Direct wireless printing from camera?

devils_spawn

I've spent hours searching the web but cannot find an answer.

I want to get myself a digital camera and printer that will allow me to take pictures and print the, over a wireless connection without the need for a computer/tablet.

I've had a look at Polaroid type cameras but the picture quality is very poor according to reviews. I've also been looking at printers but they all seem to need a special app on a phone, tablet or computer to print.

It's for use at a pre-school where mobile phones are not permitted. It also has to be as cheap as possible!

DCFC79

You might be able to find a printer that accepts an SD card to print from that you use in the camera.

InsideInsurance

There are wifi enabled cameras, Canon have some, and they can certainly email photos and my Epson wireless printer automatically prints any attachments on emails sent to a special email address and so it is possible.

If you do some digging and look at the likes of Canon that do both printers and cameras there may be a slightly more direct route possible.

DCFC79

InsideInsurance wrote: »

There are wifi enabled cameras, Canon have some, and they can certainly email photos and my Epson wireless printer automatically prints any attachments on emails sent to a special email address and so it is possible.

If you do some digging and look at the likes of Canon that do both printers and cameras there may be a slightly more direct route possible.

Forgot about WiFi enabled cameras.

gjchester

devils_spawn wrote: »

I've had a look at Polaroid type cameras but the picture quality is very poor according to reviews. I've also been looking at printers but they all seem to need a special app on a phone, tablet or computer to print.

It's for use at a pre-school where mobile phones are not permitted. It also has to be as cheap as possible!

Google on PICTBRIDGE its not wireless but you just connect the USB cable form the camera to the Printer no PC involved.

agrinnall

I've just bought a wifi enabled Panasonic (GF6) and although I haven't tried it yet it looks reasonably straightforward to direct print pictures.

cajef

DCFC79 wrote: »

Forgot about WiFi enabled cameras.

Why?

I have a Wi-Fi Canon camera and printer and it works perfectly printing direct from camera to printer or downloading photo's wirelessly to computer or any other device.

devils_spawn

cajef wrote: »

Why?

I have a Wi-Fi Canon camera and printer and it works perfectly printing direct from camera to printer or downloading photo's wirelessly to computer or any other device.

What printer and camera have you got?

cajef

devils_spawn wrote: »

What printer and camera have you got?

A Canon bridge camera SX510 HS and a Canon MG5650 printer.

agrinnall

cajef wrote: »

Why?

I have a Wi-Fi Canon camera and printer and it works perfectly printing direct from camera to printer or downloading photo's wirelessly to computer or any other device.

Did you misinterpret DCFC79's post? He said "Forgot about", did you think he said "Forget about"?

esuhl

InsideInsurance wrote: »

There are wifi enabled cameras...

You can also get SD cards with built-in wireless adaptors! (I find that amazing given how small the cards are.)

I don't know how well they work or how easy it would be to print directly over a network, but maybe worth a look. Here's a random example:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Transcend-32GB-Wi-Fi-Class-Memory/dp/B00A659ILQ