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Manjunath
Manjunath

Reputation: 2063

How to scan the printer connected to an android device

How to scan the printer connected to the device and print the current screen. Any third party libraries available to scan and print operations. It should scan and get the IP of the printer connected.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3699

Answers (1)

prayagupadhyay
prayagupadhyay

Reputation: 31192

There is a SO question Bluetooth and WIFI Printing for Android where Roy Samuel suggests

Printing via Bluetooth on Android is not possible as of now , as Android does not support Bluetooth 'Profiles', such as BPP, HCRP BIP etc. which are the common profiles used with Bluetooth Printing. Currently, Android supports OPP (Object Push Profile) which is used to send files over Bluetooth.

Yet scanning the printer can be achieved through How to detect bluetooth device How to detect bluetooth device and get the bluetooth address of detected device from android app

Upvotes: 1

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