Welcome to the community that respects paper and printing

If you believe that ink on paper has enduring, practical value, then this is the community for you. This part of the HP Developers' portal is devoted to webpage and mobile printing. (HP's Mobile Printing SDK has been deprecated.)

Here you can find answers to your questions about integrating printing into your apps, websites and web services. This is an HP portal, but we welcome all developers, regardless of printer brand, corporate affiliation, or operating system. You just have to respect paper and appreciate the enduring value of printing.

Note to Android developers: mobile printing became fully native on Android Oreo.

Make print work for your apps and web pages

More than half a billion printers are installed in homes and offices around the world. As a developer, how can you make them work for you, your apps and your clients? 

• Mobile printing
  • HP deprecated its Mobile Print SDK when printing became native to Android with the Oreo release in August 2017.
  • Mobile printing for Android Developers
     

• iOS printing

  • About printing on the Mac
  • Printing from your App
  • NSPPrintPanel
  • Using the Printing API with Photos: PrintPhoto
     
• Android printing
  • Printing Photos: https://developer.android.com/training/printing/photos.html
  • Printing HTML Documents: https://developer.android.com/training/printing/html-docs.html
  • Printing Custom Documents: https://developer.android.com/training/printing/custom-docs.html
     
• Check out Will Hertling's tutorials on how to make your web pages print beautifully in any browser.
  • Use PDF to make web pages print beautifully
  • PDF from HTML for non-web apps (like a book)
  • Printing with CSS and Media Queries
  • Printing from a web app directly to a printer
  • Selecting regions of a webpage to print
  • Printing HTML headers and footers
  • Web printing in landscape
  • In-browser preview of print CSS

• Check out what the "Mommy Blogger" did with printable menu plans. Printing from her website is bringing in a steady $700 a month using her existing content. Read how she does it.

If you are stumped by a printing problem, post your question on our community Forum. If the community doesn't have an answer for you, our portal editor will pass your problem promptly to HP developers.

Expand your awareness

Web and PC printing was around long before APIs, so a lot can be done within the existing HTML code. Many of the tools you need for excellent web printing were unlocked decades ago. Our community blog and tutorials will help you expand your awareness of those tools.

Share your experience

If you have a favorite code trick, tweak, or use of print for your web pages and apps, please share it on our community Forum. Your technique may be featured in a future blog post. 

“Of all the different ways I have monetized my blog, printable meal plans were the easiest and the most no-brainer.”

Stephanie O'Dea, Queen of Crock Pot Cooking
and author of The Mommy Blogger Next Door

Read how she does it.