How to Add a Printer to My Samsung Tablet

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What is Mopria Print Service?

Seamless Mobile Printing

Mopria Print Service enhances the print functionality on any Android phone or tablet.
With this service, you can connect and print to any Mopria certified printer
without additional set-up.

Most printer brands are supported by the Mopria Print Service. See the latest list of Mopria certified printers.

Printing from your Android phone

The Mopria Advantage

Mopria print technology is designed to simplify mobile printing from Android devices to more than 120 million Mopria certified printers.

Mopria print technology is installed on more than 2 billion devices including select Amazon Fire, Huawei, Samsung Galaxy and ZTE devices.

The Android Default Print Service on Android 8 and higher phones also features core print technology from Mopria.

Get the Mopria Print Service

Get the Mopria Print App

Most Android devices come preinstalled with a Mopria powered print service. If your Android device is not yet able to print, you can download the Mopria Print Service app from Google Play or directly from the Mopria website.

Key Features:

Ease-of-Use

Mopria offers simple and seamless mobile printing from current Android devices to millions of certified printers worldwide.

Easy Access

Mopria gives users the ability to wirelessly locate and connect with nearby compatible printers at work, at home or on-the-go.

Easy Customization

Users can customize color, number of copies, duplex, paper size, page range, media type and orientation, as well as workplace features like user authentication, pin printing and accounting capabilities all without having to install printer brand specific apps.

Expanding Network of Printers

Since the world's leading printer manufacturers are all part of the Mopria Alliance, the long list of certified printers continues to grow.

How To Print From Android

What Can I Print?

With the Mopria Print Service, users can easily connect and send documents and pictures from their Android devices to a nearby printer. If your app has a print option, you can print your documents, PDFs, photos, emails, web pages, and other content. Just press print and Mopria will take care of the rest.

Many Android apps already offer print including Chrome, Gmail, Drive, Microsoft Office, and Adobe Acrobat Reader.

How It Works

Open the app you want to print from and look for a print option, button or icon.

This print function is often found under the apps or share menu.

Find the print option

Select a nearby printer

Tap print

For more detailed instructions, please see our How to Guide.

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Mopria Print Service

The Mopria Print Service lets users easily customize color, number of copies, duplex, paper size, page range, media type and orientation and also features finishing options such as punching, folding and stapling. Additionally, the app also includes workplace features like user authentication, pin printing and accounting.

Please refer to the Mopria "How it Works" section above.

Mopria Print Service is a mobile printing solution that enhances the print functionality and with this service, you can connect and print to any Mopria certified printer without additional setup. For instance, if you find yourself in need of printing to a variety of different printers from different manufacturers, for example, in your place of work or perhaps at a friend's house, Mopria Print Service can save you the hassle of installing yet another manufacturer's printing application and learning a different user interface every time you are faced with the need to print to a new device.

An Android smartphone or tablet with the Mopria Print Service app installed
A printer, MFP, or print accessory that is Mopria-certified (go here for a list of certified devices)
A wireless network connected to both the Android device and the printer, MFP or print accessory. If both the Android device and the printer, MFP or print accessory support Wi-Fi Direct, no wireless network is needed.

Note: Mopria Print Service is not supported through public wireless networks such as public Wi-Fi hotspots, Bluetooth connections, or cellular 3G or 4G data connections.

Installation or Removal

Mopria Print Service is a now a standard, factory installed app on many mobile device models.

If you installed Mopria Print Service from the Google Play Store, it can easily be uninstalled by clicking "uninstall" on either the Mopria Print Service app page or in the Android application manager.

If you are using a mobile device that included a factory installed version of Mopria Print Service, see one of the following links for further instructions:

› Click here if you use an Amazon device.
› Click here if you use a Huawei device.

Printing with Mopria Print Service

When there are multiple print services installed on your device (e.g., Mopria, Google Cloud Print, etc.), or if the printer has Wi-Fi Direct enabled and the printer is also on the same network as your mobile device, the printer may be displayed twice on the printer list. You may be able to resolve this issue by filtering down to one active print service through the print settings menu or by disabling the Mopria option to search for Wi-Fi Direct printers.

Go to Settings > Printing.
(With certain Samsung models, go to Settings > Wi-Fi > More connections > Printing Select Mopria Print Service.
Tap the 3-dots icon and choose "add printer".
Tap the "+" icon to add your printer.
Enter your preferred printer name and printer IP address.

If you prefer, add your printer manually during the print flow:

Tap "All printers".
Tap the "+" icon (you may need to scroll to the bottom of the printer list first).
Tap "Mopria Print Service".
Enter your preferred printer name and printer IP address or Host name.

Printers may be grayed out if they were used previously, but then disconnected from the wireless network the printer is on or the printer is offline / powered off.

While a print job is being sent to the printer, you should be able to pull down on the notification bar at the top of your Android device screen to view either a message or a progress bar. Tap on the bar to Cancel or Restart a print job. After the print job completes, the information is no longer available.

From the printer control panel: Tap the "Cancel" button.
From the Print dialog box: Tap the "Cancel" button.
From your mobile device screen: Pull down a notification bar from the top of the screen or tap on the print progress screen, then tap the "Cancel" button.

Wi-Fi Direct Printing

To connect via Wi-Fi Direct, you may need to enable Wi-Fi Direct mode in your printer. Please refer to the printer manufacturer's support page for details. If necessary in your mobile device, select the Wi-Fi Direct printer when sending the print job and then follow the connection steps in the print flow.

If your mobile device is accessing a Wi-Fi network, but does not support concurrent Wi-Fi Direct connections, you must switch temporarily from the Wi-Fi network to the printer's Wi-Fi Direct connection. This Wi-Fi Direct connection is for printer use only. Be sure to reconnect to your local network when you've completed printing to access the Internet again.

Printing from a Samsung Device

Mopria powers the Samsung Print Service to print to any Mopria certified device. In addition, Mopria technology enables users to share PDF and image files from the favorite app to the Samsung Print Service to be printed.

Printing from an Android 8 and Higher Device

Troubleshooting

Verify the Mopria Print Service is turned on (Go to Settings -> Printing to turn on the Mopria Print Service)
Verify that your mobile device is on a wireless network.
Verify that your printer is on the same wireless network. (Please note: If your mobile device and printer are not on the same wireless network, you may be able to use Wi-Fi Direct printing. See How do I connect using Wi-Fi Direct? above).
Verify that your printer supports Mopria Print Service.
Verify that your printer has been properly set up to enable Mopria. (Please note: This may require logging into the printer's embedded web server to enable Mopria.)

If you have done all of the above, and you still cannot print, try the following:

Make sure that the printer is turned on. If the printer is on, turn it off and then on again to see if this resolves the issue.
Make sure that the wireless access point/router is turned on. If it is on, turn it off and then on again to see if this resolves the issue.
Make sure that the printer has paper in the tray, and that ink or toner is not empty.
Make sure that there are no error messages on the printer control panel.
Make sure that the printer has the latest firmware version installed.

How to Add a Printer to My Samsung Tablet

Source: https://mopria.org/print-from-android