[Q] printing from prime?

[j5350]

I'm looking for a solution to print from my Prime while at work. I have two different printers in my office (no network) and would like to be able to print from at least one of them. Is there a way to print directly from the Prime that I'm not aware of? The only solution I can think of is using PrinterShare and getting a bluetooth adapter like the BT-0260-v2 from premiertek.

Can someone else shine some light on the situation?

Thanks.

 

[Buff McBigstuff]

There is a way to cloud print using google Chrome. You need to be signed in on the computer connected to the printer thought.

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[sean.bales]

There is an app called PrintBot that I use. Free version supports one printer. Works great for me.

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[Striatum_bdr]

There is an app called PrintBot that I use. Free version supports one printer. Works great for me.

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+1

And all main printer companies have developed Android app to print on their machine.. all in market.

 

[j5350]

The printers aren't hooked up to a network. I'm looking for a way to print directly from the Prime. Any other solutions or am I stuck for now? One is a fax machine that can scan and print as well (a Lexmark X5650) the other is a Dell laser printer that is hooked up to the office computer but I can disconnect that if needed.

 

[anoneemooz]

The printers aren't hooked up to a network. I'm looking for a way to print directly from the Prime. Any other solutions or am I stuck for now? One is a fax machine that can scan and print as well (a Lexmark X5650) the other is a Dell laser printer that is hooked up to the office computer but I can disconnect that if needed.

If they're hooked up to computers with Google cloud print signed in I think that would work but if they're totally disconnected from a network or an online computer, perhaps bluetooth (if the printers had those features) may work. Never tried printing via bluetooth though but my really old Lexmark all-in-one could do it from my old Nokia n82.

Physically connecting the Prime to the printer won't work since the Prime isn't a true computer with drivers and other stuff to accommodate the printer.

If your printers have a print from SD card or flash drive feature then I suppose you can transfer the file straight from the Prime to one of those media first.

 

[youngnex]

the best solution is cloud printing. You install chrome on your computer and make a gmail account. Once your signed in go to the Tool top right, and go to Options then Under the Hood then scroll down until you see Google Cloud Printing and click on Manage Print Settings. You should of been redirected to Google's Cloud Printing Manage area. You'll add a classic printer and thats it. As far as ive noticed this system will send the request to your gmail account, and your browser will send it to the printer when ever it can.

Works great! Only works on iphones if they buy a app. But for us its free its called Cloud Print. It's amazing, you can print anything and it works.

 

[Striatum_bdr]

The printers aren't hooked up to a network. I'm looking for a way to print directly from the Prime. Any other solutions or am I stuck for now? One is a fax machine that can scan and print as well (a Lexmark X5650) the other is a Dell laser printer that is hooked up to the office computer but I can disconnect that if needed.

The only solution in that case, is to install a chroot Linux distro on the Prime and once running chrooted Linux you can install printers, at the condition that usb dock port accepts connection to a printer.

Search BT5 linux thread to have guidelines and howto for installing linux.