Got a photo, a web page, or a PDF form on your Android phone that you’d like to print? Nope, there’s no need to send the document to your PC or Mac—and no, you don’t need a newfangled, web-connected printer, either.
All you really need, in fact, is a) a standard USB printer connected to your desktop or laptop, b) Google’s
Chrome web browser, and c) an Android app that works with Google’s handy (and free)
“Cloud Print” service.
Just select your Cloud Print-connected printer to start printing documents straight from your Android phone.
What is Cloud Print, you ask? Well, it pretty much is what it says: a feature that lets you print documents and photos from the web, your phone, or a tablet, all via the “cloud.”
There’s a decent range of
Google Print-friendly printers and
apps available, and Google just released its own,
official Google Print app for Android devices.
And while you
can get a fancy Google Print-enabled printer that prints documents directly from the web, there’s nothing stopping you from using Google Print with the garden-variety printer you’re using right now.
Want to give it a try? Let’s get started…