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How to print from an iPhone to a Windows PC's printer
If your Windows PC can print to it, your iPhone can too. Printo uses the printers Windows already knows about, including shared network printers.
Windows already handles the hard part of printing: drivers, paper trays, duplex and queues. What it lacks is a way to take a job from an iPhone. Printo adds that missing piece without replacing anything on the PC.
The Printo computer app for Windows runs in the background and lists the printers Windows has installed. When you print from your iPhone it receives the file and sends it to the Windows print spooler, so the job behaves like any other print job.
Set up Printo on Windows
- Download the Windows appInstall Printo on a PC running Windows 10 or later. It is a normal installer.
- Pair your iPhoneScan the QR code shown by Printo on the PC with the Printo app on your iPhone.
- PrintSelect a Windows printer in the app, adjust copies and paper size, and tap Print.
Good to know
Any printer Windows can use
USB, Wi-Fi and shared network printers all appear, because Printo reads the list from Windows.
Keep the PC on
The PC must be switched on and signed in with Printo running for jobs to arrive.
Free computer app
The Windows app costs nothing. The iPhone app includes 10 prints a month and Printo Pro removes the limit.
Questions
Which versions of Windows are supported?
Windows 10 and later.
Will it use my existing printer settings?
Printo prints through the Windows spooler and the printer's installed driver, so the defaults you have set up still apply.
Can several iPhones print to one PC?
Yes. With Printo Pro you can share a computer with up to 10 people, each with their own queue.
Print from your iPhone to the printer you already have.
Install the free computer app on the Mac or Windows PC next to your printer, then pair your iPhone.