Documents and preview
Select PDFs, photos and text. Use paper, page, colour and duplex options based on capabilities reported by the printer.
Local printing for Android
From your document to your printer.
Choose your printer, preview your document and print. Bring network, USB and Bluetooth connections together with Android’s print dialog, job tracking and diagnostics.
Google Play release is being prepared
One-time purchase · Lifetime use · No subscription
Printer support depends on the model and protocol. Store availability and device compatibility are shown on Google Play.
Screens from the app
Real app screens, with sample printers and sample data.
Every step of printing
Multiple connections
Network printing over IPP/IPPS, RAW 9100 and LPR; supported USB Printer Class and Bluetooth SPP connections.
Android integration
Select saved printers from Android’s system print dialog and track job states in the app.
Printer Doctor and labels
Connection and protocol diagnostics, plus supported ESC/POS receipt, ZPL and CPCL label profiles.
Features in detail
Documents and page layout
- Supported files
- PDF; JPEG, PNG, WebP, HEIC and multi-page TIFF photos; Word (.docx), RTF and OpenDocument text; Excel, ODS and CSV spreadsheets; PowerPoint and ODP presentations; plain text, Markdown and HTML. Documents are processed on the phone and never uploaded.
- Preview and page selection
- The preview shows the paper, margins and scaling. Tap a page to leave it out, or type a range such as “1-3, 5, 8-”; odd or even pages can be chosen too.
- Pages per sheet and booklets
- 2, 4, 6, 9 or 16 pages on a sheet; a booklet that folds in the middle; optional page borders; reverse order.
- Two-sided by hand
- If the printer cannot turn the paper, the fronts print first and the backs follow once you turn the stack over.
- Watermarks
- Text, a logo, or a logo with text; diagonal or level; darkness and size. Name and save watermarks, pick a default for the app and another for each printer, and change it for a single job while printing.
Camera and scanner
- Print from the camera
- The page's edges are found, the page is straightened and shadows are removed. Auto capture, book mode (splits the two pages and flattens the fold) and colour, grey and black-and-white filters.
- ID card copies
- The front and back of a card go on one A4 page at the card's real size.
- Scanning
- Multifunction printers and scanners that speak AirScan / eSCL (Mopria Scan) or Windows WSD, over the network, USB or Wi-Fi Direct. Save as PDF, JPEG or PNG, share, or print straight away.
Connections
- Network
- IPP and encrypted IPPS (IPP Everywhere, AirPrint, Mopria), RAW 9100 (JetDirect) and LPR/LPD. Printers on the local network are found with mDNS; others are added by IP address and the app tries which protocol answers.
- USB OTG
- USB Printer Class printers, recognised from their IEEE-1284 device ID. Every byte is sent exactly once, even when the printer is slow to take data.
- Bluetooth and Wi-Fi Direct
- Bluetooth SPP receipt and label printers; Wi-Fi Direct printers without a router.
- NFC
- Tap the NFC mark on a printer to connect, or write a printer to a blank NFC tag and stick it next to the printer.
- Built into Android
- Saved printers also appear in the Android print dialog of apps such as Chrome, Gallery and Gmail.
Printer languages
- Driverless
- PWG Raster, Apple Raster (URF), PDF and PCLm, chosen from what the printer reports it can do.
- Office printers
- PCL 5, PCL 6 (PCL XL) and PostScript Level 2. The PCL 6 output was checked against Ghostscript's PCL interpreter during development; Konica Minolta and Develop printers use PCL 6 by default.
- Receipts and labels
- ESC/POS (58/80 mm, Turkish PC857 code page, cutter), ZPL and CPCL labels, ESC/P dot-matrix printers.
- Manual choice
- If automatic selection does not suit your printer, pick the driver and compatibility profile in the printer's Advanced settings.
Diagnostics and job history
- Printer Doctor
- Address, connection, protocol, printer state, capabilities and driver are checked one by one, and a problem is shown at the step where it happens. The report can be shared.
- Detailed job history
- For every job: printer, model, connection type and address, the driver used, resolution, print settings, timings and data sent; the details can be copied as text. Document contents are never kept.
- Honest status
- “Sent” means the data reached the printer; unless the printer reports it, the app does not claim the print has finished.
Start printing
Add a printer
Discover it on your local network or enter its address. Grant the relevant permissions for USB and Bluetooth.
Choose a document
Pick a PDF, photo or text through the system picker or another app’s share menu.
Preview and track
Select compatible options and send the job. A Sent state does not always mean that the physical print has completed.
Not every printer model is supported. Phone, printer protocol and driver profile compatibility are required. Real-printer validation is ongoing; universal model compatibility is not guaranteed.
Tried on real printers
Printers tried on real hardware while the app was built. This is not a compatibility guarantee; results depend on the model and its settings.
| Printer | Connection | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Canon LBP251 | IPP (network) | Test page printed with driverless PWG Raster. |
| Develop ineo 283 | USB | Test page printed with PostScript. |
| Konica Minolta bizhub 367 | USB | Test page and a PDF printed with PCL 6. A job sent while the printer sleeps can be lost; wake the printer, then print. |
| Konica Minolta colour (36C series) | USB | Colour printing with PostScript Level 2. |
Frequently asked questions
My printer does not show up.
Make sure the phone is on the same Wi-Fi as the printer and that client isolation is off on the router. If the printer does not announce itself, enter its IP address under Add printer › Manual.
It prints garbage or many pages of symbols.
The printer is being sent a language it does not understand. In the printer's Advanced settings try PCL 6 or PostScript as the driver; Printer Doctor shows which language was chosen and why.
Which printers are not supported?
Host-based printers that only work with the maker's own driver (for example some HP LaserJets using ZjStream, Canon models that only speak UFR II, and CAPT printers). The app recognises these models and explains why.
Are my documents sent to a server?
No. Documents are turned into the printer's language on the phone and sent straight to the printer. The temporary print file is encrypted with a key held in memory for that job only, and deleted when the job ends.
Which Android version is needed?
Android 8.0 or later, on phones and tablets. USB printers need a phone with USB OTG.
One-time purchase · Lifetime use · No subscription
Buy once. Use without a subscription.
Each ADBnox app is purchased separately. There is no monthly or annual subscription for the app you purchase; payment is handled by Google Play.
What does lifetime use mean?
The app you purchase has no time-limited subscription or renewal fee. This does not promise all future products, updates forever, or lifetime availability of third-party services.
Are USB and Print included?
No. ADBnox, ADBnox USB and ADBnox Print are independent apps, purchased separately through their own Google Play listings.
What if I change my phone?
You can reinstall using the same Google account, subject to Google Play’s reinstall conditions and the new device’s compatibility.
Where can I find pricing and support?
The app’s Google Play listing provides current pricing, country and device availability, refund options and developer support details.
Privacy policy
Documents are prepared on your device and sent to your chosen printer. Ordinary printing requires no cloud account, root, ADB or Shizuku.
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