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Ask Slashdot: Best Way To Print From an Android Tablet?

Posted by timothy on from the print-an-emailed-scan-of-a-polaroid dept.

KowboyKrash writes "Does any Slashdotter know how to print from an Android tablet? I have read about Google Cloud Print, but will it work from all (or at least most) apps? Is there a better solution? A little background: With my laptop being four years old, and the battery failing, I want to replace it with a device with 10 hours of battery. I am purchasing an Asus Transformer Prime after Christmas as a gift to myself; my plan is to replace my laptop completely for portable computing. I've already selected several apps that should meet my needs, including Polaris Office, and TeamViewer to remotely access my desktop. So are there any printing solutions for Android? Printing to my network printer at home is good enough."

5 of 203 comments (clear)

  1. easiest is best right? by wervr · · Score: 4, Funny

    xerox machine

  2. "gift to myself" by ThatsMyNick · · Score: 3, Funny

    Do you also gift wrap it and keep it a surprise till Christmas?

    1. Re:"gift to myself" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      We're here at Slashdot. We've replaced ThatsMyNick's funny comment with one that makes it seem like he's being a total dick.

      Let's see if anyone can tell the difference!

  3. Re:Don't give in to masochism. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Let me get this straight. You think he should spend the extra money on an iPad so that he can save money on the printing app? Oh, and he'll forgo the two extra processing cores, 0.4GHz of processing speed, optional keyboard, and twice the storage of the base iPad?

    Sign me up.

  4. Follow these steps (no app download required) by w0mprat · · Score: 3, Funny

    (These notes taken from a notepad I have titled "My computer illiterate boss once did:")
    1. Take a photo of the iPad screen.
    2. Connect camera to a Laptop and download photo.
    3. Connect laptop to the LAN, email the photo to your desktop PC
    4. Go to your PC from your PC open the photo in the viewer.
    5. Copy the photo. Paste it into a word document.
    6. Print the word document. Your done.
    7. Optional step: Fax it to the intended recipient, or if the printer/scanner has a scan-to-email function use that.

    I hope this helps you. This kind of thing certainly helped people my former workplace at least feel productive.

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