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Re: If you print from Windows 10 to your LAN networked printer - have you also printed from Android? How?

From	Arlen Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com>
Newsgroups	alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.microsoft.windows, comp.periphs.printers
Subject	Re: If you print from Windows 10 to your LAN networked printer - have you also printed from Android? How?
Date	2020-11-24 03:48 +0000
Organization	Aioe.org NNTP Server
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On Mon, 23 Nov 2020 21:04:45 +0100, Carlos E. R. wrote:

> Two years ago I printed from Android phone to new hp printer (not mine), 
> connected to the router by ethernet. I just followed instructions 
> (hints) on the printer docs. Sorry, I do not remember the details.

Hi Carlos,
Thanks for that purposefully helpful advice, where I don't want anyone to 
go to the trouble I usually go to in order to solve a _new_ problem.

In "Connected devices" there's a secret web page (apparently) on printing.
o <https://i.postimg.cc/zD0CDJZz/printing01.jpg>
o <https://i.postimg.cc/pTkFdBSG/printing04.jpg>

I just want to know how others managed to print, from Android, to a 
networked printer that Windows 10 has no problem whatsoever printing to.

My HP LaserJet 2100tn is so old that even Microsoft considers it legacy:
o Tutorial for the EASIEST (maybe only?) way to install a problematic legacy printer such as the HP LaserJet 2100 on Windows 10 current versions
  <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/alt.comp.freeware/Qb-fXNOH_8g>

But Windows 10 prints fine to it so I hope I can get Android to print also.

> In Android setup, search for "print". "Predetermined print service" is 
> enabled. If you tap it, it searches for printers in the LAN. IIRC, it 
> just worked, easy peasy.

I'm Android 10, Moto G7, where a "Search" inside "Settings" has these hits:
o <https://i.postimg.cc/PxdDh7Sv/printing03.jpg> 
1. Print services [Connected devices > Connection preferences > Printing]
2. Print jobs [Connected devices > Connection preferences > Printing]
3. Printing [Connected devices > Connection preferences > Printing]
4. Android CUPS Print [App info]
5. Print Service Recommendation... [App info]
6. Default Print Service [App info]
7. Mopria Print Service [App info]
8. Print Spooler [App info]

> At home, my printer is older and does not support it. I guess I would 
> have to setup CUPS (which I have, but not for this). I remember there 
> was an app that would "see" CUPS in Android. I don't currently have it 
> installed.

In the Android thread, I mentioned I installed a "Cups" app thingy
o But I'm not familiar with CUPS (it just worked on Linux years ago 
  so I didn't learn anything more than the fact Linux uses CUPS).

It's only when things don't work that I learn anything about them.
o <https://i.postimg.cc/xdvmwQ3S/printing02.jpg> 

Anyway, I'm not printing from Android to a Windows networked printer yet.
o But I'm still trying to figure out how

Where part of the problem is just finding an answer for an Ethernet
connected printer which isn't WiFi nor Mopria nor USB connected.

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