printing needs via your mobile device, but I've decided to try responding anyway. I use the app PrinterShare in my device and it allows my device to see PCs on my office LAN which are sharing/hosting printers connected to them. It can also see stand-alone printers on the network (which have an IP address from the office network server), I have been using it to print from my phone for a long time. I don't know if it can address your needs, but I guess there's no harm in trying. Please find below some details of the app:



Mobile Print - PrinterShare:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dynamixsoftware.printershare

PrinterShare Premium Key:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dynamixsoftware.printershare.premium

Wishing you success with the issue

 

[Mooncatt]

I have a Canon Wi-Fi printer and can print with no problems from my phone. I had to install Canon's specific printing apps to properly see them, but it wasn't hard to do. I haven't used a direct connection (I.e. With USB) on it, so not sure the process for that.

 

[Rukbat]

I've been using Cloud Print for years - if the printer is connected to your WiFi, or connected to a computer that's connected to your WiFi (and the computer is set to share the printer), it will work with just about any printer. Just use the word processor and "share" the label (and choose Cloud Print as the thing to share it with) - and it will print.