Of these times it ends much more often with working in "paperless" mode rather than with pen or printed sheets, because this is the era of portable devices, smartphones and tablets, comfortable to carry around and capable of visualizing creating and read documents of all kinds like normal computers do. The only problem is that it is not possible to directly connect a printer to an iPad or an iPhone. For this reason, different applications have been created, which also work in different ways, to print via your wifi printer, both if you have a wireless printer, and if it is a printer connected to your PC or Mac.
After talking about how to print from Android, we see here all the ways to print from iPhone and iPad, whatever printer you use .
1) AirPrint
AirPrint is the Apple approved system for wireless printing.
It is integrated into the iOS system of an iPhone / iPad and is therefore easy to use to print on printers that support AirPrint technology.
To use AirPrint, then you need to have or buy a wireless printer that has this feature. On this page the list of printers compatible with AirPrint. When the iPad and an AirPrint printer are connected to the same Wi-Fi network, the iPad's iOS system automatically detects the printer. When you select the Print option in an application such as the Safari web browser, you will be able to choose from a list of Even if Airprint printers cost more, it is perhaps the simplest solution, which requires no installation process and no complicated configuration.
2) Google Cloud Print
Google Cloud Print is Google's wireless printing solution, predefined in the latest version of Android, to be activated on an iPhone or iPad. It takes a little more work to set up the Google printer, but it has advantages over other solutions that really don't fight, especially considering that it's completely free. With Google Cloud Print you can in fact print on your home or office printer via the Internet, and you don't necessarily have to have a wireless printer or be connected to the same wifi network.
To use Google Cloud Print, you must first set it on the printer (if it is already included) otherwise, you must enable it on your computer.
In other articles we have seen the detailed guide of how to print via internet from PC and mobile phones with Google Cloud Print and how to share the printer connected to a Windows PC with Google Cloud Print .
Printing via iPhone on a printer configured with Google Cloud Print can take place on Google Chrome browser, Gmail or through an app such as PrintCentral Pro or with CloudPrint.
3) Breezy
Breezy is a solution for printing via the internet from a mobile or tablet similar to Google CLoud Print, which also supports iPhone and iPad.
It allows you to print from iPhone or iPad using the printer connected to the computer on which you only need to install a client and through the app designed specifically for iPhone and iPad, downloadable from the Apple store.
4) Specific applications for your printer, for iPhone and iPad
If you don't have a wireless printer that supports Airprint, you can check if the manufacturer of your wireless printer has created an iPhone app. Then open the App Store from the iPhone or iPad and search for the name of the printer manufacturer to find the right app. You will find both official, preferable, and unofficial apps to try at the least worst.
These applications are generally free and allow you to print different files such as web pages, photos, documents and other things.
The main ones are:
- HP ePrint
- HP Smart
- Samsung Mobile Print
- Canon Mobile Printing
- Epson iPrint
- Lexmark Mobile Printing
5) Print to PDF
If you are unable to print in wifi on a real printer, you can always print a document or a web page in PDF, then transfer the PDF to a cloud space and print it from your computer.
As an app to print PDF you can use PDF Printer while as a cloud application in which to copy the PDF to find it also on the computer you can choose between Google Drive, Dropbox, Box or other cloud drive apps
In one way or another, it is therefore possible to print web pages, photos, e-mails, documents and whatever you want from an iPad or iPhone, on each printer, both the home one attached to the PC with the cable, both wireless in any place.
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