No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world LemmyKnowsBest @lemmy.world 7 mo. ago

I have no access to a home printer, will a library or FedExOffice or UPS Store let me print via Bluetooth?

By my recent experience, libraries & FedEx Office & UPS Store will only print via email ☹️ Do you know otherwise? I need to print via Bluetooth.

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You can use a USB drive, so maybe if you use a sync cable for your phone that would work.

I don’t think they allow bluetooth since that usually requires pairing with the host.

UPS Store has an app to print, not sure what that involves, could be roughly the same as email.

Best solution is to call a local office and ask.
Is there a reason why you can’t download it on your device and email it? Sorry, just trying to understand the situation
- Because it's a certificate at the end of a work tutorial and they say do not screen capture it, you must print it directly from your phone at the end of the tutorial and you cannot close the screen until you print it or you'll have to start all over again and do the tutorial all over again. All I have is my smartphone and I do not have USB I don't have cables. It has to go directly from my phone to a printer.
  
  Then I'm going to have to go into work and do this aren't I, it's going to be awful.
  
  Print to PDF and print the PDF later.
  
  It feels like saving, but it is technically different.
  
  See if there's a way to "print" to a PDF file
  
  There should be a way to save the file, I would think. There’s nothing on your phone browser about saving it? I would call HR for support (or ask whoever is onboarding you if it’s a new job). I’m sure they’ve had to handle this before
  
  Edit: also who downvoted OP for that comment lol? Talk about judgmental
  
  If it's a work requirement then use work resources to print it. Why is this an issue?
  
  On an iPhone, share menu, print, then share menu from the print page. This gives you a save to files option. You can then physically print the PDF at your leisure and however is convenient for you.
  
  USB probably won’t work for that anyway. If you don’t want to go into work then your only option at UPS Store would probably be to rent the computer access time and do the tutorial on their machine and then print directly, with no phone involved.
I’ve printed from a USB drive at ups many times in the past 5 years
If Bluetooth isnt an option WiFi most likely will work. Just make sure your device is connected to the network and hopefully the printer will show up as a network device
This tutorial thing seems like such a pointless hassle, how sure are you this job is even legit?
- This job is legit. It's on par with the medical profession, dealing with vulnerable clients, so there are several levels of screening & thorough background check, and this particular training video is "Sexual harassment prevention training."
  
  Don't mind me then.
  I'd definitely do this on a work computer, especially with the screen-on and printing requirements.
The UPS here just gives you a computer to look at, it's not super secured or anything special here, if you can get it connected, you can print on it.
Some places make you use their app. I’m thinking the Kodak printers at places like Walmart and Staples.
Many of these locations will have an email system to send a document, they’ll print for you. Usually some level of cost

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