Are there any applications which allow you to edit word/excel/pdf documents and print them over WiFi? Is there a way to install a printer onto your Android device which is connected via WiFi?
Are there any applications which allow you to edit word/excel/pdf documents and print them over WiFi? Is there a way to install a printer onto your Android device which is connected via WiFi?
If you get the paid version of Printershare AND have a printer compatible with Printershare, then YES you can print over wifi. How do I know this? That's how I print with my Captivate.
Download the free version of Printershare first. Read its description and there is a link to find compatible printers.
It can print PDFs, Google docs, sms, webpages, contacts, etc. But not docs 2 go.
Thanks. I am familiar with PrinterShare and have used the free version. But I don't like the process of having to send what I want printed through a cloud server. And I liked the ability to print when all the PCs are shut down. So I would hope to be able to resume that someday.
The problem for me is the "compatible printer" issue. My printer doesn't have wifi. I plan to make sure the next one I get does, and that will solve much of this issue. But I tend to keep printers until they die, which translates into decades. This HP 5150 is still going strong.
For now I have found most of what I want to print from the Ally can easily be emailed to the PC. So at least I have a way that works, it just isn't as nice has being able to print something directly.
Thanks, but I mentioned a few posts above that I don't like the idea of sending my data through the cloud....
The kinds of things I want to print would not always be easy to implement as you suggest. One example is the shopping list I create on the Ally. All the info is stored within the program I use. There is no way to save it as a file somewhere else. For that app I would probably need a "screen printer" type utility....
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Sorry if this is too rambling, but I thought I would respond to these comments:
1) FileLinx does not run anything through the "cloud". The transfer is directly from the Android device (phone or MID) to the PC running the server. That PC, under commands from the FileLinx server software running on the PC, then prints to any printer you choose - In other words, we bypass the Android "aversion" to printing by offloading that task to the PC.
2) A screen printer for the Android device is next on our "To Do" list for FileLinx. It will be a sort of "poor man's" solution to printing absolutely everything. It should handle your shopping lists as well as anything you can display on the Android device. The main limitation is that for multi-page documents you will probably have to "page" them by hand. I expect to provide this in a few weeks, as a free upgrade.
3) Another alternative will be to convert any multi-page document on the Android device to a pdf file, then send that in one gulp to print on the PC using FileLinx. This will work now, but it involves storing and retrieving a file on the Android device, which is not all that convenient. I am hoping to improve the logistics of this avenue, but not real time frame as yet.
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