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I got a new printer yesterday (HP Envy for about $80). I downloaded an app from HP because they said it could print directly from a phone. The first .pdf file printed completely. A second more complicated graph on .pdf file printed 80%. A photo printed about 10% and stopped.
It looks like a memory issue.
(1) Theory one
A computer feeds data to a printer in quantities that it can handle, and may involve several transfers to print a dense image like a photo. A phone can't do that
(2) Theory two
I didn't buy a printer with enough memory
(3) Theory three
There must be a cloud storage for the phone allowing me to print a whole document
(4) Theory four
The first three theories are mindless speculation. Can you help me?
Let me ask you this first: is said printer hooked to a computer?
most all-in-one hp printers are essentially a palm webos tablet computer duct taped to an expensive ink cartridge.
what model # is it ?; not sure if its one of the newer ones where you attach it to your wifi router and give it an email address so that it will automatedly open attachments and print them.
Let me ask you this first: is said printer hooked to a computer?
It wasn't at the time, but now it is hooked up to an ASUS with Linux Fedora 20 operating system.
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Originally Posted by stanley-88888888
most all-in-one hp printers are essentially a palm webos tablet computer duct taped to an expensive ink cartridge.
what model # is it ?; not sure if its one of the newer ones where you attach it to your wifi router and give it an email address so that it will automatedly open attachments and print them.
I got a new printer yesterday (HP Envy for about $80). I downloaded an app from HP because they said it could print directly from a phone. The first .pdf file printed completely. A second more complicated graph on .pdf file printed 80%. A photo printed about 10% and stopped.
It looks like a memory issue.
(1) Theory one
A computer feeds data to a printer in quantities that it can handle, and may involve several transfers to print a dense image like a photo. A phone can't do that
(2) Theory two
I didn't buy a printer with enough memory
(3) Theory three
There must be a cloud storage for the phone allowing me to print a whole document
(4) Theory four
The first three theories are mindless speculation. Can you help me?
The printer has an email address which is given access when you connected your smartphone to your home network or was given access when you gave it your router IP and password. Thus it doesn't matter if the computer is on or not.
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We have an Envy and no problems printing to it from the Android. I wonder if it's losing the signal from weak Wi-Fi, to the printer. Try locating it closer to the wireless router and see if that solves the problem. If so, you may need a signal booster between the router and printer.
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