2 Favorite Cloud Printing Apps for Android and iPhone

by Tim Salivan Software Engineering

Imagine how far technological advancements has led us; from a mobile device that could only transmit audio signal in the 80’s to one that can conduct video call, take snapshots with amazing cutting edge lenses, access the internet from anywhere in the world and basically do every other thing a computer could do, including sending documents for print using cutting edge apps.

If you have Android or iPhone you can basically do everything you would need a PC for, including printing your documents using cloud printing apps specifically designed for your mobile device. These apps will allow you to scan your environs for connected printers that could be of service and let you have a high quality cloud print with just a simple click on your mobile device. If this is a service you would love to experience (who wouldn’t?) then here are the two top cloud printing apps you need:

PrinterShare Mobile App

PrinterShare.com is a service website designed to accomplish two things:

• First, it makes it easier for people to share their printers and let other people connected to the internet to print paper documents on it… probably friends, relatives and colleagues. With this technology, you can share any printer connected to your computer as long as you can print on it. Amazingly, this also includes local network printers and does not require network settings or any other technical details.

• Secondly, PrinterShare allows people to print documents and photos on other people’s printers. As long as the printer is shared and can be detected by their system, you can print on it. No special technical knowledge is needed either from the user or the owner of the printer.

Now to make this service more user-friendly and to answer to the needs of majority of users, PrintShare came up with the PrinterShare Mobile

PrinterShare Mobile is an app designed to allow Android and iPhone users to print on nearby shared Wi-Fi printer or a remote printer. This mobile solution automatically detects shared Wi-Fi printers while making it easier for users to find remote ones which may be shared by family and friends.

Basic Features

Supports a wide range of documents: PrintShare Mobile can have you print MS Office documents, PDF, text files, images, contacts, call logs, sms/mms, agenda, HTML documents and basically any other digital document you can view with your mobile device. You can even print from your SD Card and from Google Drive.

Nearby direct printing: You can print via Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and USB to nearby printers or to any shared printer in the world. Easily print to Windows shared or Mac shared printers and enjoy unlimited remote printing.

Supports a wide variety of printers: PrintShare supports a wide range of printers. These include HP, Canon, Epson, Brother, Samsung, Kodak, Dell, Lexmark and many other printers.

User’s Feedback

With a dominant of 5 star ratings on independent review sites, previous users confirmed that PrintShare is a cutting edge app with amazing functionalities. It is been used and cherished by students, professionals and other people who basically wanted a cost-effective print solution that saves time. PrintShare Mobile is praised and recommended for its compatibility with a wide range of printers and document formats. Majority of the users also appreciate the fact that the app could locate nearby and remote shared printers making it easier to get digital files in hard copy and share with friends and colleagues.

Pros

• Users can print a wide range of document formats including PDF, images, text files, MS Office documents and basically any other digital document. You can also print from SD Card and from Google Drive.

• Users can print a test page to get a test of the result from different printers.

• It supports a wide range of printers from the popular HP, Dell and Samsung printers to Canon, Epson, Brother and others.

• It is affordable. The PrintShare Premium key is reasonably priced at $12.95 dollars.

Cons

• Running a print on a remote printer without printing a test page first might lead to wasted effort.

• Using this app on Kindle Fire might present a bit of difficult printing from Google products like gmail and Google docs.

EasyPrint

EasyPrint is an app designed to allow Android users the ability to print their documents over Google cloud. This app is specifically designed for use over Google Cloud Print. With the cutting edge technology implemented with Google Cloud Print connector and the Google Chrome browser, existing printers, including Windows and Mac, are connected to the internet through which users can easily print on them.

Basic Features

• EasyPrint supports a wide range of Android devices (from Android 1.5 and above) and it accepts more than one Google accounts simultaneously.

• The app makes a list of available printers with details like their status, properties and name. You can also share printers, store the list of printers in a local storage device or remove a printer from the list.

• It allows users to manage their print jobs in queue; basically, you can filter, add and remove print jobs.

• It supports variety of documents and allows users to even print from Google Docs.

User’s Feedback

EasyPrint is a free mobile print app which many people found to be very valuable. Its popularity (it receives over 100,000 installs within 30 days) explains how much people have been able to achieve with this app. Many users confirmed it to be top notch. Many use it to print documents on their home printers while on the move. It works great with devices running on Android 1.5 and above and can serve as a good addition to MailDroid.

Pros

• Allows users to find printers in their account and print on them with simple clicks on their mobile device

• Users can manage their listed printers with the ability to add or remove each one

• Users can manage their print jobs; add jobs, cancel jobs and filter jobs at will

• It can print a wide range of documents, including being able to print from Google docs

Cons

On certain devices, there may be a bit of login issues when trying to access services like gmail. If this happens, make sure the app is properly set up.

So there you have them; the 2 top cloud printing apps for Android and iPhone. Now you can print any document on nearby printers or on any printer in the world. Using these apps does not require any technical networking knowledge. So go ahead and take advantage of them to make life easier and fun!

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