If you want to print photos from iPhone, what should you do? The operation is not difficult as long as you follow three ways in this post. MiniTool will show you a detailed guide on how to print from iPhone to HP printer. Now, let’s go to see them.
Necessity – Print Photos/Documents from iPhone to HP Printer
One of the favorite things to do in daily life is taking photos with your iPhone to keep as a souvenir, especially when you travel, walk on the street, or join friends & family parties. Sometimes you want to print these pictures to put them in hand or carry them anywhere. Sometimes you download or store many important documents on your iPhone and want to print them for work.
Then, here comes a question: how to print pictures from iPhone or how to print documents from iPhone? It is not hard and you can print from iPhone. If you are using an HP printer, try the following methods.
How to Print from iPhone to HP Printer with AirPrint
When using an HP printer, one of the default ways to print documents and photos is using AirPrint. Apple AirPrint is a technology for full-quality wireless printing that can help you print documents and pictures from iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to most HP printers. Let’s see how to print from iPhone with AirPrint.
Step 1: Set up Network Connection
Before printing, the first thing you should do is to set up the network connection of your printer. Make sure your printer and iPhone use the same wireless network.
1. On your iPhone, enable the Wi-Fi connection.
2. Connect your HP printer to the network
- For printers with a touchscreen control panel, touch the Wireless icon to open the menu of Network Settings or Setup to check the status of the network connection.
- If the printer doesn’t have such a control panel, press the Wireless and Information buttons or Wireless and Start Copy Black simultaneously to press a wireless test report to check the status.
It should show as Connected or Ready. If not, you need to continue with the following steps.
- For printers with a touchscreen control panel: open the menu of Setup, Network or Wireless settings, choose Wireless Setup Wizard and choose the network name to enter the password.
- For printers without a touchscreen control panel: Press and hold the Wi-Fi icon for 5 seconds or until you see the wireless light flashes. Hold on the WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) button on the printer within two minutes until the process of connection starts. After completing the connection, the light stops flashing.
Step 2: Start Printing from Your iPhone
1. Open your printer, install proper cartridges, and put the paper you want to print on in the correct paper tray.
2. Open the picture or document you want to print and tap on the Share button.
3. Scroll down to tap Print.

4. Choose the printer from the list and if needed, you can change the paper size, number of copies, or page range.
5. At last, tap Print in the upper-right corner.

How to Print from iPhone to HP Printer without AirPrint
Not every printer has the AirPrint feature. But if the printer still supports Wi-Fi, you can use your printer’s app on the App Store for printing pictures or documents. For an HP printer, use HP Smart.
- Download HP Smart from App Store and install it on your iPhone.
- Connect to your printer with HP Smart. If you don’t know, follow the user manual of HP printer setup (HP Smart app).
- Open HP Smart on your iPhone and choose the print type you want.
- If prompted, tap on OK to allow HP Smart access to your iPhone.
- Choose the picture or document you want to print. You can click the Edit icon to make some print settings.
- Tap on Print.

How to Print from iPhone to HP Printer Using USB
In addition to using AirPrint or HP Smart to print pictures or documents from iPhone, you can perform the printing task with a USB cable. Note that not all iPhones support USB OTG.
See how to print from iPhone to HP printer without Wi-Fi but USB:
- Turn on the HP printer, and connect one end of the USB cable to the printer and another end to the USB OTG. Connect USB OTG to your iPhone.
- You will get a popup on your iPhone and click OK.
- Go to the picture or document you want to print and tap the Share Tap Print.
- You can see the connected printer on the Printer Options Tap Print in the top-right corner.
Final Words
That’s all the information about how to print from iPhone to HP printer with AirPrint, how to print from iPhone without AirPrint and how to print photos/documents using USB. Just choose a way based on your situation to print photos from iPhone or print something else from your phone.
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