The phone does not see the printer by wifi: how to find and fix the problem

Today, smart phones allow you to easily create and edit images in graphic mobile applications. But often a digital image needs to be printed. As a rule, it takes some time, because users first connect the phone to the PC, copy the photo, and only then print it. But you can print from your smartphone to the printer directly. True, this may appear certain problems.

Why the phone does not see the printer by wifi

If the printing equipment does not see the files on the smartphone, then the following reasons are possible:

Viruses. Special antivirus programs will help to remove them. When scanning is completed, the device needs to be rebooted, then reconnect.
The memory on the smartphone is full - in this case connection problems are often noted. The solution is to free the memory. After the completion of the smartphone, you must restart and retry the connection.
Also during activation in the modem phone mode, synchronization is usually not possible. To check the activity, you need to go to the settings and see the menu "Modem Mode".

The phone does not see the printer via usb: reasons

If during the connection the gadget does not see the printing equipment, you must first restart both devices. This is a normal system failure, which disappears after this manipulation.

It is necessary to restart both the smartphone and the PC. Moreover, if the PC needs only to be rebooted, then the situation with the phone is different. It is necessary to turn off the device, get the battery and wait about 20 minutes. Then install the battery, turn on the smartphone and reconnect.

If it did not work out, then the problem of "invisibility" lies in the incorrectly made connection. Remove the cord and reinsert it.

If the situation has not changed, the USB cable is probably damaged. Connect it to another PC or replace the cord. If there is a contact, then you need to change the cord. It makes no sense to repair - it is easier to buy a new one.

Attention! If the replacement was not effective, the problem is probably in the system. In this situation, the cause is usually a malfunction of the port where the connection is being made. You can determine this by inserting a flash drive into it. If there is no connection, then repair is required. If the flash drive is detected, the problem is most likely in the phone.

How to find and fix the problem

USB does not work with every smartphone and printing equipment. But still there is a way to connect the phone using USB. For this, the smartphone must have a USB-Host connector. That is, you can connect different flash drives to your smartphone.

If the gadget can read data from them, then everything is fine. In addition, you will need special software. For a smartphone on Android, finding software is very difficult. There are not many drivers and, as a rule, the printing device cannot read information from the smartphone. In this case, good devices from HP.

HP made their software for Android. This is an ePrint program, so HP printing devices will be defined on the phone. IPhone also supports this application.

But using USB, you can connect not only HP printers. If you install the “USB connection Kit” program, the phone can easily see Canon printers. If it did not help, there is another way.

Reference! The only point is that the print device must be Wi-Fi. It seems that everything is easy, I activated Wi-Fi on two devices and you can print. But not all printers can see Android and not every device has the ability to connect to the printing equipment.