good printer to work with android devices

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  1. DONDAMIAN

    DONDAMIAN Light Load Member

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    morning guys
    title says it all im shopping arround for printers and id like to be able to use my laptop as litle as possible if possible.
    Instead id like to be able to print most documents and process paperwork with my cellphone. Whats the best printer for that pourpose
     
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  3. lovesthedrive

    lovesthedrive R.I.P.

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    What you want is a android device that saves to a sd card. Then you can find most any new printers out there that have a sd card reader.

    As to printers? I have an older HP Photosmart C4500 series that was good to me when on the road. It has the card reader functions as well as a scanner. Nice for copying BOL's and other documents.
     
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  4. snowwy

    snowwy Road Train Member

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    any wireless printer, any android phone with mobile hot spot capabilites. (pretty much all these days). and a wireless print app. (probably have to pay for a good one to work).

    i bought the first hp wireless printer. about 5 years ago. it has no sd card slots. and prints just fine from my phone or tablet. or laptop if i desire.

    i certainly have no desire to take my phone apart just to retreive the sd card.

    the wireless printer connects through your phone's hot spot. the hot spot acts as a wireless router.
     
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    Cetane+ Road Train Member

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    The next step is a blue tooth printer. That way it just prints without having to turn on the wifi. The ones I am looking at are HP and $200. But dont take up much room.
     
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  6. lovesthedrive

    lovesthedrive R.I.P.

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    I should also point out. Because the printer has a flatbed scanner, that is where I store the paper. Dont use the tray, leaving the tray open will cause the ink to prematurely dry out.
    The printer is 5 inches tall and about the size of 9 x 14.
     
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    I just bought the Epson XP400. Awesome little printer, fits in cabinet, has WiFi and I use and Android as hotspot, work with my laptop via hotspot as well. It's real compact and easy to use, controls are on front side.
     
  8. snowwy

    snowwy Road Train Member

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    going on 2 years on the same cartridge so far. not that i print a lot anyways. but my door stays open.
     
  9. FlashDriver

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    I use an HP Officejet 100 Mobile printer. It has Wifi and Bluetooth, has a rechargeable battery pack (charges from the printers own power cord when needed), is pretty compact too. No scanner, just a basic printer. Works like a charm. But I bought and downloaded a third party app called Printershare to use, it works better than the HP app.
    *Edit* I believe there is a model 200 as well, with a scanner for a hundred bucks more, the 100 cost me about $200 around 18 months ago. Got it from Staples/Office Depot.
     
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