Guest tdeadvent Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 Hi everyone new to the site and to my advent vega, so please bear with me :) hence posting this in the ebay section earlier !!!! I have two main questions, hundreds of little ones, but I will post them seperately... Is it possible to print from the vega ?? and if so, how.. Any help would be much appreciated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest unowho Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 Hi everyone new to the site and to my advent vega, so please bear with me :) hence posting this in the ebay section earlier !!!! I have two main questions, hundreds of little ones, but I will post them seperately... Is it possible to print from the vega ?? and if so, how.. Any help would be much appreciated As with any android device, you can't print docs natively (i think) but many print manufacturers will provide an app to print photos. Just need to search the market for your printer brand. Yeah, would be nice to print straight from docs 2 go etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest QLF Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 Hi everyone new to the site and to my advent vega, so please bear with me :) hence posting this in the ebay section earlier !!!! I have two main questions, hundreds of little ones, but I will post them seperately... Is it possible to print from the vega ?? and if so, how.. Any help would be much appreciated A Wireless Printer should work. Bear in mind that the Vega only works with wireless b/g compatible devices, so the printer must also be of these catagories. i.e. wireless N will NOT work... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest warriorscot Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 wireless N will NOT work If it is wireless N it should be back compatible with a b/g device very few solely N devices since its not a full standard yet. Apps is the only way to do it really unless you have a printer that supports internet printing like some of the newer ones. Rumors are that android might get some more printer support natively in the future but honestly I don't see it as not even windows supports wireless printing with native drivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Touch Graphite Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 There is a Print app called HP iPrint Photo, got it on me desire. Only detects HP wireless printers on the wireless network your connected to. Not sure if it works with the eprint range. Worked for me, although I havent installed it on my vega yet as its under the christmas tree! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest .logan Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 There is a Print app called HP iPrint Photo, got it on me desire. Only detects HP wireless printers on the wireless network your connected to. Not sure if it works with the eprint range. Worked for me, although I havent installed it on my vega yet as its under the christmas tree! You can do a trick via dropbox http://www.labnol.org/internet/print-from-...e-phones/17827/, basically when you add a file on the Vega to your dropbox folder, a PC on your home network sees the change 'event' and sends to its attached printer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest simon.n.jonez Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 i know its off topic buy how awesome is touch graphites pic.....VEEEEGAAAAA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Touch Graphite Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 (edited) Hahaha, I was waiting for someone to spot it. I made it myself just before joining. Don't know why I came up with the idea but you certainly got the full concept. Can someone make a splash screen with the classic VVVEEEGGGAAAAAAA! animation and soundfile. That would be absolute classic! Edited December 9, 2010 by Touch Graphite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest McSpoon Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 Perhaps one day we'll be able to use Google Cloud Print - maybe in Honeycomb? maybe Ice Cream? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Touch Graphite Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 Doesn't the connected PC have to be on for the print jobs to be pushed through to the printer though!? Surely HP's eprint is the answer here. Failing that, wireless HP printers are really cheap now, and the best printer make out there. Does the HP iPrint photo app run on the vega? Any takers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jason66 Posted March 22, 2011 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 Just found this thread as I was trying to print a voucher that my wife had downloaded and i couldn't figure out how to move it to my pc. Anyway, i have installed dropbox on both vega and pc, i've installed the print que tweak and now i've run out of tallent! Can i print say a web page? What should i be using to copy and paste a picture or file into drop box? Alternatively, i have an hp eprint machine, not entirely sure how it all works apart from it does not like ntl webmail print jons (apparently there are also issues with google mail). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gavjbrown Posted March 22, 2011 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 Just found this thread as I was trying to print a voucher that my wife had downloaded and i couldn't figure out how to move it to my pc. Anyway, i have installed dropbox on both vega and pc, i've installed the print que tweak and now i've run out of tallent! Can i print say a web page? What should i be using to copy and paste a picture or file into drop box? Alternatively, i have an hp eprint machine, not entirely sure how it all works apart from it does not like ntl webmail print jons (apparently there are also issues with google mail). I haven't got my vega yet but I used PrinterShare on my android phone and it works really well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kiora2 Posted March 22, 2011 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 Perhaps one day we'll be able to use Google Cloud Print - maybe in Honeycomb? maybe Ice Cream? It works now, I've been using it. You need a special version of chrome browser on your PC, and the cloud print app from the market. Works well for docs, yet to try photos. Col. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jason66 Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 Just to follow up on this one, thanks for all the suggestions or software. Firstly, the HP photo print software is fine for printing photos but I wanted to be able to easily print the occasional email and attachment. I tried the drop box trick, it all installed OK and appeared to function as it should, no errors but it did not print :-( I tried Print Share and after a bit of fiddling it did work but in order to fully test it I would have had to have bought the key, only 10 bucks but I don't like buying things to see if they work so that sent me looking for a better trial version of something else. I found Printbot which was easy to install and seems to work printing pdf files and photos but I can't quite figure out how to print an email (on indeed IF I can print an email) but it feels rather easier than the rest and only €3 if I buy it after the trial. Having said that, none of the email clients I have seem to recognose it - the native email app anbd Gmail both don't give the option to print :-( I'll have a go with the cloud and see if that can help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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