how to connect hp printer to phone

 

A recent survey by IDC found that globally, 78% of people are using their smartphones for varying purposes such as accessing the internet, shopping, getting directions and managing personal social networks.

 

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And yet there are many other mobile computing tasks that are often neglected on mobile devices. A more relevant statistic is the 60% of users who said they want a photo printer on their phone. This statistic also prompts the question: do you know how to connect your HP printer to your smartphone?

 

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This post will explain all you need to know about printers, wireless connectivity and different operating systems for connecting your HP Printer to your phone. Plus it will show you how easy it is with an app or by connecting wirelessly.

 

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NOTE: Before you continue reading this post, please see my previous post describing how to install and setup your HPprinter.

 

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1. What is a Printer?

A printer is a device that prints (or copies) documents or images onto paper or other printing media for printing, and similar devices that are used in various applications. The document may be stored in a memory buffer until the device prints it. 

 

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If the data are not destined for paper, optical character recognition (OCR) software can be used to convert the data into printable characters.

 

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 Printers were first used in the 15th century, as well as ancient cultures such as China, India and Egypt. In modern times, the first commercial printers designed for individual consumers were developed by William Addis in 1870.

 

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2. How do Different Operating Systems Affect Your Printer?

There are basically 2 different operating systems that you can use to connect your HP printer to your smartphone: Windows and Mac OS X.

 

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What's the Difference Between Windows & Mac OS X? [1] [2] [3] What's the Difference Between Windows & Mac OS X?As we know, there are different versions of Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X; however, these operating systems function very similarly in terms of how they connect your HP printer to your smartphone.

 

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Some Differences Between Windows & Mac OS X:

1. Windows is an operating system made and distributed by Microsoft Corporation. 

 

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It is primarily used on personal computers, but it also runs on a significant number of other devices such as servers, video game consoles and mobile devices including smartphones. 

 

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Windows can run on a single computer or be distributed among a group of workstations, each of which can serve different users with locally stored applications and files.

 

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2. Mac OS X (formerly Mac OS X Server) is the name given to the operating system that since version 10.3 has been included with every Macintosh computer – and is consequently very often simply called "the Mac OS".

 

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 Mac OS X differs from Microsoft Windows in that it is a UNIX-based operating system. Instead of using a graphical user interface (GUI) like Windows, Mac OS X uses a command line interface similar to Linux and DOS. 

 

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And although Mac OS X is integrated with the Aqua GUI, it can also be used in conjunction with a variety of third-party GUI environments such as GNOME, KDE and others.

 

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3. As we've seen, both Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X are very similar and use the same hardware for connecting your HP printer to your smartphone.