Let’sPrintDroid(LPD)isaCloud-freeprintingserviceforAndroidphonesandTablets.
InkJetandUSBprinteruserspleasereadtheapp'sInkJethelpfile.YoumayneedtouseGoogleCloudPrint.Thisappisnotperfectfornoviceusers.
Ifyouhaveabusinessgradelaserorprintserver(CUPS,LPR,SAMBA,etc),theappwilltalkdirectlytothemwithoutanyoff-siteconversion.NoprintdataleavesyourlocalnetworkunlessyouchoosetheGCP(GoogleCloudPrint)option.(ThisappisnotNSAapproved;-)
-WorksondevicesusingAndroid2.3orgreater.
-Designedtoprinttowificonnectedlaserprinters.
-implementstheKitKatPrintService;usethePrintoptiononGmail,Chrome,Gallery,etc.
-connectstoCUPSonLinux(RaspberryPiuptothelargestservers),UnixorMacintosh.
-idealforconnectingtoprintserversasitunderstandsmostprotocols:LinePrinterDaemon,IPP/CUPS,ServerMessageBlock/CIFS,HTTP,JetDirect/RAW,etc.
-Files,picturesorGMailsonyourdevicecanbeprinteddirectlyfromthefile/picture/GMailbrowser.
-usetheShareorSendfunctionofanotherAndroidapptoprint.
-LPDsupportsGoogleCloudPrint.JustchooseCloudPrintfromtheProtocoloptionlistintheAddPrinterdialogbox.
-LPDcanprintPDFs,Jpeg,PNG,GIFimages,TextDocuments,GMailsandstaticwebpages.
-LPDincludesgenericPCL,POSTSCRIPT,PDF&AirprintUniversalRasterdriversifyourprinterdoesnotunderstandRawimagefiles.
-ItallowsvisitingAndroiduserstoprintwithminimalconfigurationbytheuser.Loadtheapp,scanaQRcode;thedocumentprints.
-LPDcanalsoperformsimpleFileTransfersusingFTP(S),HTTP(S)orSMB/CIFS.TransfersareperformedsimilarlytoprintingandappearasoptionsintheProtocolpull-downinAddPrinterscreen.
-Itenablessecurecorporate“cloudprinting”whenteamedwithserversoftwaresuchasEnterpriseOutputManagerbyUnisys,MicrosoftServerorLinux/Unix.
-Adetailedfree-wareworkaroundforalltypesofprinters(includingUSBconnected)isprovidedinthehelpfiles.
-ProxyPrintServermode(undertheBrowserModemenuitem)letsyouprintphotosfromyouriPad/iPhoneorotherdevice.
-Downloadthecompanionapp"Let'sPrintPDF"torenderPDFsonyourandroiddeviceorchooseoff-devicerenderingifyouhaveaCUPSserver.SeetheHelpFiles.
-Bonjour(AirPrint)/AvahiPrinterDiscoveryusingmulticastDNS.Hitmenu->NewPrinterandchooseScanoption.
-CompatiblewithmostAirPrintcapableprinters.