Print from your phone

Set up printer

Before you begin, determine how your printer will connect to your phone:

  • Using Google Cloud Print to make your printer available from the internet. Be sure to add your printer to your Google account. Learn more.
  • Directly to your Wi-Fi router, using WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup). You may need to enter your printer’s IP address if your phone doesn’t automatically detect it. Find the IP address on your printer’s setting screen or from printer properties on a connected computer.

To connect your phone to the printer using Cloud Print:

  1. Go to Settings > Printing.
  2. Touch Cloud Print.
  3. If your printer is not in the list of available printers, touch Add printer and select the printer shared with your Google account.

To connect your phone to the printer using Wi-Fi:

  1. Go to Settings > Printing.
  2. Touch the Print service for your brand of printer. If your printer’s brand is not listed, touch > Add service and install the app for your brand’s print service plugin. Then turn it on .
  3. If your printer is not in the list of available printers, touch > Add printer > .
  4. Enter the printer's name and IP address.

Print

  1. Open the item in the appropriate app, such as:

    • A photo in Gallery
    • An email
    • A document in Drive
    • A web page in Chrome.
  2. Touch Print and select your printer.